TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/3-4/9)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/3-4/9)

We again bring you a different sort of Top V this week. As COVID-19 has moved many of us inside for the foreseeable future, we want to share a range of resources to help keep you fed in many different ways. 1.  Arts for Illinois Relief Fund  A $4.2 million (and...
Episode 692: Audrius Plioplys

Episode 692: Audrius Plioplys


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This week we welcome Chicago-based contemporary artist Audrius Plioplys,  practicing neurologist and visual artist for more than 40 years, talks brain, soul, string theory, convergence, and art. We start with his exhibition at the Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge at the University of Chicago and lost in the hallways of the mind.

Episode 627: Kimi Hanauer

Episode 627: Kimi Hanauer


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This week on Bad at Sports Center Ryan and Dana are joined in the studio by Kimi Hanauer, an artist, cultural organizer, publisher and writer in Chicago for the opening of “All Positions Depend,” curated by Josh Rios at ACRE Projects. Hanauer provides insight into her installation “On Allegiance,” detailing her investigation into early formations of citizenship and the origins of White Supremacy in the United States. We also learn about Press Press, a Baltimore based interdisciplinary publishing initiative, and their work with immigrant youth. Towards the end of our show, co-host RPM ‘terms up the volume’ with some cutting edge words. All this & more on this weeks episode of Bad at Sports Center!

Episode 611: Vincent Uribe and Lauren Leving

Episode 611: Vincent Uribe and Lauren Leving


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Brian and Dana interview representatives, Vincent Uribe and Lauren Leving, from The Arts of Life on the occasion of the Circle Contemporary exhibition titled Community in Color, featuring artists from their studio and selections by curator, Leving. Our hosts learn about The Arts of Life studio program and the 60 artists they work with between their Chicago and Glenview locations.

Thinks: Yvette Mayorga

Thinks: Yvette Mayorga

The following THINKS to Think submission is a piece by the fabulous Chicago-based artist Yvette Mayorga. Enjoy! Yvette Mayorga, “4 Real (Crossing inside a car)”, glitter, textile, and acrylic piping on canvas, 22.5” x 30”, 2017. Photo courtesy of Yvette...