Artist Profile: Jenny Polak

Artist Profile: Jenny Polak

New York City-based artist Jenny Polak has long dealt with issues of citizenship and legality through her site-specific and socially-engaged projects. Drawing heavily on her background in architecture, but working across a variety of media, Polak’s work brings human...
EDITION #14

EDITION #14

Hope Esser performing “Telegraph Progress” at The Watermill Center’s 20th Annual Summer Benefit. Celebrites fawn over Chicago artist at Watermill Hope Esser Goes Viral Reportings coming in this evening from sources from Facebook to Bloomberg indicate...
In Conversation: Social Practice Queens

In Conversation: Social Practice Queens

Social Practice Queens (SPQ) is a collaboration of the Art Department of CUNY Queens College and the Queens Museum of Art with the goal of developing an MFA pilot program in Social Practice.  The vision is to serve as a model for education in this field by combining...
Public Art That’s Truly Public

Public Art That’s Truly Public

Preface This week the Fashion Institute of Technology held a panel on scale and spectacle called “Size Matters” (apparently unaware that they were in danger of ripping off and thereby angering curator Shaquille O’Neal, also a basketball player apparently, who...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (7/20-7/22)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (7/20-7/22)

1. US Future States at Chicago Cultural Center Work by Dan Mills. Chicago Cultural Center is located at 78 E. Washington St. Reception Friday, 5:30-7:30pm. 2. Reflection at Experimental Sound Studio Work by Ethan Rose. Experimental Sound Studio is located at 5925 N....