Bad at Sports » West Loop

The Biggest Top 5 You’ve Ever Seen!

stephanieburke — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:05:53 +0000

Ok, so for those of you who don’t know yet, CAA (College Art Association) has dubbed Chicago worthy for it’s pedagogical adventures, and has settled in our fair city for the weekend. As a member of CAA, I’ll be cruising from lecture to lecture the next few days, trying to suck up as much strange knowledge as I can while the circus is in town. But I’m not the only one excited about the CAA crew. As a result of the conference, just about everyone else in town is trotting out something or other, much of which is AWESOME! As a result, I bring you The Biggest Top 5 You’ve Ever Seen! Rather than picking individual galleries for the Top 5, I’ve corralled a Top 5 of places (in no particular order) you should go this weekend. Hope ya’ll enjoy.

1. Pilsen

The self-proclaimed Chicago Arts District is holding it’s monthly 2nd Fridays round of openings. Here’s the places I’d go if I were you:

Chicago Art Department – 1837 S. Halsted. Cultural Excavation, work by Christopher Piatt, Ben Valentine, Wayne Bertola, Virginia Broersma, Allison Rae Butkus, Seth Gershberg, Jennifer Hines, Jennifer Jackson, Sarah Leitten, Amanda Paulson, Aaron Wooten and others. Reception Friday, from 6-10pm.

ROOMS Gallery – 645 W 18th St. ORACLE:CHANNELING, with Marrakesh & Todd Frugia. Performance Friday, from 8-10pm.

2. West Loop

Always a hot part of town, this weekend is no exception! And it’s so close to the Loop, you can trot on over after you’re done watching lectures all day, or just casually stroll down after a day of relaxing.

Ebersmoore – 213 N. Morgan, #3C. ANTEXPAGNA, work by Ryan Travis Christian. Reception Friday, 6-9pm. 2/12-3/13.

Packer Schopf Gallery – 942 W. Lake St. Jason Lahr’s “Words for Paintings” Book Release Event. Reception Friday, 5-8pm.

Spoke – 119 N. Peoria, Unit 3D. Reclaimed: Clybourn Place Bridge, work by Amber-Carla-Lia, Luke Boehnke, Kim & Zach DeBord, Kazuki Guzman, Andy Hall, Scott Jarrett, Kevin Kaempf, Heather Mullins. Reception Friday, 6-8pm. 2/12-2/27.

3. ON PTG and Painters Painting

As part of CAA’s Confrence, this group of exibitions are showing work by the panellists of CAA’s Studio Art Session: Painting Panel. The exibitions are all one night, with rolling openings beginning at 5pm at Julius Caesar, and ending at 10pm at Rowley Kennerk and Western Exibitions.

Julius Caesar – 3311 W. Carroll Ave. ON PTG.: work by Thomas Lawson, Scott Reeder, Carrie Moyer, Michelle Grabner. Reception Saturday, 5-7pm.

Shane Campbell Gallery – 1431 W. Chicago Ave. ON PTG.: Ann Craven, Peter Halley, Jon Pestoni. Reception Saturday, 6-8pm.

Rowley Kennerk Gallery – 119 N Peoria St, #3C. ON PTG.: Varda Caivano, Mary Heilmann, Rebecca Morris, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung. Reception Saturday, 7-10pm.

Western Exhibitions – 119 North Peoria Street, #2A. ON PTG.: Anoka Faruqee, Judy Ledgerwood, Sabina Ott, Susanna Coffey. Reception Saturday, 7-10pm.

4. Adventures in Alternative Spaces

The thriving alternative space art scene is something that sets Chicago apart. Take advantage to the circus in town to go see some of our city’s fair alt. spaces, from brand spankin’ new (LVL3) to well established (Mess Hall).

LVL3 – 1542 N Milwaukee Ave. Maybes. Reception Saturday, 6-11pm.

Medicine Cabinet – 3216 S Morgan St. Non-Prescription, work by Christa Donner. Reception Friday, 7-11pm.

Second Bedroom Project Space - 3216 S Morgan St. By George, work by Jim Zimpel. Reception Friday, 7-11pm.

Mess Hall – 6932 N. Glenwood Ave. Open House. Opens Friday at 5pm.

5. Adventures in Art Centers

Another great thing about Chicago is our plethora of art centers. These arent the only things happening at local art centers, but in my opinion, these are the two best selections for this weekend!

Hyde Park Art Center – 5020 S. Cornell. Opening receptions for five new exibitions: Ghost Town, Notes to Nonself, Flow Interrupted, Aspen Mays: From the Office of Scientists, and Stan Chisholm: ThingsThatNeverReallyHappened. Opening reception Sunday, 3-5pm.

Lillstreet – 4401 N. Ravenswood Ave. Monster Movie Seminar! Seminar from 6-8pm on Sunday.

Episode 158: Hello Chicago

Christopher — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:01:10 +0000

Author insert a music with WS Audio Player.
(Download) this music.
download

Here we stand, at the beginning of the most exciting part of our Art Year: opening night. So, what do we do? We return to past form, act like idiots, and debate the state of the Chicago Art World and Art Chicago with Michael Workman.

Also, a sober and sick Duncan MacKenzie can’t handle a rowdy and drunken Bad at Sports crew and totally melts down, then screams repeatedly at Richard Holland? Could the band be breaking up? Speculation ensues.
Fred Sasaki
Poetry Magazine
The Poetry Foundation
ThreeWalls
Patrick Lundeen
Material Exchange
Western Exhibitions
Stan Shellabarger
Dutes Miller
John Opera
Matt Stolle
Andrew Rafacz Gallery
Carrie Secrist Gallery
Joy Episalla
Diana Guerrero-Macia
Tony Wight Gallery
Rhona Hoffman Gallery
Terry R. Myers
Kavi Gupta Gallery
Marc LeBlanc
Donald Young Gallery
Josiah McElheny
The Merchandise Mart
Neighborhood Public Radio
Rashid Johnson
Monique Meloche
Garden Fresh
Tom Burtonwood
Lumpen
Xanadu
Matthew Barney

Let your hate mail begin.
Direct download: Bad_at_Sports_Episode_158__Hello_Chicago.mp3

Bad at Sports “covers” the 2008 Art season opening night

Christopher — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:42:01 +0000

The term “covers” is used very loosely and I have been reminded that the ratio of footage taken to usable footage is not 2:1 but more like 10:1. Mix in Johnnie Walker Blue, York’s Peppermint and enough people to ruin any shot over 4 seconds in length and you get this masterpiece. It’s only “literally” up from here.

I hope everyone had fun cause we certainly did and enjoyed seeing everyone.

Bad at Sports » West Loop

The Biggest Top 5 You’ve Ever Seen!

Related Posts

Episode 158: Hello Chicago

Related Posts

Bad at Sports “covers” the 2008 Art season opening night

Related Posts