Phantom Gallery Chicago Network: Renée Baker Screening Scoring Silent Race Films

Renée Baker Screening Scoring Silent Race Films

"Art is Business"

FRIDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2017 7PM- SCREENING, COCKTAILS, CONVERSATION

Renée Baker will screen along with the sound track from her adventurous Chicago Modern Orchestra Project ensemble as it performs her score from "race films" of the silent era: the Oscar Micheaux classic Body and Soul (1925) at Phantom Gallery Chicago on March 10, 2017- film starts at 7pm.

Body and Soul 1920

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REVIEW- CHICAGO TRIBUTE- ONLINE NEWS:

Renée Baker on the challenges of scoring silent race films: This fall the musician will provide live accompaniment to two mid-1920s pictures.

Alpha Bruton

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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Renée Baker Screening Scoring Silent Race Films

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