Half the sky, and just a bit more of your attention.

Half the sky, and just a bit more of your attention.

by | May 4, 2010 | Blog

GUEST POST BY DAMIEN JAMES Part two of two. If you haven’t already, you may be wondering by now what this has to do with art, why you’re reading about a humanitarian crisis on an arts weblog? I’ll tell you. During the community conversation and...
Half the sky, all your attention.

Half the sky, all your attention.

by | May 3, 2010 | Blog

GUEST POST BY DAMIEN JAMES Part one of two. I recently attended a community conversation with New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof, who was speaking about the oppression of and cruelty toward women throughout much of our global society,...

Letter to the Editor | Britton Bertran

by | May 2, 2010 | Blog

DEAR BaS: Once a long time ago, back when I was a pious art dude scouring the web for feelings/opinions about art in Chicago, I used to relish and hitting refresh on your podcast pages and more recently the “new” blog.  The comment sections there were a source of...
Sculptor Chris Antemann Awarded $35,000 Grant

Sculptor Chris Antemann Awarded $35,000 Grant

by | May 2, 2010 | Blog

Sculptor Chris Antemann will receive the first prize grant award of $35,000 from the Virginia A. Groot Foundation offered since 1988 to artists working in 3D. Antemann, a sculptor creates contemporary erotic works in porcelain dealing with intimacy, love, and power in...
Interview | Nicholas Wylie

Interview | Nicholas Wylie

by | May 1, 2010 | Blog

I first met Nicholas Wylie back in 2006 when we were both working for the Nova Art Fair.  Nicholas is well known in Chicago as a co-founded of Harold Arts Residency. Recently he  formed a new residency program, ACRE (Artists’ Collaborative Residencies and...