Portrait of the Artist as Community Developer: Theaster Gates and Chicago's South Side - Urban Land Magazine: Chicago-based Theaster Gates may be the only artist in the United States merging the roles of artist and real estate developer. A celebrated and commercially successful multimedia artist who has exhibited work in museums and galleries around the world, Gates has transformed blocks of his South Side neighborhood through key investments in housing and unique community assets that provide residents with outlets for expression while preserving local culture before it disappears.
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Portrait of the Artist as Community Developer: Theaster Gates and Chicago's South Side - Urban Land Magazine
Alpha Bruton is the Chief Curator at Phantom Gallery Chicago Network, a project that connects artists with temporary installation spaces. She aims to examine the current changes in curatorial production and develop innovative displays concerning virtual spaces. "Curatorial Practice" explores the impact of the urban environment on the artist and their work and the contributions that artists make to the vitality of a city.
Alpha Bruton completed her studies in art education at California State University, Sacramento, and earned an MAAA in Art Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Theaster Gates on the artist's ties to hometown Chicago
Working out of an old airplane parts factory, the internationally-acclaimed artist Theaster Gates has refused to fit inside a box – from cre...
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"Art is Business" —The ArtSlant Team ArtSlant shut down after twelve years of operation. Co-founder Catherine Ruggles has de...
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"Art is Business" The opening reception is Friday, 16 September 2016, open studios and Bronzeville Summer Night Art District T... -
"Art is Business" reposted for Talmadge - and Board and Members of Diaspora Rhythms Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition 202... -
Creative Conversation with Artist Itshanapa Dail Chambers 03/29 by Phantom Gallery Chicago Network | Visual Arts Podcasts : Sankofa: ... -
"Art is Business" was reposted for Dail Chambers. The Convergence + Exhibitions After organizing with Yeyo Arts Collec...
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"Art is Business" Renee' Baker's CHICAGO MODERN ORCHESTRA PROJECT/PEK CONTEMPORARY PROJECT Berlin present A PAGE OF... -
" WH on Cottage" is a new Satellite GALLERY on Cottage Grove Located in the Woodlawn Community at the POAH Woodlawn Resour...
