Call for VIDEO AND COMPUTER artists for THE MEDIA ROOM
A project of the ARC GALLERY IN CHICAGO,  The Media Room is dedicated to
Electronic Artists working with Video and Computer formats.

Video Submissions:
1/2" VHS (NTSC) video cassette (work no more then 30 minutes running time).
Work originally created in film must be in this format for screening
purposes.  If the original language of the work is not English, subtitles or
a transcript are advisable but remain the responsibility of the artist.

CD-ROM Submissions:
Windows 95 auto-play and auto-repeat, IBM format.  Your CD-ROM should be
self-contained and include multimedia applications and required dlls. For
further guidelines, visit http://www.chicom.com/arc/mediaroom.html

A US $5.00 (non-refundable) Handling Fee is charged for each submission.

ARC places a monthly listing in the GALLERY GUIDE and THE NEW ART EXAMINER.
Listings are also placed in local print media.  Artists have the option of
providing ARC with 1200 announcement cards which will be included in ARC's
mailing.  If work is for sale, ARC takes no commission and acts as a liaison
for sales.

For more information, an application form and submission guidelines, visit
the web site at http://www.chicom.com/arc/mediaroom.html Or contact The Media
Room--Chair, Christina Pantazis-Blades at Pantazis@... or call/fax ARC
Gallery at 312-733-2787

The Media Room space was made possible by the generous support of The SONY
Gallery of Consumer Electronics. The Media Room, ARC Gallery is located at
1040 W. Huron, Chicago, IL 60622.

Call for Artists to be juried into the Illinois Artisans Program.
Must be Illinois artists. Fee $10. Send 6-10 labeled slides of craft work in
plastic sleeves, slide sheet list, one-page resume, large SASE. All material
must have your name, address, phone number. Deadline: Sept. 17. Send or call
for application: Illinois Artisans Program, Jury, Thompson Center, 100 W.
Randolph St., Suite 2-200, Chicago 60601, 312-814-1794, 312-814-5321 or
618-629-2220.

Michael Lipman, co-producer at Media One Cable 19 in the northern suburbs,
seeks artists to feature in a new show, Eye Exhibit (Therefore I Am). If
interested, call 773-327-5180.

ARC Gallery reviewing for the following exhibition opportunities: video,
film, computer art; solo and group exhibitions including performance;
site-specific installations; special events for organizations, small groups.
Send SASE for application: ARC Gallery, 1040 W. Huron, Chicago 60622,
312-733-2787.

6th Annual Competition, Feed the Body, Feed the Soul, Oct. 23 - Nov. 28. All
media, 2D, 3D. Benefits a food bank. Deadline for entry: Oct. 9 Send for a
prospectus: Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamiltion,
OH 45011-2833, 513-863-8873.

Ongoing Postcard Show. Send a postcard, any size or sort. Seven categories:
one-of-a-kind, figurative, artists and their shows, antiques, picture &
story, cards by kids, greetings from across the globe. Dix Art Mix, 2068 N.
Leavitt, Chicago 60647, 773-384-5142, www.fota.com.

Artisans 21 Cooperative Gallery accepting applications for membership.
Seeking artists and craftspersons. Hyde Park location. 5225 S. Harper Ave.,
Chicago 60615. 773-288-7450

Cooperative Gallery in landmark building seeks serious artist within a
50-mile radius of Chicago for membership. Beautiful space, adjoining
courtyard. Send SASE for Fine Arts Building Gallery, 410 South Michigan Ave.[
Chicago 60605

Internationally recognized woman's cooperative gallery accepting applications
for mew members. Offering local, national, international exhibition
opportunities. Work in all media including new & alternative art forms. Send
10 slides with 2 additional detail slides, numbered to correspond to slide
list, statement, resume, SASE. Member Committee,
Artemisisa Gallery, 799 N. Carpenter Street, Chicago 60622.

Hi

       Some of you 'guys' might like to subscribe to a list that's just come
into being - ArtRevolution2000@onelist.com

       It's dedicated to the discussion and dissemination of the works of
iconoclastic U.K. based artist/writer TONY CULVER.  Such developments as -

       MYRIAD IMAGE ABSTRACTS (20,000,000 PLUS paintings latent/realisable in
one painting);
       EXHIBITED SCRIPTS (breaks with the one idea the massed ranks of
theatre/film/T.V. and Radio drama personnel have had for script production -
PERFORMED SCRIPTS):
       MULTI-PURPOSE PAINTINGS (paintings which perform many different roles
in relation to the buyer);

       To name but three from three decades of (suppressed) innovatory work
in the cultural fascist wasteland that is Great Britain.

       Van Gogh merely superficially amended an archaicism.  Tony has
revolutionised painting time after time.  To have every development stamped
on by the philistine Brits.  Is there anyone out there who still believes in
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION?  If 'yes' join this list.

       See ya in cyber space - TONY CULVER

For Puckhedd....

There's no real hurry on this, preferably within the next month.
Please make the answers as detailed as possible.
Thanks!

Hi everyone
I am from N.Ireland and am doing a survey of Irish and
Irish-Americans in Chicago for my Masters in Museum
Studies. I have to interview 150 people, so I have a
lot to do. I would really appreciate if you could take
part, even if you never go to museums. Thanks for your help!
Irish-born people can skip questions 10 & 13. If you know anyone else
who might help, please forward this to them.  I have 2
weeks to get 150 people!


1.  How often do you go to museums?

2.  Which museums in Chicago have you visited?

3.  Have you seen any museum exhibitions in Chicago or
attended any events in museums which featured Irish
history or culture?  If so, what?

4.  Do you think there are enough exhibitions on the
Irish in museums?

5.  Would you attend an exhibition on Irish or
Irish-American history or culture, and if so, what
would you like to see an exhibition on?

6.  Have you ever been to the Irish-American Heritage
Center and why?  Have you been to the museum?  If so,
what did you think of it?

7.  The Chicago Historical Society is planning an
exhibition on sports in Chicago.  If you were aware
that this featured a section on sports within the
Irish community, would this make you more likely to
attend?

8.  Were you aware that recently there was a modern
art exhibition at the Renaissance Society which had
20th Century immigration to Chicago from Ulster as its
theme?  Did you go? If not, do you think you would
have gone?

9.  Would you be interested in seeing an exhibition on
N. Ireland?  Would you identify with that?

10.  Does Irish culture play any part in your life?
eg. Gaelic football, Irish literature.

11. Do you read any Irish-American publications?

12. If you were planning a social outing, which
resources would you consult?  eg. Chicago Sun-Times,
word-of-mouth, particular radio show.

13. Did your family talk to you about their Irish
background when you were growing up?  How important is
it for you to be Irish?

14. What is your religion?  How often would you
estimate you attend religious services?

15.  Have you been/do you go to Ireland?  How often?


OTHER COMMENTS:


Profile
Age:
Occupation:
Generation of Irish:
% of Irishness:
Part of Ireland descendents are from:
Membership of Irish organisations:
Location in Chicago:

HI everyone
I just spent 3 months in Chicago doing an internship at the Chicgao
Historical Society.  I am from N. Ireland but am living in England
doing an MA in Museum Studies.  While I was in Chicago I was also
doing research for my MA dissertation.  I needed to interview 150
Irish-born and Irish-Americans about their opinions on Irish
exhibitions in museums and galleries.  However, I only got 120
finished.  If you are Irish or Irish American (or know any- even if
they never go to museums) and would be able to fill in a quick e-mail
questionnaire for me, I would be really grateful!  E-mail me for more
details.
Thanks!
Lynne
>

A bunch of the galleries are miffed at the Art Chicago show this year,
because the union workers were very slow at setting up galleries' booths. It
seems that they were slow, because founder Thomas Blackman in attempts to
control escalating production costs, changed contractors and acquired his own
lights, carpeting, and 12-foot-high booth walls, which has cut down on
business for local contractors that previously supplied those materials.

For more information on this, I will email you a gif scan of this Chicago
Reader article. Just send your request to spudart@... (and put "request"
in the subject line)

Matt Maldre

Today (tuesday) I went to the Art Institute (it's free on Tuesdays and it's
open until 8pm!) I ran through the musuem as I had little time, but here's
what's shakin' down at the 'tute. (My brief comments are preceded by a "*". I
will go back later for more extensive commentary) YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME!

At Home in Chicago, Part I
Closes August 1, 1999
Plans, drawings, models, and an interactive virtual reality tour present four
recent single-family homesdesigned by Chicago architects that reflect
different approaches to residential architecture.
*Sorry, this is just bland for me.

Jasper Johns: Prints from the Permanent Collection
Closes August 22, 1999
*Hmm, I somehow didn't catch this one. I hope this will be interesting.

Beyond the Photographic Frame
Closes September 12, 1999
Many photographers work beyond the limits of the viewfinder in making
narrative, panoramic, formal, or conceptual works. This exhibition of
approximately 25 photographs explores how photographers and artists have used
this technique during the last 25 years.
*This was a VERY interesting show.

*Up in the contemporary art section, there was a room with two videos playing
on opposite walls. The juxtaposition of these two films were quite
interesting. I'm sorry I can't comment in full here, I just want to give some
brief thoughts now and go back later for more details.


Other ongoings that I just passed by:

The Ordinary Made Extraordinary: African Textiles and Decorative Arts
Closes August 1, 1999

Ruling Families
Gold, silver, and bronze coins from the imperial dynasties of the Early Roman
Empire (27 B.C.- A.D. 235) provide a pictorial family tree of the emperors of
Rome. Found buried in graves and hoards, they show the portraits of leaders
whose ambitions and personalities determined the fate of the empire.

Telling Images: Stories in Art
Kraft Education Center
Works of art in an interactive gallery explore folklore, history, and
mythology with computer games, puppets, and writing and drawing stations.

director translate please
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> Message: 1
>    Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 17:29:17 -0700
>    From: "keith,b" <kronos22@...>
> Subject: Re: Digest Number 17
>
> some one teach me french or next time translate before sending me this
stuff
> I get really erked when i get the foreign language stuff and it probley
says
> something interesting but they think everyone can read french please
> translate next time you send a foreign language(please!!!!!!!!!)
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> To: <artchicago@onelist.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 1:40 AM
> Subject: [artchicago] Digest Number 17
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> >       1. PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES
> >            From: "tony culver" <tonyculver@...>
> >       2. =?iso-8859-1?Q?La_propriété_intellectuelle_de_l'être_sur_?=
> =?iso-8859-1?Q?lui-même?= .
> >            From: association@...
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> > Message: 1
> >    Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 03:07:54 PDT
> >    From: "tony culver" <tonyculver@...>
> > Subject: PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES
> >
> >      Please note - the generic title PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES has
> been
> > altered to MYRIAD IMAGE ABSTRACTS.
> >
> >      Although there are (as far as I can calculate) in each work, image
> > variables beyond count and calculation, it has been considered that
> > potential buyers or inhabitants of the Art World would not, on immediate
> > appraisal, just of the heading, think it possible.  Thus, that I'm
trying
> a
> > 'con'.  'MYRIAD' is less specific, 'INFINITE' indicates the highest
> possible
> > (thus impossible) number.
> >
> >      Also, under the 'infinite image' heading the development has come
up
> > against blank walls, in terms of public response.  Speculating on the
> > probable reactions, one of - "Oh yeah!  Pull the other one!" could be
> > widespread. The reader or recipient of  sales material just not
crediting
> > the possibility that there could be so many paintings/images within one
> > work.  Anther possible negative reaction could be - 'Kinetic art - yeah,
> > very clever - not my bag'.
> >
> >      Sadly, in this warmongering world, THE NEW in The Arts is usually
> > discriminated against at first.  The majority being ready to stamp on
The
> > New rather than welcome it.  Artists innovate to enhance a violent
> > environment, one in which 'the beautiful' is being killed all the time
> > (birds, wild animals, fish, trees) and people slaughtered merely for
being
> > different in some way.  So, create art work that is both different and
> > strangely beautiful, the artist is up against deep destructive
behavioural
> > tendencies.  Homo Sapiens general attitude towards his environment is
one
> of
> > the 'trasher'.  By driving his car down the street he is trashing his
> > environment with noxious fumes and ugly sound.  On the way to his
> > destination will probably futher trash it by throwing rubbish out of the
> > window or by killing a wild animal.  Millions of people own cars and
> > arrogantly trash the environment unthinkingly all the time.  What
chance,
> > with a market like that, have most innovative artists?  It's 'the
> market's'
> > instinctive first reation to trash and destroy, habitual to the species
on
> > many levels.  Of course 'shoot the new down' just because it's different
> is
> > a common pastime.  The 'outlandishly different' - little chance.
> >
> >      You, the reader of this might feel you're creative - are you when
> > driving your car?
> >
> >      Anyway, MYRIAD IMAGE ABSTRACTS not PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES
> from
> > now on.
> >
> >      Regards - Tony Culver
> >      SHARP EDGE ARTS, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, U.K.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> > Message: 2
> >    Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 05:12:39 +0200
> >    From: association@...
> > Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?La_propriété_intellectuelle_de_l'être_sur_?=
> =?iso-8859-1?Q?lui-même?= .
> >
> > Bonjour à toutes et à tous sur artchicago
> >
> > L'Association pour la propriété intellectuelle de l'être sur lui-même
> > a été créée à Paris le 25 février 1999 (Journal Officiel du 27 mars
1999).
> >
> > Cette association a été lancée par plusieurs artistes. Elle a pour but
de
> > développer et promouvoir une nouvelle pratique de l'art .
> >
> > Venez lire notre Charte et notre Revue en Ligne
> > Venez participer aux Listes de Discussions.
> >
> > http://campus.ensba.fr/association
> >
> >
> >
> > Cordialement,
> > La Direction
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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some one teach me french or next time translate before sending me this stuff
I get really erked when i get the foreign language stuff and it probley says
something interesting but they think everyone can read french please
translate next time you send a foreign language(please!!!!!!!!!)
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To: <artchicago@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 1:40 AM
Subject: [artchicago] Digest Number 17


>
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> Topics in today's digest:
>
>       1. PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES
>            From: "tony culver" <tonyculver@...>
>       2. =?iso-8859-1?Q?La_propriété_intellectuelle_de_l'être_sur_?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?lui-même?= .
>            From: association@...
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> Message: 1
>    Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 03:07:54 PDT
>    From: "tony culver" <tonyculver@...>
> Subject: PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES
>
>      Please note - the generic title PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES has
been
> altered to MYRIAD IMAGE ABSTRACTS.
>
>      Although there are (as far as I can calculate) in each work, image
> variables beyond count and calculation, it has been considered that
> potential buyers or inhabitants of the Art World would not, on immediate
> appraisal, just of the heading, think it possible.  Thus, that I'm trying
a
> 'con'.  'MYRIAD' is less specific, 'INFINITE' indicates the highest
possible
> (thus impossible) number.
>
>      Also, under the 'infinite image' heading the development has come up
> against blank walls, in terms of public response.  Speculating on the
> probable reactions, one of - "Oh yeah!  Pull the other one!" could be
> widespread. The reader or recipient of  sales material just not crediting
> the possibility that there could be so many paintings/images within one
> work.  Anther possible negative reaction could be - 'Kinetic art - yeah,
> very clever - not my bag'.
>
>      Sadly, in this warmongering world, THE NEW in The Arts is usually
> discriminated against at first.  The majority being ready to stamp on The
> New rather than welcome it.  Artists innovate to enhance a violent
> environment, one in which 'the beautiful' is being killed all the time
> (birds, wild animals, fish, trees) and people slaughtered merely for being
> different in some way.  So, create art work that is both different and
> strangely beautiful, the artist is up against deep destructive behavioural
> tendencies.  Homo Sapiens general attitude towards his environment is one
of
> the 'trasher'.  By driving his car down the street he is trashing his
> environment with noxious fumes and ugly sound.  On the way to his
> destination will probably futher trash it by throwing rubbish out of the
> window or by killing a wild animal.  Millions of people own cars and
> arrogantly trash the environment unthinkingly all the time.  What chance,
> with a market like that, have most innovative artists?  It's 'the
market's'
> instinctive first reation to trash and destroy, habitual to the species on
> many levels.  Of course 'shoot the new down' just because it's different
is
> a common pastime.  The 'outlandishly different' - little chance.
>
>      You, the reader of this might feel you're creative - are you when
> driving your car?
>
>      Anyway, MYRIAD IMAGE ABSTRACTS not PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES
from
> now on.
>
>      Regards - Tony Culver
>      SHARP EDGE ARTS, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, U.K.
>
>
>
>
____________________________________________________________________________
___
>
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>
> Message: 2
>    Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 05:12:39 +0200
>    From: association@...
> Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?La_propriété_intellectuelle_de_l'être_sur_?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?lui-même?= .
>
> Bonjour à toutes et à tous sur artchicago
>
> L'Association pour la propriété intellectuelle de l'être sur lui-même
> a été créée à Paris le 25 février 1999 (Journal Officiel du 27 mars 1999).
>
> Cette association a été lancée par plusieurs artistes. Elle a pour but de
> développer et promouvoir une nouvelle pratique de l'art .
>
> Venez lire notre Charte et notre Revue en Ligne
> Venez participer aux Listes de Discussions.
>
> http://campus.ensba.fr/association
>
>
>
> Cordialement,
> La Direction
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>

Bonjour à toutes et à tous sur artchicago

L’Association pour la propriété intellectuelle de l’être sur lui-même
a été créée à Paris le 25 février 1999 (Journal Officiel du 27 mars 1999).

Cette association a été lancée par plusieurs artistes. Elle a pour but de
développer et promouvoir une nouvelle pratique de l'art .

Venez lire notre Charte et notre Revue en Ligne
Venez participer aux Listes de Discussions.

http://campus.ensba.fr/association



Cordialement,
La Direction

Please note - the generic title PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES has been
altered to MYRIAD IMAGE ABSTRACTS.

      Although there are (as far as I can calculate) in each work, image
variables beyond count and calculation, it has been considered that
potential buyers or inhabitants of the Art World would not, on immediate
appraisal, just of the heading, think it possible.  Thus, that I'm trying a
'con'.  'MYRIAD' is less specific, 'INFINITE' indicates the highest possible
(thus impossible) number.

      Also, under the 'infinite image' heading the development has come up
against blank walls, in terms of public response.  Speculating on the
probable reactions, one of - "Oh yeah!  Pull the other one!" could be
widespread. The reader or recipient of  sales material just not crediting
the possibility that there could be so many paintings/images within one
work.  Anther possible negative reaction could be - 'Kinetic art - yeah,
very clever - not my bag'.

      Sadly, in this warmongering world, THE NEW in The Arts is usually
discriminated against at first.  The majority being ready to stamp on The
New rather than welcome it.  Artists innovate to enhance a violent
environment, one in which 'the beautiful' is being killed all the time
(birds, wild animals, fish, trees) and people slaughtered merely for being
different in some way.  So, create art work that is both different and
strangely beautiful, the artist is up against deep destructive behavioural
tendencies.  Homo Sapiens general attitude towards his environment is one of
the 'trasher'.  By driving his car down the street he is trashing his
environment with noxious fumes and ugly sound.  On the way to his
destination will probably futher trash it by throwing rubbish out of the
window or by killing a wild animal.  Millions of people own cars and
arrogantly trash the environment unthinkingly all the time.  What chance,
with a market like that, have most innovative artists?  It's 'the market's'
instinctive first reation to trash and destroy, habitual to the species on
many levels.  Of course 'shoot the new down' just because it's different is
a common pastime.  The 'outlandishly different' - little chance.

      You, the reader of this might feel you're creative - are you when
driving your car?

      Anyway, MYRIAD IMAGE ABSTRACTS not PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES from
now on.

      Regards - Tony Culver
      SHARP EDGE ARTS, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, U.K.

The Chicago Tribune had its annual listing of art fairs for this summer. It
appeared in the Friday section of May 14. It's also on their website at:

http://chicagotribune.com/leisure/features/article/0,1051,SAV-9905140146,00.ht
ml
(copy and paste this link)

and there was a commity of people where gallerys had to send stuff to get in
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>    Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:04:56 -0700
>    From: "keith,b" <kronos22@...>
> Subject: Re: Digest Number 13
>
>     hey there one of my teachers is an artist(photographer) at katherian
> Edelman gallery and she told us that people coming there looking for
certain
> art pieces where very picky and that might explain why the absence of
> computer generated art
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> Subject: [artchicago] Digest Number 13
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> >            From: Spudart@...
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> >
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> >    Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:58:49 EDT
> >    From: Spudart@...
> > Subject: Art 1999 Chicago at Navy Pier
> >
> > Did anyone go see the Art show at Navy Pier this past weekend?
> >
> > This year's Navy Pier show was excellent as always.
> >
> > It seems that there was more photography this year than in the past
shows.
> > Again, there was an absence of digital/computer work. Must be because
the
> > dealers are there to primarily sell, and the digital stuff doesn't sell
as
> > well, I suppose. Of course there is the exception with Nam June Paik who
> > always seems to have work somewhere in the Pier show every year. Also
> absent
> > from this year's show was any larger than life sculptures. (Of course
> there
> > were the great large sculptures outside for the Pier Walk show.) Another
> > "trend" I noticed is that quite a few galleries that had pieces made
from
> > corrugated cardboard.
> >
> > If you missed this show, there's always SOFA (Sculpture, Objects,
> Functional
> > Art) in the Fall. It's also at Navy Pier. The Pier Walk will still be up
> when
> > this show comes around.
> >
> >
> >
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hey there one of my teachers is an artist(photographer) at katherian
Edelman gallery and she told us that people coming there looking for certain
art pieces where very picky and that might explain why the absence of
computer generated art
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> Did anyone go see the Art show at Navy Pier this past weekend?
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> This year's Navy Pier show was excellent as always.
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> It seems that there was more photography this year than in the past shows.
> Again, there was an absence of digital/computer work. Must be because the
> dealers are there to primarily sell, and the digital stuff doesn't sell as
> well, I suppose. Of course there is the exception with Nam June Paik who
> always seems to have work somewhere in the Pier show every year. Also
absent
> from this year's show was any larger than life sculptures. (Of course
there
> were the great large sculptures outside for the Pier Walk show.) Another
> "trend" I noticed is that quite a few galleries that had pieces made from
> corrugated cardboard.
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> If you missed this show, there's always SOFA (Sculpture, Objects,
Functional
> Art) in the Fall. It's also at Navy Pier. The Pier Walk will still be up
when
> this show comes around.
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Did anyone go see the Art show at Navy Pier this past weekend?

This year's Navy Pier show was excellent as always.

It seems that there was more photography this year than in the past shows.
Again, there was an absence of digital/computer work. Must be because the
dealers are there to primarily sell, and the digital stuff doesn't sell as
well, I suppose. Of course there is the exception with Nam June Paik who
always seems to have work somewhere in the Pier show every year. Also absent
from this year's show was any larger than life sculptures. (Of course there
were the great large sculptures outside for the Pier Walk show.) Another
"trend" I noticed is that quite a few galleries that had pieces made from
corrugated cardboard.

If you missed this show, there's always SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional
Art) in the Fall. It's also at Navy Pier. The Pier Walk will still be up when
this show comes around.

CHICAGO CRITICS ON CHICAGO ART" PANEL PRESENTATION
Saturday, May 8, 4 - 6pm
at the Art 1999 Chicago show at Navy Pier

With the mission of introducing the international art community to Chicago
artists, the Chicago Art Critics Association presents "Chicago Critics on
Chicago Art" panel presentation. The association's six presenting critics
will give a brief overview of a Chicago artist's body of work through a slide
presentation. After each presentation, the critic will answer questions and
position the artist in the context of the international art community. Critic
John Brunetti speaks on the works fo Puerto Rican-American artist Bibiana
Suarez whose mixed media work deals with cultural, political and family
issues. Michael Bulka showcases the whimsical sculptures of artist Mindy Rose
Schwartz. Critic Margaret Hawkins lectures on the figurative and narrative
paintings of Chuck Walker and Stephen Longmire speaks about urban documentary
photographer Bob Thall's body of work. In addition, Lisa Stein presents a
criticism of the finely crafted metal sculptures of Alan Gugel and Polly
Ullrich critiques Barbara Cooper's eerie wood and reed sculptures. The panel
presentation is free with paid admission on May 8 to Art 1999 Chicago.

text taken from:
http://www.artchicago.com/fs/artchicago_FS.html

Dear Art Lover -

      INNOVATIVE ART & ART THEORY THERETO RELATED  (quite long)

      As an intelligent art aficianado you might like to catch up on
PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES (defined - 'infinite image
variables latent/realisable in a single composition' or 'an infinite
number of paintings in one') brain-child of U.K. artist TONY
CULVER.  This startling aesthetic phenomenon was created by
redesigning 'The Painting' ('Fixed/flat/usually rectangular and
framed/wall locatable/painted single image'.  Permutations thereon
comprising 99.9% of the painterly output of artists since approx. 1450
A.D.).

      SEVERAL such redesigns have been realised.  For brevity, DESIGN
'A' - 'THE ALI' - will be described here.  This is -
      1)  Table standing;
      2)  Upright box shape, about 2ft high by 1ft square;
      3)  Contains a base/central pillar/ceiling;
      4)  With 20 or more REVOLVABLE DOUBLE SIDED COLOUR AREA STRIPS,
          hung close together, on two levels, from 'ceiling';
      5)  Abstract compositions painted onto these, both sides;
      6)  The strips can be revolved thru 360 degrees;
      7)  They can also be 'frozen' at any point in revolve;
      8)  The works are viewable from 360 degrees;
      9)  Are interactive, viewer to work;
     10)  Actually 3-dimensional;
     11)  Actual change of colour, line, form, composition ergo image.

      MATHEMATICAL SUMS like - 360 multiplied by 360 by 180 by 20 =
46,656,000 IMAGE VARIABLES are applicable to the work.  Resultant from the
fact that each image is, in fact, 360 different images (due to angles of
view) and again, from each such angle, 360 more every time a strip is
revolved. Combined with a further 180 on each degree of turn (angles from
which  such changes can be viewed).  The relationship permutations of colour
area strip to strip appear to be beyond calculation, creating an
INCALCULABLY HIGH NUMBER of image variable possibilities.  To simplify -
PAINTINGS WITH INFINITE IMAGES.

      Certainly, many of the image variables are subtly different.  A
degree of revolution, of one strip, altering the previous image
fragmentarily.  But, obvious differences are also apparent.  A strip
revolved thru 180 degrees presents a totally different colour set to
the eye, thus colour relationships.

      TO WHAT EFFECT A PAINTING WITH INFINITE IMAGE VARIABLES LATENT
WITHIN IT?  ALL visual realities ARE constantly changing phenomena,
NOT fixed and unchanging.  So, these works reflect what painters see
when they study an object/view/face etc..  Lines, forms, colours
alter constantly.  In effect, there never has been a representational
school of painters.  Reality changes so rapidly, it cannot be
represented with paint.  What is called 'representational' is, in
fact, distortional.  The patina of perceptual change is edited out by
selection, so the object being 'represented' is distorted.  Also, the
'random organisation of colours' is generally not considered
aesthetically pleasing when found in a painting.  However, they are
the norm in visual realities, and many of the results are
aesthetically pleasing (cloud formations for example).  The colour
areas in one of these works might be likened to clouds tumbling into
different formations, each one beautiful.  As a painter, TONY CULVER
sought to find a way to depict the CHANGES very apparent in what he
studied.  The changes of line/form/colour overall composition of the
subjects.  The REVOLUTION of colour areas changes line/form/colour
and their relationships.

      THE BUYER, OF COURSE, COMES INTO POSSESSION OF A VAST ART
COLLECTION, INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD 'ONE IMAGE PAINTING'.  Each image
change constituting a different composition, ergo painting.  'He'
also has 'his' creativity stimulated, by becoming an active
participant in the work.  The infinite images are LATENT, there for
'him' to realise at will.  They can be FIXED for any length of time,
or, rapidly changed, like a musician works up a variation on a
motif.  When this is happening, the work becomes, as it were, a
'visual instrument'.  Image variables unfolding like sounds from a
violin.

      The focus, for 99.9% of painters, has been on 'the single image'
and what can be done with it (in terms of colour use, composition,
style, associations etc.).  With these works, the underlying original
image is still important - 'abstract, planes of colour against planes
of colour, flat on flat SURFACES (many more than one)', with the
added important dimension of INFINITE VARIABILITY.  A portrait,
as it were, smiling, frowning, laughing, turning, crying - DIFFERENT
EVERY SECOND - as a face is in visual reality, or a landscape's
colours, moods, activities changing all the time.  THE ESSENCE of
what a painter sees in studying an object, realised.

     If you'd like further information/photos-down-the-line, TONY CULVER can
be contacted on his e-mail number, tonyculver@hotmailcom.  Leave a message
and he'll be in touch.  WORKS BY THE SAME ARTIST  in the PAINTINGS WITH
INFINITE IMAGES 'genre' - 'THE GAMBLER', 'THE CASCADE', 'POCKET ART
COLLECTIONS'. Three further designs, that give the buyer an INFINITE NUMBER
of images in SINGLE WORKS. In the last instance, WHICH CAN BE CARRIED IN A
POCKET/BRIEFCASE/HANDBAG!  (Little joke on plutocratic collectors and art
museums.  Carry a MUCH larger collection of original paintings than any of
them owns, IN YOUR POCKET OR HANDBAG.  At prices MOST can afford).

    Regards - TONY CULVER, SHARP EDGE ARTS, BARNSTAPLE, U.K.

This weekend is the big Art 1999 Chicago show at Navy Pier.

For those who are not familiar with this show. It's the BIG show that you are
not to miss. It is THE number one art show in Chicago to see each year. As
their website (www.artchicago.com) says: "The World's Most Comprehensive
Exposition of Galleries from Europe, Asia and the Americas" Visitors to Art
1999 Chicago will have an opportunity to view works by over 2,100 artists,
represented by 214 exhibitors from 24 countries." You MUST go to see this
show. It's so fat jack, it'll knock ya off yer rocker.

For instructions on how to get down there via car (and where to park), city
bus, Metra train, taxi, foot, in-line skates, sightseeing bus, boat, or
trolley go to:
http://www.navypier.com/access.html

Fri, May 07  11am-7pm
Sat, May 08 11am-7pm
Sun, May 09 11am-7pm
Mon, May 10 11am-7pm
Tue, May 11 11am-5pm

Navy Pier Festival Hall. Chicago, IL
http://www.artchicago.com

Adabella,

Thank you so much for that info.  I have already called both schools and they
will be sending me some info.  A friend wants to know of any in the South
Suburban area.  Do you know of any?

Well that depnds on the type of class you want.

Obviously schools like the art inst. or UIC have them in the traditional college
form 9& cost)

or both the

The Evenston Arts Center (in evenston right by Northwestern Univ)&

The Suburban Fine Arts Center (in Highland park near the lake)

  have classes that run 10 weeks... for about 2-3 hours a week and cost between
$120 & $300



it all depends on how much instruction you want & what your working in.

the classes at the school are going to be better and more focused but are are on
the schools terms (though UIC & Northeastern are state schools so a single class
will cost only around $300 ) but it is a time comitment



The arts center classes have a lot of poeple who are just playing around & just
want to learn something new they can have fun with for thier own benifit...so
they tend to be catered to that idea.



hope any of that helped.



A



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>Is anyone out there?

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>I need to get some information about sculpting classes in the Chicago area.

>If there is someone out there, please e-mail.

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http://chicagotribune.com/leisure/features/article/0,1051,SAV-9904260173,00.ht
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Hello Everyone,

I am new to the list and also new to sculpting.  I enjoy sculpting busts very
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area where I can take classes?

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CHICAGO ARTS STUDY IS TOOL TO DEFEAT GAMBLING MEASURE IN PENNSYLVANIA

PHILADELPHIA, PA — A measure to introduce gambling in Pennsylvania,
which would have included slot machines, video poker and riverboat
casinos on the Delaware, was killed last month by the State Senate.
According to the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, one of the tools used by the
Coalition of Philadelphia Neighborhood Associations, an organization
formed to fight the proposed riverboats, was a study done by the Chicago
Better Government Association which showed that tourists who came for the
arts were much more beneficial to the economy than gamblers.

“We’re trying to get the word out . . . that you get true economic
development without the horrible social ills from gambling by focusing
attention on the cultural attractions we have here right now,” the Daily
News quotes Colleen Puckett, a founder of the Coalition of Philadelphia
Neighborhood Associations as saying.

The Better Government Association (BGA) study, THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN
CHICAGO: IT’S THE ARTS, STUPID, published in 1997, concluded that “It is
time to stop and smell the roses - admit the obvious.  We should support
our core institutions and nourish the new ones from the beginning rather
than casting about for pie in the sky solutions like casinos.”

In 1994, the BGA had engaged Bill Thompson and Ricardo Gazel from the
University of Nevada to survey 785 Illinois riverboat gamblers.  Gazel
and Thompson found that almost none of them spent any money on anything
but gambling — “Maybe a beer on the boat but nothing in town”. In 1997,
on behalf of the Chicago Metro Ethics Coalition, BGA commissioned
Professors Thompson and Gazel to survey the “real tourists”.

They surveyed 1194 people at the Art Institute, Navy Pier and the North
Michigan Avenue Shopping District.  Free music and arts events as
motivations for coming to Chicago were ranked by 85.2% respondents as
“high” or “very high”. 83.4% ranked new museums high or very high.

As opposed to the gamblers who were mostly local or from within a 50 mile
radius, 56.9% of the Art Institute visitors came from outside the Chicago
Metropolitan area.  Of the 223 Art Institute visitors who lived over 35
miles away, 72 came to Chicago especially to visit the Art Institute.
They stayed overnight, spending an average of $225.11 per person per trip
in a combination of food, lodging, shopping, transportation, sightseeing,
etc.

“Based in these findings, visitors of the Art Institute alone are
responsible for an addition of nearly $160 million to Chicago’s economy
each year,” the study states.

A spokesperson for the BGA told Arts Wire that it’s figures were similar
to those found by a similar study by Illinois Arts Alliance. “Our direct
numbers match up almost perfectly,” he noted.

“The lesson here is that supporting more museums, art and musical
entertainment has a much bigger payoff (and isn’t that what we always
talk about in Chicago?) than either amusement parks or casinos,”
the study concludes.

Sources/resources:

“Phila. Ought to be Grateful for Legislature’s Anti-gambling Vote;
Education Shouldn’t be a Crapshoot”
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS — http://www.phillynews.com
March 10, 1999

Marc Meltzer
“In Chicago, museums and music appear to more likely to draw tourism $$
Study: Arts are safer bet”
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS - http://www.phillynews.com
February 19, 1999

J. Terrence Brunner, Executive Director, Better Government Association
“Statement to the Metro ethics Coalition Project”
June 23, 1997

Ricardo C. Gazel and William Thompson
“The Tourism Industry in Chicago: It’s the Arts, Stupid”
June 20, 1997

BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION WEBSITE:  http://www.bgawatchdog.org

ILLINOIS ARTS ALLIANCE — http://www.artswire.org/~ilartadv

this article comes from Arts Wire CURRENT April 20, 1999; Volume 8, No. 16
I highly recommend subscribing: http://www.artswire.org/

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's 1999 Graduate exhibition runs
April 10-21 at the White Tower Building, 847 West Jackson, (312)443-3703.
Opening reception is April 10, 5-8pm.

I went to the School of the Art Institute graduate (mfa) show opening last
saturday. The show covers the three floors in the building of 847 W. Jackson.
The LARGE number of works were very wide-ranging, interesting and provactive.
As far as I believe this was all their mfa's who were graduating.

I found the majority of the works to be sculpture and installations. There
were barely any paintings. The paintings I did see seemed so much more flat
than the active exciting sculptures and installations.
A few of the highlights that stick out in my mind were:

-a wall of money certificates advertising the MacNeil Art Projects. It was
interesting convergence of money and art where you can buy a share for $5.00
and returned for $10.00 in 2004. He says, "Invest in Ben MacNeil. Put the
artist at risk." If in 5 years everyone asks for their money back, Ben loses
out. But if people decide to keep the share, because it's "art" then he wins
money. It's kinda like if people consider this piece art, he wins. If people
consider it money, he loses.
You can buy shares now at:
http://www.artshare.com
-I got to meet the Wiener Girls and I got a free hot dog, but the napkin was
a dollar. I shared with them my thoughts on potatoes.
Check out their website at:
http://www.wienergirls.com
-One dude was breakdancing on his art.
-An installation piece on my way to the bathroon on the first floor. As I was
walking through the gallery on the first floor, I encoutered toilet stall
walls installed on the the gallery walls in the corner. I bent down to see if
there was anything inside, but there was nothing I could see--even no toilet.
So I found this slightly humourous and proceeded on my way to the "real"
washrooms. I went inside to the urinal, took care of my business and noticed
a survelliance t.v. installed on the wall above the urinals. I turned it on
expecting something weird, but much to my dismay, it was only a gray screen.
Hmph. So i turned it back off and left the washroom. I went back to the
installed stall walls and looked inside. There was two 3" inch holes in the
wall. One had the survelliance camera and the other had a computer monitor
with the website. I found it funny that the camera was positioned to point at
my "family jewels" as I kneeled down to look inside the holes. As I walked
out of the stall a dude came walking by and told me that he saw me in the
monitor in the washroom!!!

Well, I'm sure that isn't a fair cross-section of the show. It's just what
comes to mind right now.
I'm hoping to see the show in more detail later. I only had a quick chance to
see the show, so I ran through it. There are tons and tons of good stuff to
see!

Here's what the NewCity newspaper had to say about it:

http://www.newcitychicago.com/issues/thisweek/artbreak.html

People may grumble about the size or quality of Chicago's professional art
scene, but there's no arguing that its student art community is thriving. One
of several first-rate graduate programs in the area, the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago's program is among the biggest (and, according to U.S.
News and World Report, best) in the country. It's no surprise, then, that the
school's annual graduate exhibition is an art event not to be missed. This
weekend, 140 soon-to-be-graduates introduce their work to the world via a
sprawling maze of temporary walls and installations occupying two floors of
SAIC's West Loop outpost, above the school's Gallery 2. Sorting through the
mass of photographs, paintings, drawings, architectural maquettes, prints,
videos, installations and other works in media ranging from ceramic to sound
can be a bit daunting, but there are always a few diamonds to be found within
the rough. The event also includes a schedule of time-based media
presentations, with performance art on April 15 and 24 and audio-visual on
May 1-3 (call for schedule). You can wait a year or two for the gallery
system to sort through this work for you, or catch this show and say, "I saw
it first."
(Ann Wiens)

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's 1999 Graduate exhibition runs
April 10-21 at the White Tower Building, 847 West Jackson, (312)443-3703.
Opening reception is April 10, 5-8pm.

Call for Entries: ARC Gallery Scholarship

What: ARC Gallery seeking applicants for Scholarship Member program. Grants
one-year membership to female student pursuing either BFA or MFA. Scholarship
benefits include gallery affiliation and assistance in gallery projects. Solo
exhibition upon completion.

When: Postmark deadline May 15, 1999.

Where: Send SASE for prospectus to: ARC Gallery, 1040 W. Huron, Chicago, IL
60662. Or call: 312-733-2787.

Call for ARTISTS:
Dates of the 10th Annual AROUND THE COYOTE ARTS FESTIVAL are set for
September 9-12, 1999 in the Bucktown/Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village
neighborhoods of Chicago. With over 60 sites and more than 500 artists
participating in all spectrums of the arts, the Around the Coyote Arts
Festival has become one of the largest studio tours and art gatherings in the
country.

The Around the Coyote is a non-profit organization committed to highlighting
the talent of the artists living in the Bucktown/Wicker Park/Ukrainian
Village neighborhoods, as well as exposing the work of emerging artists in
Chicago and the country. Through a juried process, the 1999 Around the Coyote
Arts Festival will select 50-75 non-local visual artists to showcase their
artwork in the neighborhoods of Bucktown/Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village during
the three-day event.

They are currently accepting applications for artists interested in
participating or performing in this year's festival. To receive an
application, an artist may send a SASE to: Around the Coyote Arts Festival,
PO Box 477750, Chicago, IL 60647  or email your name, address, and phone
number to aroundthecoyote@...

Artists' applications will be sent out beginning April 10, 1999 DEADLINE:
June 14, 1999

The Illinois Arts Council's (IAC) popular annual calendar of art fairs taking
place throughout all sectors of Illinois is now available both in hard copy
and on-line. To recieve a copy call the IAC at 312-814-6750 or toll-free in
Illinois at 1-800-237-6994 or 312-814-4831 TTY for individuals who are deaf or
have hearing or voice impairments. To view it on-line visit the IAC's website:
http://www.state.il.us/agency/iac
(this ad taken from "Heartland" a quarterly publication of the Illinois Arts
Council; vol.4, #3, Spring 1999)