Ordinary Projects: By the Horns  at EXPO Chicago

Ordinary Projects: By the Horns at EXPO Chicago

Guest post by Sid Branca As a part of EXPO Chicago’s opening night event, Vernissage, Ordinary Projects presented a selection of performative works entitled By the Horns. Ordinary Projects is a new initiative from Industry of the Ordinary [Adam Brooks and Mathew...
Mining the Mother Lode: Chicago Artists Deliver

Mining the Mother Lode: Chicago Artists Deliver

Lise McKean Some artists are bad at sports, some artists are good sports. Feminists are artists. Some mothers are feminists, some artists are feminists and mothers. As mammals, we’re all born from mothers. Mothers and mothering make the world go round and keep...
Report from Indianapolis: Lauren Zoll

Report from Indianapolis: Lauren Zoll

Guest post by Nicole Mauser I recently visited the studio of Indianapolis-based artist, Lauren Zoll. Her work oscillates between drawing, painting, sculpture, video and installation. Throughout the studio visit some large and reflective black latex paint sculptures...
Take the Green Line to Nantes

Take the Green Line to Nantes

Guest post by Lise McKean Voyage à Nantes, until August 31, 2014   Thanks to my husband who’s from the Atlantic coast of France, I’m a regular visitor to Nantes, a city the size of Boston on the estuary of the Loire River. I just got back from there...