Episode 749: Alice Tippit and Alex Bradley Cohen
Today on Bad at Sports Center, Jesse and Dana are joined by special guest host, Alex Bradley Cohen, for an interview with painter Alice Tippit. We discuss the witty, poetic nature of Tippit’s work, some of which is currently on view in the exhibition Pallid Carrier at Patron Gallery through August 29th.
More information on Pallid Carrier here.
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TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (7/30-8/5)
1. Box Box Box Sun Sun Sun August 1, 1-6pm and August 2, 1-5pm Circle Contemporary: 2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612 Aria Carter, Billie Carter-Rankin, Carina Yepez, Debra Johnson, Elaine Catherine Miller, Hubert Posey, Jacob Mattingly, Renata Berdes, Stefan...
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Episode 748: Stephanie Cristello and Ruslana Lichtzier
Today on the podcast, Brian and Jesse speak with Stephanie Cristello and Ruslana Lichtzier who are hosting the Chicago-based iteration of the vexillological contemporary art project Four Flags. Over the course of the next few months, dozens of Chicagoland artists are making flags that are being hoisted and hung from the façade of Chicago Manual Style—in the West Town / Ukrainian Village neighborhood—and on instagram at @fourflags.
Episode 747: Sadie Woods
This week on Bad at Sports Center, Ryan and Dana are joined by Sadie Woods to talk about the recent re-release of her project, It Was a Rebellion Mixtape. Woods discusses her research process for this project and her personal evolution as a deejay and artist. We didn’t have time to play a clip of It Was a Rebellion on the show, but you can download all three versions at this link: https://tinyurl.com/
Episode 746: Ellen Placey Wadey
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Tune in to this week’s Bad at Sports Center for a conversation with Ellen Placey Wadey, the Arts & Collections Senior Program Officer at the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. We discuss equity and accessibility in foundation applications and find out how the Foundation is approaching the shifting needs of small arts organizations right now.
Episode 745: Brian Andrews returns as Guest?
This week all we ask ourselves what is Brian doing well not at the radio station. Turns out he’s having a baller film career in the AR/VR/XR arena and his latest work premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. As it expands its international festival run, we try and understand the world of the “Hominidae” – http://hominidanimation.net/
Juxapose magazine called an earlier iteration of the work “CREEP LEVEL OMEGA.” Hold on to your hat.
Episode 744: Deborah Stratman
This week on Bad at Sports Center: Dana and Jesse speak with Deborah Stratman about the filmmaker’s now-postponed Chicago Works exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. We hear Stratman’s take on the issues inherent in screening work in a contemporary art museum and learn about her work on endlessly fascinating Chicago journalist Studs Terkel.
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (7/23-7/29)
1. Direct Sunlight July 25, 1-6pm and July 26, 1-5pm LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60622 With Kayla Anderson, Justin Beachler, Michael Cuadrado, E. Saffronia Downing, Madeleine Finley, Madeline Gallucci, Sungjae Lee, Caroline Lee Liu, Yvonne...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (7/16-7/22)
1. Rebeca Soto: Lights On: Closing Reception July 18, 6-10pm Agitator: a co-operative gallery: 1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 2. My Pretty Red Heart July 18-August 22, Saturdays and by appointment only H.G. Inn: 2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612 With Anna...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (7/9-7/15)
1. An Unusable Archive July 10, 6-9pm Parlour and Ramp: 2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608 With N/A (Neeraja D and Ahmed Ozsever) 2. Anne Wilson: If We Asked about the Sky July 10-August 15, by appointment only Rhona Hoffman Gallery: 1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (6/25-7/1)
1. The Young and the Restless June 27, 5:30-8pm FLXST CONTEMPORARY: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616 With: Samantha Cabrera Friend, Chanel Matsunami Govreau, Danny Hwong, Ty Healey, and Colleen Keihm 2. Remy Bordas and Olivia Juarez: Doubles June...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (6/18-6/24)
1. Liberatory Practices June 19, 12-1:30pm Arts and Public Life Seed Lynn and Sadie Woods 2. by & for: ed.3 June 20-23, 2020 With Elena Ailes, Claire Ashley, Angela Azmitia, Lucy Baird, Margaret Crowley, Cass Davis, Madeleine Finley, Rami George, Griffin Goodman,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (6/11-6/17)
1. Cameron Spratley: 730 June 13, 12-11pm M. LeBlanc 2. Mother to Mother; Virtually. Knots & Nodes. june 12, 6-8PM Chicago Art Department With Susan Krueger Barber, Sonja Blum, Marjorie Boyles, Jamie Nakagawa Boley, Laura Drey, Elisabeth Dzuricsko, Margarita...
Art Writers’ Alert: Opportunities from Critical Minded and 6018North
Critical Minded Offers $500 Grants for Cultural Critics of Color Critical Minded is a granting and learning initiative that builds resources and visibility for the work of cultural critics of color in the United States. Mindful of the unique hardships critics -- and...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/28-6/3)
1. (RE)Visions of Chicago Public Schools May 29, 6pm (Talk at 7pm) 062 With Marzena Abrahamik, Suzette Bross, Jim Iska, Janet Mesic-Mackie, John Preus, Doug McGoldrick, Edra Soto, Eileen Ryan, Lynn Renee Persin, Jeff Phillips, Sa Schloff, Justin Schmitz, Matt Siber,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/21-5/28)
1. OTVReruns x the #LetUsBreathe Collective Artist Talk with Sandra Oviedo/Colectivo Multipolar May 22, 8-9:30pm OTV - Open Television and #LetUsBreathe Collective With Abra Johnson, Ashley Ray, Aymar Jean Christian, Elijah McKinnon, Erik Lamar Wallace II, Felicia...