http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com A Voice for Artists in Chicago Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:47:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a founding member of Forgotten Chicago, Serhii Chrucky (pronounced SIR-he KROOTS-key) spends his available time (when he’s in not in class at UIC) examining relics of Chicago’s past. [tag]Forgotten Chicago[/tag] is part photo album, historical repository, and architecture / infrastructure as art. Schlitz Tied House, 21st and Rockwell. 2008. Photo: ... http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/qa-with-serhii-chrucky-remembering-chicago%e2%80%99s-past/ Temporary Allegiance. Courtesy of Josue Pellot. An interview with Josue Pellot, Chicago Artist To Watch By Miguel Jimenez Everyone meets at [tag]Humboldt Park[/tag]’s Café Colao to have coffee on a Tuesday morning -- from local politicians to the neighborhood's elderly. I met with [tag]Chicago Artist to Watch[/tag] Josue Pellot, and what began ... http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/cacs-chicago-artist-to-watch-josue-pellot/ Fear and [tag]Curating[/tag] in Chicago An interview with and by John Brunetti, Director, Alfedena Gallery What motivated you to become a curator? JB: Fear. Seriously? JB: Yes, seriously. Fear can be a great motivator. It can either hold you back or set you free. I had never intended ... http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/cac-fear-and-curating-in-chicago-by-john-brunetti/ How much farther until we get to the other side? Today, Richard and I went to [tag]Artropolis[/tag] at the Merchandise Mart about 11 a.m. and left about 2:30 p.m. There are 5 concurrent shows under one roof. Art Chicago (12th floor) -- art in a gallery atmosphere featuring works appealing to curators ... http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/a-trip-to-atropolis-2008/ Living in Chicago since 2000, Daniel Godston professes that his family moved around a lot. He earned a BA from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, taught English as a Second Language in South Korea for several years, and then returned to the US to earn an MFA in ... http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/qa-with-daniel-godston-musician-and-poet/ Nancy Charak studied photography and design at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and painting and drawing at Northern Illinois University, where she received her MFA in 1979. Her work has been shown in several significant juried exhibitions, including the Chicago and Vicinity Show at the Art Institute of Chicago ... http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/qa-with-nancy-charak-infinite-line/ Today is Earth Day and the first-year anniversary of ArtStyle Blog. The year I spent publishing and editing the blog has been a rewarding and eventful one. I would like to thank the Contributing Bloggers, subscribers, and supportive friends for helping to make this blog successful. As some of you ... http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/first-year-anniversary-for-artstyle-blog/ Alan Lerner, a Chicago-based [tag]musician[/tag], [tag]screen printer[/tag] and [tag]conceptual artist[/tag] who makes sculptural and installation works, has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work deals with personal imagery, war, fashion, and political events that shape and define the individual psyche and mass psychology. He ... http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/qa-with-alan-lerner-conceptual-artist/ Disregard!! http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/sample-post/ Clue #1: Modern patriarch Clue #2: Some crowns bestowed Clue #3: Verdigris inky rubric [show_until="2008-04-25 01:23:29"]Answer to Quiz #1 will be published in 7 days.[/show_until] [hide_until="2008-04-25 1:23:30"] [spoiler]Statue of Greene Vardiman Black, Father of Modern Dentistry in Lincoln Park. [/spoiler] [/hide_until] http://www.chicagoarts-lifestyle.com/quiz-2-new-quiz-title/