The folks at this magazine believe it’s important to practice what you preach. So we are proud to say this Proximity was released at Version Festival, one of our many projects.

The Co-Prosperity School, a new pedagogical project initiated by artist Aaron Delehanty and a few folks from Proximity magazine (Ed and Rachael Marszewski) will be starting June 28, 2010. Our six week course is a Discovery Center style experiment in artist run education. Our focus will be on cracking the shells of the contemporary Chicago [...]

June 28, 2010
Co-Prosperity School
The Co-Prosperity School is an Artist-Run School for and about the advancement and understanding of contemporary Chicago Art. Through guest speakers and class member presentations we will shine a light on the contemporary art scene of Chicago.

One of our goals is to break down the panel discussion dialogue of Chicago’s art and bring it [...]

July 10, 2010

The Fun Theory of Change
film, discussion, and good time

What does fun have to do with social change?

How can mimes, super-hero costumes, and
artistic interventions help to transform a city?

Join Dr. Pop and The Public Square
for a lively screening of Bogota Change,
the movie that tells the story of how
Antanas Mockus reshaped an entire city
through creativity and an [...]

June 30, 2010

Of Friends & Whirlwinds: Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States
with the Team Colors Collective, Daniel Tucker and Advisory Board Members of AREA
Chicago
Wednesday, June 30th, 7pm
The Backstory Café and Social Center – 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Chicago, IL
www.backstorycafe.com
Explore contemporary radical currents with the Team Colors Collective and celebrate
their recently released AK Press title, Uses of [...]

June 20, 2010

5020 S. Cornell
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 324-5520

www.hydeparkart.org

June 20 October  3, 2010
opening June 20 ,2010

Who is Roger Brown?
New exhibition re-connects Art Center to faåmed Chicago Imagist and Hairy Who alum.
“If that’s what you see in it, that’s what it is”
—Roger Brown (1941-1997)

This weekend marks the opening of Roger Brown: Calif U.S.A. And it’s not your typical [...]

Local artists and the Chicago Rain Forest Action Network posted warning signs over many locations on the south side including this one on Morgan St near 32nd Place.

We received this information from our friends at Just Seeds:

RAN Chicago teamed up with local artists to raise public attention to the Fisk and Crawford coal-powered plants on [...]

If you are smart you will join artist Hui-min Tsen on a guided tour of the Chicago Pedway at 3pm this Thursday, June 17. The On the Trail of a Disorderly Future project and performance takes about 90 minutes. The tour starts at the southwest corner of State St. and Wacker Dr., in front of [...]

From the press release:

TODAY WE DON’T USE THE WORD ‘RECESSION’

For the Midsummer Festival in Cork, Ireland, Superflex has made a new artwork “Today we do not use the word ‘Recession’” that invites all the citizens of the city involved. Superflex encouraged The Lord Mayor Cllr. Dara Murphy to bring a proposal to the city council [...]

Last Friday over 600 people checked out our buddy Ray Noland’s solo exhibition, Sweet Tea & American Values, at the Chicago Urban Arts Society. Known for his Obama and Blagojovich stencils, murals and paintings, Ray unveiled his newest work, a portrait of Mayor Daley in riot gear. Ray’s show was also the official opening of [...]

A new arts journal has started in Chicago and its called 127 Prince,  named after the location of artist Gordon Matta-Clark’s 1971 restaurant FOOD. According to their site 127 Prince will “present and examine ideas on the art of social practice, and the social practice of art.” The collective of editors includes Randall Szott, Jen [...]

June 18, 2010

Date:

Friday, June 18, 2010

Time:

8:00pm – 11:00pm

Location:

The Hills Esthetic Center

Street:

128 N Campbell St

City/Town:

Chicago, IL

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Remembering the Future: a group show by ACRE
Opening Reception: Friday, June 18th – 8-11p
The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N Campbell St

The Hills is proud to showcase Remembering the Future, the first group show of ACRE’s founding members. This exhibition includes new photographs, drawings, [...]

Stina is an artist and graphic designer whose artwork has been shown around town, and whose graphic design talents feature a mean Lisa Frank impression.  Can’t I be the next Lisa Frank?  When she’s not concocting awesomeness in the art world, she’s busy making me caprese sandwiches… and finding these goodies on the internet.

Stina is an artist and graphic designer whose artwork has been shown around town, and whose graphic design talents feature a mean Lisa Frank impression. Can’t I be the next Lisa Frank? When she’s not concocting awesomeness in the art world, she’s busy making me caprese sandwiches… and finding these goodies on the internet. You can find her on the internet at www.stinakaz.com

June 16, 2010
MEMBERS ONLY PRINT VIEWING FROM THE COLLECTION: Works by Dorothea Lange
Wednesday, June 16, 5:30 pm

MoCP Manager of Education Corinne Rose will display and discuss a selection of the museum’s holdings of over 500 images by this seminal Farm Security Administration photographer including 70 rarely-seen recent additions to the museum’s collection. Space is limited and preference [...]

www.rootsandculturecac.org

www.tomtorluemke.com

www.chicagopedwaytour.com

www.ft-contemporary.com

There seems to be an incredible amount of enthusiasm for projects developing alternative economies, education, food, artworlds, and the other infrastructures that organize daily life.

After 15 years, the Stockyard Institute has become an incidental practice as well – one that uses the eyes of many curators and situation organizers to open up experiences

Much of the work was about his personal experiences in the Middle East and trying to make sense of the war and his own involvement.

Always thought babies were dumb. Always did. Bald globey heads and gums dripping spit. Nothing behind the eyes but want.

WE AS ARTISTS MUST SEE OURSELVES AS RECEIVERS, conductors and generators of the energy that we call art.

Chicago-based artist John Parot is a contender on Bravo Tv’s “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.”
We hope the show rocks. Time Out recently interviewed at critic Jerry Saltz who was a judge for the show. The first episode will air June 9, 2010. Have a peak here:

We recently received the latest issue of Afterall and will be placing it in our Public Media Research Library. One essay that popped out was Claire Barliant’s essay “Adaptive Reuse: New Strategies in Response to the Housing Crisis.” She surveys works by Center For Urban Pedagogy’s  Damon Rich, as well as artists Mary Ellen Carroll [...]

July 23, 2010

Corporate Psychedelia
1968-1975

Silkscreen Prints from the Collection of Jason Pickleman

Opening July 23, 2010
Reception 6-10pm
Closing August 14, 2010

Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 South Morgan Street
www.coprosperity.org

Exhibition Hours By Appointment
Edmarlumpen@gmail.com
773.837.0145

June 12, 2010
MONUMENT 2 is proud to present:

Justin B. Williams:  The last paintings
One-night only
June 12th, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

MONUMENT 2 Gallery
2007 N Point St
Chicago, IL  60647
(312) 208-7632
monument2gallery.com
monument2gallery@gmail.com

How this exhibition was formed:

On Saturday, May 9th, 2009, between 3-4pm, Nevin Thomlison, Undergraduate Administrative Director and Painting Instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago [...]

June 2, 2010
Exploring the Roots of Mesopotamian Civilization: Excavations at Tell Zeidan, Syria
Gil Stein, Oriental Institute
June 2, 2010
7pm, Breasted Hall
The Ubaid period (6th-5th millennia BC) saw the first establishment of towns and villages across Mesopotamia. This period provides the first evidence for the emergence of political leadership, economic differences between rich and poor, irrigation-based economies, dominating regional [...]

June 5, 2010

Six Rooms

Start Time:

Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 9:00pm

End Time:

Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 1:00am

Location:

the Longman and Eagle (hotel)

Street:

2657 N Kedzie Ave.

City/Town:

Chicago, IL

Check-in:
June 5th, 2010 at 9pm.

Make your reservations at: rsvp@haroldarts.org (limited space available!)
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=120138694688069

$15.00 one-night rate includes a complimentary Belgian Ale and hors oeuvres

CHICAGO: Harold Arts invites you to take up residency for one-night only at [...]

June 25, 2010
Old Gold presents

Painting With Peter
Peter Hoffman
phoffmanart.com

INVINCIBLE
Dick Dermody
www.2megapixels.com

Opening reception:
June 25 7pm
through July 17th

at Heaven gallery
Heaven is Located at 1550 North Milwaukee, 2nd floor, Chicago Illinois 60622
http://www.heavengallery.com

June 18, 2010
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
and Daniel Albrigo

Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is…
A LOVE STORY

June 18 to August 7, 2010

opening reception:
Friday, June 18, 5 to 8pm

gallery hours:
Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm

WESTERN EXHIBITIONS
119 N Peoria St, Suite 2A
Chicago, IL 60607 USA
(312) 480-8390
scott@westernexhibitions.com

In Gallery 1
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Daniel Albrigo
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is… A LOVE [...]

June 11, 2010
Cory Arcangel: Music for Stereos
The Art Institute of Chicago
June 11 2010, 6:00pm–7:30pm
Fullerton Hall @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603

On the opening night of Sound & Vision, Summer Sounds, a series of Friday night performances, kicks off with the world premiere of a new composition/performance by composer/performer/digital artist Cory Arcangel.

Born in Buffalo and trained [...]

June 5, 2010
Caleb J. Lyons
June 5-27, 2010

MCA
202 East Chicago

Caleb J. Lyons, Untitled Document, 2009. Courtesy of the artist

Caleb J. Lyons’s practice focuses on cultural detritus; mining and resurrecting the presence of melancholy and absurdity in cultural production from (very) recent history. His series of paintings, Real Pirates (a reference to piracy as a form of appropriation), and [...]

June 19, 2010
New work by Johana Wawro
Eastern Expansion
244 W 31st Street

Opening reception
Friday June 19, 2010
6-9pm

June 12, 2010
Six Years
2004-2010
A retrospective of work by one of Chicago’s best modern painters — Kingdom Kilpatrick

Over 40 works of art, spanning six years, will be on Display.
Saturday June 12th 2010
6pm – 9pm at
Kingdom’s Temple of Culture
3065 N. Rockwell
Chicago, Illinois
773.720.7055

June 25, 2010
LORA FOSBERG
YOU CANT FALL
OFF THE FLOOR

June 25th – August 21st
opening reception with artist
Friday, June 25th, 2010, 6-9 pm

Linda Warren Gallery
1052 W Fulton Market
Chicago, IL 60607

www.lindawarrengallery.com
312.432.9500

June 5, 2010
June 5 – August 1, 2010
Loyola University Museum of Art
820 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

New Icon explores the notion of iconography in a contemporary society, focusing on new interpretations of old definitions by looking at the personal and public relationships to symbols and signs. Within the context of LUMA, nine artists will present works that [...]

June 4, 2010
Chicago artist Peggy Robinson presents a sketchbook diary documenting her journey trekking on Spain’s Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

Robinson walked for five weeks from Pamplona to the fabled pilgrimage destination of Santiago, a journey of roughly 475 miles.

The drawings can be viewed from June 4th through July 4th at the Gallery Cabaret, 2020 N. Oakley.

Opening Reception: [...]