Building updates and announcements and media coverage of the building and building residents.
Saturday, OCTOBER 8 from 10am-5pm
Sunday, OCTOBER 9 from 10am-5pm
1800 West Cornelia Arts Building, Studio 101
Ring Beth Kamhi #116 on the buzzer
In conjunction with Chicago Artists’ Month, and the 10th Annual Ravenswood ArtWalk, the Cornelia Arts Building opens its door to the public for a weekend of art. Please join us!
Hours will be October 1, 11am – 6pm and October 2, 11am – 5pm.
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Registered participants in the Ravenswood ArtWalk include:
All work shown by Jason Messinger. View more on Jason’s blog!
The Cornelia Arts Building will participate in Chicago Artists’ Month 2011 – featuring our tri-annual Open House, over 40 artists practice a diverse range of art-making in our Ravenswood studio building. Cornelia is an example of a community driven network of artists who work collaboratively to promote their own artwork, and that of their peers, as well as highlighting the importance of maintaining working studio space for artists. The only all-artist studio building on the Northside of Chicago, we regularly open our building to the public providing and engaging and educational look at the creative process from the inside. We hope that you will join us this October 1st and 2nd for our open house in conjunction with Chicago Artists’ Month and the 10th annual Ravenswood ArtWalk.
This year’s theme, “Artful Networks,”explores the communities that nurture and inspire Chicago artists and their work. The people with whom artists choose to work can be supportive in encouraging creative growth, experimentation, dialogue among peers, and community building. Ranging from traditional residency programs to collaboratives to informal relationships, our communities impact the way we create, support and appreciate art. In celebration of the Alliance of Artists Communities’ 20th Anniversary Conference, which takes place in Chicago from October 19 to 22, Chicago Artists Month 2011 looks at the various ways artists in Chicago are influenced by their social environments.
For more information visit these fine websites:
Cornelia Arts Building artist Scott Simons was one of the 4 winners out of over 100 entries in the Ravenswood Pink ArtWalk sponsored by House Beautiful. The selections were made by a panel of judges comprised of members from Ravenswood ArtWalk, House Beautiful and Ravenswood Elementary School. The winners are:
There is a 2 page spread on pp. 38-39 about the event in the June issue along with a picture of the piece and his contact info. Check it out!!
JURIED AND CURATED BY SERGIO GOMEZ, Over 12,000 sf of gallery space in the first floor of the Zhou B. Art Center
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In celebration of the 7th anniversary of the National Self-Portrait Exhibition and 33 Contemporary Gallery (formerly known as 33 Collective Gallery), this year’s exhibition will be the largest one to date. 33 Contemporary Gallery in collaboration with the Zhou B. Art Center present the 7th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition.
Participants include Tor Dettwiler, sculptor at the Cornelia Arts Building, and many more.
The entire first floor of the Zhou B. Art Center will become a national laboratory for the exploration and visual representation of the “self”. This exhibition will be entirely devoted to different aspects of self-awareness, individual perception and identity. It will include works ranging from representational, non-representational and conceptual ideas of the self. It will feature works in a variety of media. The Zhou B. Art Center is home to 33 Contemporary Gallery and it is located at 1029 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609.
Come to the Chicago Artists Month Marketing Boot Camp – THIS Friday, July 15! Learn the most effective ways to promote your event and expand your audience during Chicago Artists Month. Find out how to post your program information on the CAM online calender, how to use the CAM Facebook page, social media and marketing techniques to promote CAM programs through the month.
THIS Friday, July 15:
At the Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd floor, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street, Chicago 60602
FREE.
Speakers include: Marketing, communications and social media experts from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, Chicago Artists Resource and the Chicago art community.
No RSVP needed. Just sign in at the door. Open to participating CAM organizations, artists and guests.
Questions? Contact Kitty O’Connell at 312/742-4716 or chicagoartistsmo@gmail.com
Congratulations to artist Beth Kamhi for rocking the vote in the 2011 Reader Poll: “Best New Visual Artist 2011”
Beth also received an Honorable Mention from the Highland Park Art Center and is a 2011 CAAP Grant Recipient.
View Beths work here…
And check out her blog here…
My function as an artist is not to tell the truth — it is to captivate viewers for as long as I can hold their attention. It is not necessary for the artwork to be any more than what it is. What is necessary is for the art to flow from inside and to allow the paintings and drawings to spring from my entire set of experiences and sensibilities as an artist.My current favorite giants, to name just the women, are Agnes Martin and Joan Mitchell for the purity of their thought and action on the canvas as well as Linda Karshan, Sandra Blow, Vija Celmins, and Katherina Grosse. Whether what they do is lyrical, expository or just plain brash, to my way of thinking they are all pure abstract expressionists who make marks, lines, shapes, colors on paper, canvas, even buildings, and say to us, “ here look at this, make of it what you will.
I work with acrylic and enamel paint to create both traditional abstract paintings as well as mixed-media pieces incorporating wood, metal, string and other found items. All pieces are painted on wood.