by Abigail Satinsky | Oct 24, 2014 | Blog
In a recent review in the New Yorker of the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition of local art, “Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond,” Peter Schjeldahl singles out BFAMFAPHD as puncturing the effervescent mood of the exhibition, saying...
by Abigail Satinsky | Oct 28, 2013 | Blog
A dispatch from the Creative Time Summit (NYC), The Association of American Cultures (Providence, RI), and Hand in Glove (New Orleans): August – October 2013 “Is Social Practice Gentrifying Community Arts?”: This question posed by Rick Lowe of...
by Abigail Satinsky | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog
A couple days ago, while sitting with the illustrious Duncan Mackenzie, Richard Holland, and Claudine Ise, recording some musings on Chicago art at a bar in the middle of the afternoon, we started to talk about the tradition of socially engaged art in Chicago. I talk...
by Abigail Satinsky | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Recently, while trolling the facebook site for Works Progress, an artist-led public design studion in Minneapolis, I came across a thread on Colin Kloecker’s page (who co-runs the studio with Shanai Matteson) compiling a list of must-reads on the subject of...
by Abigail Satinsky | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog
OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DUE AUGUST 15th at MIDNIGHT October 26-28th, 2012 at the Geolofts Friday October 26, Vernissage Open Saturday October 27 and Sunday October 28, 12-6 PM The MDW Fair invites proposals for its fall showcase at the Geolofts in Bridgeport. Formed...