Our Calamity is Our Providence

Our Calamity is Our Providence

By Kevin Blake I have an incredible ability to scare myself. To retreat from my ideas. To sprint in the opposite direction of responsibilities I don’t care to recognize. I have an incredible ability to demobilize myself. To put my action at bay. To halt my creative...
What You Should Have Noticed in August

What You Should Have Noticed in August

Is summer really ending already? On behalf of Bad at Sports, I sincerely hope you’ve had the opportunity to spend some extra time with your work or your research, and that you’ve visited a studio or two, saw some fresh art, and hopefully made it out to a residency,...
Exit Interview: Stephanie Smith

Exit Interview: Stephanie Smith

  This summer it was announced that Stephanie Smith, a longtime Chicago cultural work, best known as deputy director and chief curator at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, has left her Chicago post to become chief curator at the Art Gallery of...
EDITION #36 – Minnesota Nice

EDITION #36 – Minnesota Nice

Minnesotan Artists Decent at Sports Kids can still probably beat them though. If anyone understands the preciousness of summertime, it’s our fellow neighbors in the Midwest. All across Minneapolis WTT? discovered artists and creatives playing Minnesota...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (8/22-8/24)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (8/22-8/24)

1. The Square Root of Pi(e) at Chicago Artists Coalition Work by Rami George, Dan Paz, Jenyu Wang and Alexandria Eregbu. Chicago Artists Coalition is located at 217 N. Carpenter St. Reception Friday, 6-9pm. 2. Almost Ergonomic at Studio 424 Curated by Third Object,...