NFO XPO / FREE UNIVERSITY
@ Benton House (3052 S Gratten Ave)
www.bentonhouse.org
12:00PM-7:30pm
$7 adults/free for youth
The NFO XPO ("info expo") brings art groups and community organizations together to exchange information and ideas, and also provides a public platform for each individual or group to present itself. It's a trade show for experimental art, emerging art spaces, and radical exchange. It's our version of what an art fair should be.
This year’s XPO is hosted by Benton House, an amazing neighborhood social service agency.
Participants include: A Literal Letter Service, Criticorps, Agebt Orangerie, Trendbeheer (NL), Agent Orangerie, The bARTer collective( CO), Sticker Award, Memory and Bus Shelter Project, Maggie Puckett's Total Ocean Recall, Greg Gilliam, Midcoast Free School, Roxaboxen, S'mores Grant Project, Vegan Galery, Chicago Underground Library, The Lines of the Rebellion(AG) , MFA AKV/St. Joost, (ƒ)utility Projects + DIYLILCNC.org ) (Taylor Hokanson, Patrick Lichty, Chris Reilly, Ben Stagl), What it Is, Le Dernier Cri, Seripop, Allison Kilberg, Tom Torleumeke, Kristen Reger (Space LIC), Cave (Detroit), The Org Gallery (Detroit), Retablo-A-Go-Go (Sante Fe), Mathias Marx (DE) , Creative Oscillation Channel, threewalls with Curating Yourself, Amy Schleser + Pop Quiz Trigonometry, Jeriah Hildwine, Rukuspace, Next Objectivists, Printervention, Melissa Potter, Ray Emerick, Skype Dance (at the XPO and at Bridgeport Coffee House), Stephanie Burke & others.
Food and drink available. (Free University and Re:Claiming Creativity Conference schedule coming soon.
8pm: Korean Polish BBQ / Afterparty
Join us for our annual Version specialty: Korean Polish Bar B Q
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere (3219 S Morgan)
$5 or free for NFO XPO visitors
9pm: Jams begin
Relay Beken
Animal City
Icy Demons