The Doll Project

"Art is Business" Curators Lavon Pettis and Alan Emerson Hicks Presents

Opening reception Friday, October 10, 2014, 5-7pm

Bronzeville Artist Lofts (BAL) Arts Incubator

436 E. 47th Street, Chicago IL  60653

Call for more info. 773-501-7730 or 773-458-9864

The Doll Project started out as a way to document the shrines. Still, it has evolved and expanded into dialogue and conversations with the youth and the community about effective ways to resolve conflict. Meaningful ways to express and value life and living.  Being involved in this process also brought out, emphasized, and made me realize the importance of using listening skills because… when it comes to effective conflict resolution, how effectively we listen is at least as important as how effectively we express ourselves. It’s vital to understand the other person’s perspective, rather than just our own, if we are to come to a resolution.

The story behind “The DOLL PROJECT.”

As a photographer and business owner, there have been many occasions where I have been involved in photo projects where students were documenting their community. In fact, it is an integral requirement and expectation that my students capture images from the community in their composition. In more than one instance, we would come across a memorial totem shrine.  These shrines were erected as an outpouring of love, as a remembrance of where a [people] child’s life has been cut short. We often discussed the various ones that we passed or captured on film or in our images. However, after many of these walks I stopped talking about the shrines with the students, and we would just walk past them. One day as I was out shooting, and I walked past a newly erected shrine with no thought of the life that it represented - a young life that was no longer with us. I stopped to re-think the shrine, what it symbolized and truly and represented- a life, more often the life of someone’s child, the life of a loved one. 

This person, this child, who in actuality could have or might have been a future community leader, or possibly the leader of our country being gunned down before any of this could be realized. 

At that point, I started taking photos of the shrines documenting and capturing the testament and outpourings of love, grief, loss. Expressed as a visual display of deep heartfelt emotions publicly expressed and openly displayed for all to witness and see.

As quoted by my father many years ago, “a closed mouth and open hands can restore peace.” What this meant was, when you listen to the person you’re having conflict with, you may find out that you are on the same side of the conflict. Having an open hand may mean a handshake is possible, whereas with a closed fist.

Lois Ingrum                       

Saint Louis, Missouri

Lois Ingrum, the CEO/President of L.D. Ingrum Gallery & Studio Inc (Ingrum Studio). Ingrum Studio prides itself as one of the leaders in providing a comprehensive range of photographic/graphic art, installation of fine art, and signage. She has worked in media arts and conducted community arts programs since 1983. Her community arts experience includes work with Ranken Technical College, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the St. Louis Public Schools, North St. Louis Arts Council, COCA interchange, ArtWorks, and Support-a-Child International. She has a B.S. in Business Management, Executive Director of St Peter Project UpLift, and was awarded the Grand Center Visionary Award winner 2012. In 2001 she became a Fellow of the Community Arts Training Institute (CAT), an intensive program sponsored by the Regional Arts Commission (RAC) (she is presently in the TIGER Fellowship). Lois' technical skills and artistic accomplishments as a photographer and her deep connections to the St. Louis community and its African-American culture make her a valuable resource for the community.  In addition to her busy schedule as a professional photographer and teacher, she has worked as an instructor for The Doll Photography Project since 2008.

http://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/living_it/article_907932a6-6b69-11e2-98a8-0019bb2963f4.html

The Doll Project--http://historyhappenshere.org/node/7322
The Doll Project--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTB_A5-U704

This project is funded in part by:

Sponsors for the artwork:

Arts and Education A &E of St Louis Missouri

Regional Art Commission of St Louis Missouri

North St Louis Art Council

Saint Louis Art Museum

St Louis American Newspaper

 

Sponsors of the event:

Chicago Minority Business Council (CMBC)

Lovis and Mark Vorbeck

Phantom Gallery Chicago Network

 

"Temporal” Time Based Performance Art

"Art is Business" 
Alan Emerson Hicks, steps out with a high profile as he arrives at the Bronzeville Artist Lofts.  He is the Phantom Gallery Chicago Loft Gallery curator, and resident artist of Emerson Studio, located at 440 E. 47th Street, Room #205, Chicago IL  60653.

performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or via media; the performer can be present or absent. It can be any situation that involves four basic elements: time, space, the performer's body, or presence in a medium, and a relationship between performer and audience. Performance art can happen anywhere, in any venue or setting and for any length of time. The actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work.

On Oct 17 and 25 "Temporal” Time Based Performance Art, curator Alan Emerson Hicks- stretches the borders of experimental art and performance is issuing a call for performance artists- submit perspectives by September 20, 2014, for performance Oct 25th, during Chicago Artists Month. You will also be invited to the Miami Basel.  

This event will take place at a Popup Storefront gallery 16,000 square foot, sponsored by N'Namdi Contemporary Miami, where foot traffic between visiting art fairs will bring in thousands of visitors. Dates for the event December 2 - 3rd. 

 If you are interested in submitting a  proposal, please send us a packet with appropriate materials to introduce your work and concept. 

phantomgallerychicago@gmail.com  Subject: Performance Art

A proposal should include the following information:
•A letter of intent, including contact information.
•Project description and supporting materials that might help describe the project more fully (visuals, sketches, diagrams, videos, models, scores, algorithms, etc.)
•Documentation of past works on CD/DVD or website. Please include a printed list, which describes the works and how they relate to your proposed project.
•Information on upcoming performances or shows, if applicable.
•A digital copy of all the printed material (on a DVD, CD or flash drive).

BLAK PHANTASY at William Hill Fine Art Gallery

Crossing Borders- Bronzeville Artist Lofts Arts Incubator

The CAM 2014 theme is Crossing Borders. Proposal are encouraged, but not required, to engage the theme. Crossing Borders - actual physical borders, or conceptual, genre or societal borders - can be liberating, creative, transgressive, stimulating, hazardous, affirmative or all of the above. Often, crossing borders is life-changing. CAM encourages participants to plan their program as a mash-up, crossing borders literally and figuratively - between neighborhoods and nations, within artistic genres, media and social scenes.

Bronzeville Artist Lofts Arts Incubator Calendar of Events:
Alan Emerson Hicks, Alpha Bruton,   Andre Guichard , Bruce Gage, Frances Guichard, N. Masani Landfair, Raymond Thomas, Roger Carter,  Raven Bedenfield September 19th, Trolley Tour - 6-10pm

October 3-5 Phantom Gallery
“Home Molasses" Renee Baker, will present graphic scores artwork completed during her self-directed residency in Berlin, London, Saigon, Zwolle. 

Her art combines sculpture, drawing, art books, and paintings. 

Members of the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project will perform to her graphic scores during her reception on Friday Oct 3, 6pm, Artist Talk Saturday 4pm,Sunday Closing, 1-4pm.

October 9th- 6-9pm 

"The Brown Beatnik Tomes" book signing and "Poetry Slam" by author Danny Simmons.

The Brown Beatnik Tomes here at Gallery Guichard. Danny Simmons will be reading select pieces from his book. Books will be on sale at the event.About The Brown Beatnik Tomes
The Brown Beatnik Tomes presents a collection of prose and paintings from artist and entrepreneur Danny Simmons; this is his most wide reaching and multi-disciplined project to date. Among the most impressive artists of his day, The New York Times says that he "injects freshness" into his abstracts, and that they are "meticulously rendered and decoratively impressive". Simmons' work can be seen all over the world and in such prominent establishments as Chase Manhattan Bank, The Smithsonian, the United Nations and more. His work is highly respected within the art world and he has become extremely collectible; devoted fans of his work include music industry executive and producer Lyor Cohen and actor Will Smith. Foreword by Russell Simmons. - from KMW Studio

October 10th & 11th- 6-10pm

"Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Chicago Semifinalist exhibit"

October 10th, "Doll Project" Reception 5-7pm,  

The Doll Project is a traveling multi-media installation that captures the beauty and the power of the indomitable spirit in makeshift community monuments to slain loved ones. 

The work is important because the quest was never about seeking honor or praise, but rather the desire to give value to lives lost, while utilizing photography as a means to raise an awareness of how deaths due to violence, and grieving impact neighborhoods and communities as well as families. 

October 16-19th "Squares" by N. Masini Landfair by appointment, 6-8pm, call for appointment 773-703-9805

 

Masani Landfair looks at the limitations that have been placed on modern communication, from 140 word messages to snapshots of intimate moments of our daily lives, what is the ultimate outcome and connection this economy of language (or lack of) brings to our quality of life? 

Alan Emerson Hicks-Phantom Curator 

October  17th & 25th "Temporal” Time Based Performance Art, Curator Alan Emerson Hicks- Stretches the borders of experimental art and performance. 6pm – 10pm

Oct 28th,  Artists Salon, “Culture Bridge” DANK House Curator Marianna Buchwald each year forms  International Art Ambassadors, Christine Perri,  Nichole Harrod, Kenya, Renee Baker, Cherie Locket,  Marianna Buchwald,  Dominck,  Members of the International Art Group explored the art, music and gallery scene in a summer adventures, being ambassadors representing the various disciplines and connectedness of their art forms as they toured Germany. During the Salon, ambassadors will discuss various entry points of their tour, and present those interactions through lively conversation, and sharing of the experience.
 Marianna Buchwald, ph. 773 507 1300  www.internationalartadventures.com

Bronzeville Artist Loft Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

"Art is Business"

Andre and Francis Guichard Owners

 Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined community leaders, developers and local artists to celebrate the opening of the Bronzeville Artists Lofts, a $5.9 million project to redevelop a vacant 90-year-old building as 16 studio, one- and two-bedroom artist’s apartments as well as an art gallery and art incubator in 12,200 square feet of space at 436 East 47th Street in Bronzeville. The project is one example of the more than $780 million in planned and completed public and private investments underway in the area. It marks just over one year since the City launched the Chicago Neighborhoods Now initiative to strengthen the city through public-private partnerships.

“Our future is only as bright as our neighborhoods are strong, and projects like this will be the catalyst for the continued revitalization of our city,” said Mayor Emanuel. “This project not only reinforces Bronzeville’s legacy as a center for local artists and art patrons but it is proof that when the public and private sectors come together, cultural and economic vibrancy are possible.”

Bronzeville Artists Lofts was developed by Revere Properties LLC and Three Corners LLC. As part of the development agreement, half of the units are being leased to working artists earning no more than 120 percent of area median income (AMI) and the other half to artists earning less than 60 percent of AMI. In addition to the residential component, approximately one-third of the ground-floor retail is occupied by Gallery Guichard, which relocated from its original location on South Martin Luther King Drive and which showcases art from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean.

 "The Bronzeville Artists Lofts and Gallery Guichard honors the Bronzeville community's cultural history while at the same time, provide new opportunities for emerging artists,” said Alderman Pat Dowell. “The investments made by the City of Chicago, Revere Properties and Three Corners help stimulate the economy of 47th Street and gives new life to an important retail corridor."

The rehabilitation work was made possible by $1.1 million Tax Increment Financing (TIF) assistance and $4.4 million in federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funding allocated by the City of Chicago.

 In the year since announcing Chicago Neighborhoods Now, Bronzeville has experienced $1.85 billion in planned and completed public and private investments that also include the Shops & Lofts at 47, a mixed-use, mixed-income housing and retail development currently under development and a new Mariano’s grocery store. Across Bronzeville, projects are creating 2,700 permanent jobs and 12,000 temporary construction jobs and strengthening economic development and affordable housing, attracting new retail and jobs to the area.

Announced in March 2013, the initiative is coordinating new economic development, housing, and quality of life improvements across seven opportunity-rich sections of Chicago – Bronzeville, Pullman, Englewood, Uptown, Eisenhower Corridor, Rogers Park/Loyola University and Little Village. Chicago Neighborhoods Now was projected to coordinate $330 million in City funding and $2.6 billion in State, Federal and private funding. Based on projections announced in the past 12 months, the City has have not only met, but exceeded those goals.

Bronzeville Artists Lofts Unveiled

"Art is Business" reposted for Sam Cholke

Gallery Guichard Moves Into New Space on 47th Street

By Sam Cholke on June 25, 2014 8:30am 

@SamDNAInfo

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Bronzeville Artist Lofts

BRONZEVILLE — Gallery Guichard and neighborhood artists unveiled a new gallery space and artists lofts on 47th Street on Tuesday.

“I was afraid, it was almost like leaving high school,” said Andre Guichard, about moving his gallery from a converted three-flat at 3251 S. Martin Luther King Drive. “This is one of those life breakthroughs.”

Walking through the new 4,000-square-foot gallery hung with work by artists from South Africa, Haiti and other countries, Guichard said he’s convinced he and his partner, Frances Guichard, made the right decision.

“A lot of people do a lot of talking, but the Guichards put their money where their mouth is,” said Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd) at an unveiling event at the 436 E. 47th St. building. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was also on hand.

Sixteen artists occupy apartments on the second and third floors of nearly century-old former dairy building.

“I need light as a painter,” said Alpha Bruton, who has split her unit into two studios, a gallery space and a living space. “I got it, I got all the windows, all this light.”

The $7 million space was specifically designed around a zoning change from 2010 that allows artists to get a business license and use their home as a gallery.

“You always end up sleeping at the gallery anyway when you have a deadline coming up,” said Alan Emerson Hicks, an artist who works with found objects that shares studio space in Bruton’s apartment.

Hicks said he struggled to find a new studio that wasn’t raw industrial space when Begyle Brewery took over the building that housed his old studio in North Center.

“There are some, but nothing like this.” Hicks said. “Most of the studio spaces are these warehouses.”

All 16 apartments, which range from $592 for a studio to $1,175 for a two-bedroom apartment, are all rented.

The project is expected to expand next year with the creation of a pavilion on the lot east of the building.

Gallery Guichard held a reception for its first exhibit at the new space, "Genesis," at 6 p.m. on June 27.

Chicago— Fast Forward : Rewind : Play

"Art is Business" Artist Marcelo Eli

Marcelo Eli, Mr. Rager, 2013, acrylic, collage, oil stick on canvas, 77 x 94 inches

Media Contact: 

Brook Rosini 

773.324.5520 x1003 

brosini@hydeparkart.org

Hyde Park Art Center presents a playful exhibition 

highlighting diversity of involvement in its Oakman Clinton School & Studios

Three-week projects suggest alternate interpretations of traditional gallery space

Chicago— Fast Forward : Rewind : Play presents a playful and experimental format for an exhibition incorporating artwork, murals, creative exercises, and ideas from Art Center teaching artists, student artists, and youth artists. The Kanter-McCormick Gallery will become a curatorial laboratory for five quick- and-dirty shows proposed by participants involved in the Art Center’s Oakman Clinton School & Studios, engaging the traditional “white cube” gallery as a learning space while highlighting connections among Oakman Clinton School & Studios faculty, students, and the broader Chicago arts community. The exhibition will be on view from May 11 until August 31, 2014, with a public reception for all participating artists and facilitators being held on Thursday, May 29 from 5:30 – 8:00 pm.

The concept for the exhibition arose out of the various opportunities for interaction and engagement between the diverse artist communities that interact with the Hyde Park Art Center’s Oakman Clinton School & Studios. Through an open call, all students and participants in Oakman Clinton School & Studios programs were encouraged to submit project proposals. Proposals were then grouped into complementary sets by Art Center School & Studio Manager Jeannette Tremblay and Art Center Director of Exhibitions & Residency Programs Allison Peters Quinn.

May 11 – June 1: Travel Log The opening set of projects engage the timeless quest of mapping personal journeys through visual media. In The Pram Invitational, Kathy Fimreite invites artists to create prams—small, utilitarian boats known for their workhorse efficiency—that symbolize their own life experiences. The resulting fleet becomes a tangible metaphor for community. Facilitated by Hardy Schlick, the complementary project in this set, 옥수동: 2012, highlights travel photography by Scott Hemsey. The images record a portrait of a changing urban landscape through the lens of a temporary transplant from the United States living in Korea.

Participating artists in Travel Log include: Sarah Berkeley, Marty Burns, Corinna Button, Alisa Caron, Gloria Carrig, Lucy Dallman, Deborah Adams Doering, Glenn Doering, Duey Fimreite, Kathy Fimreite, Michelle Anne Harris, Phillip Hartigan, Jean Hester, Megan Hogan, Mailka Jackson, Lisa Jenschke- Stephens, Gwynne Johnson, Barb Koenen, Heather La Riviere, Ted Micheletti, Jesus Meija + Ruth, Mike Mlekowski, Michael McGuire, Carolyn Pereira, Leon Sarantos, Homa Shojaie, Teresa Silva, Ines

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Sommer, Donna Terry, Nadine Trumbull, Eric Wall, Megan Williamson, Amy F. Williamson, Phil Wright, Stacia Yeapanis, Young Artists from Sunlight African Community Center; and Scott Hemsey.

June 8 – June 22: Circle in a Square The circle-in-square motif is an oft-used repeating pattern in American quiltmaking practices. This project, facilitated by Sarah Nishiura, presents a formal exploration of how that iconic motif gets translated into other media through the work of Mie Kongo and James Kao.

Participating artists include: Sarah Nishiura, Mie Kongo, James Kao, Hyde Park Art Center quiltmaking students, and other Chicago quiltmakers.

Diane Ponder

June 29 – July 17: Not Or, But And This set of projects looks at the fluid, and at times oppositional, relationship between figurative and abstract practices. With Figurative VS Abstract, Melody Saraniti underscores the inevitable conversation between both camps by inviting painters whose work exists mainly on one side or the other, and then asking those artists to invite their inspirations from across the aisle. The result is pairings that belie imagined antagonisms. For her part, Diane Ponder’s project, Figuratively Speaking, pulls together artists whose works sprout from a place of abstraction but ultimately take a turn toward figuration.

Participating artists in Not Or, But And include: Larissa Setareh Borteh, Dana DeGiulio, Robin Dulzen, Judith Geichman, Anne Harris, Cameron Harvey, Sarah Hicks, Sarah Hicks, Amanda Joseph, Mike Nudelman, Maria Vergara; and Steve Coenen, Marcelo Eli, Astrid Fuller, Christine LaRue, Sandra Perlow, Judy Petacque, Susan Redeker.

July 21 – July 25: Big Art With multimedia artist Lee Blalock at the helm, Hyde Park Art Center campers will spend a week investigating the “white cube” gallery as a space for making. They will work together to design and create large-scale drawing and mural projects while learning about color, style, process, site-specific installation, and collaboration.

Participating artists in Big Art include: Hyde Park Art Center Creativity Campers.

August 3 – August 31: The Playground For the final pair of projects, John Murphy and Suzanne Sebold investigate the potential of the “white cube” gallery as an alternative space for learning. In Murphy’s project, Play/Pause, he joins Hyde Park Art Center teaching artists to reflect on the commonalities and divergences between the Artist Statement and the Teaching Philosophy, as manifestos of two distinct yet intimately related practices. Sebold’s project, Uncommon Core, investigates how these shared big ideas come into being through the microcosm of an art class with students from North Kenwood/Oakland Charter School.

Participating artists in The Playground include: Rodrigo Zendejas, Jeremiah Jones, Candice Latimer, Jessi Walsh; and North Kenwood/Oakland Charter School students.

Fast Forward : Rewind : Play will be on view from May 11 until August 31, 2014 at the Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60615; 773.324.5520 and www.hydeparkart.org. Exhibitions are always free and open to the public. Visit hydeparkart.org for more information and related events.

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Hyde Park Art Center is a unique resource that advances contemporary visual art in Chicago by connecting artists and communities in unexpected ways. As an open forum for exploring the artistic process, the Art Center fosters creativity through making, learning about, seeing, and discussing art—all under one roof. The Art Center is funded in part by: Alphawood Foundation; Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts; a City Arts III grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; Field Foundation of Illinois; Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; Harper Court Arts Council; Harpo Foundation; Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; Illinois Humanities Council; Irving Harris Foundation; Joyce Foundation; Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince; National Endowment for the Arts; National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly; Polk Bros. Foundation; David C and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation; Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust; and the generosity of its members and people like you.

Bronzeville Artist Lofts- New Home for the Phantom Gallery Chicago

BRONZEVILLE ARTIST LOFTS 

Artist Live/Work Space/ Art Incubator - 

Building dedication, June 24, 2014, ribbon cutting, and building tour.

Room #205 is a new office for the Phantom Gallery Chicago Network. Phantom Gallery Chicago Network members call for an appointment to view our new location. Looking for an agent? This is a service to all members of the PGCN; become a member today by renewing your membership for 2014 - 2015. Alan Emerson Hicks of Emerson Studio at 773-501-7730 or Alpha Bruton at 773-681-6570.

BAL Development planned a $5.9 million renovation of the former apartment building into 16 live-work spaces for artists and a first-floor gallery or arts-related space. When city officials presented the proposal to aldermen considering $1.08 million in TIF support, Gallery Guichard was identified as a potential tenant. And is now opening its doors on June 27, 2014. 

Be part of the Bronzeville 3rd Friday Trolley Tour. Our trolley rotates continuously for 4 hours, stopping at each location for 5 minutes for guests to exit and board. The trolley stops service at 10pm. We will ask all patrons/riders to make their way to where their vehicle is parked at 9pm. This service is free and paid for by members of the Bronzeville Arts District.

Tolley's service begins on July 19, 2014, from 6-10pm.
August 16, 2014, September 20, 2014, and the final Trolley Tour concludes October 18, 2014, during Chicago Artists Month 2014.

FRONT PORCH TIME Featured Artist Sarah Beckstrom

Reposted for Sarah Beckstrom sending this invite out to the many people I've       connected with along the way, perhaps it's been a long-time or a short-time ago...

MAY 7, 14, & 21, 2014

HOME PROJECT: FRONT PORCH TIMETHE CONTAINER, ART MUSEUM Frontis an invitation to gather, sit, drink, and talk about nothing in particular on the front porch of MFA artist Sarah Beckstrom’s shipping container home. Bring something to sit on and a vessel to drink from. Sarah’s very special sun tea will be served. 5-7pm

My MFA exhibition highlighting my Shipping Container HOME Project will be opening next week at the Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, CA. There is also a documentary movie and some other events and happenings going on in May so if you're in the area stop by!
More information can be found below....or at http://www.sarahbeckstrom.com/homecontainerproject.html
All the best,
Sarah

Summer Regional Exhibition

"Art is Business" arts organizer curator Lavon Pettis

Opportunities

Type: Exhibition Opportunities [View all]
Posted by: Adrian Aquilino
Deadline: 05/09/14

St. Louis Artists' Guild presents
Summer Regional Exhibition

Deadline: Friday, May 9, 2014 by 11:59pm
Opening Reception: June 13, 2014, 6pm–8:30pm
Exhibition Dates: June 13–August 10, 2014

The St. Louis Artists' Guild's Summer Regional Exhibition is an all-media, all-styles, all-content juried exhibition open to all artists residing in Missouri or Illinois. All Artists' Guild members are allowed to submit work, no matter their geographic location.

Cash prizes totaling $1000 will be awarded by the juror.

Exhibition Juror: Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, Professor of Studio Arts and Art History in School of Art and Design and Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (http://cola.siu.edu/artanddesign/faculty-staff/faculty-directory/studio/najjar-abdul-musawwir.php)

To find more information, or to upload artwork online, please visit our website:http://www.stlouisartistsguild.org/new/summer-regional-2014
Posted on 04/21/14
Expires on 05/09/14

CAA is not responsible for the content of listings in the Opportunities section. All postings are subject to review; inappropriate submissions will not be published.

Curator Lavon Pettis Presents

The artwork of Najjar closing reception April 4, 2014.