Posts Tagged ‘chicago art’


Jon Langford

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Jon performs at the Jan. 30 Fear No ART presents The Dinner Party.   The Dinner Party broadcasts live the last Monday night of every month on FearNoART.tv  For more information and to be a guest in the audience of a future Dinner Party, click here. The CD/Book release party for “Skull Orchard Revisited” is a Read more…

Joan Cusack

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Here is a clip from Elysabeth’s show, Fear No Art,  on Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW. Joan Cusack began her acting career at The Piven Theatre Worshop, studying under Byne and Joyce Piven and crediting Joyce Piven with being instrumental in her acting career and he “artist mother”. Cusack has twice been nominated for Academy Award Read more…

Blair Thomas

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Blair Thomas has been a practicing puppeteer in Chicago for over 20 years.  The summer of 2010 he performed a 5-week run of his award winning solo shows entitled Hard Headed Heart.  In the fall of 2008 he conceived, designed and directed The Ox-Herder’s Tale, a Buddhist parable at the Museum of Contemporary Art as Read more…

Johannnah Silva/Portage ARTspace

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Johannah Silva, a Chicago painter and full time faculty member at Wright Community College, is a relative new comer to the artist-run space scene. Portage ARTspace, located in Portage Park, opened its doors in mid-2010 and is purported to be a one year experiment. Exhibited artists include Hui-min Tsen, Tom Burtonwood, Holly Holmes, and Phillip Read more…

Tony Fitzpatrick

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Tony performs at the Jan. 30 Fear No ART presents The Dinner Party.  The Dinner Party broadcasts the last Monday of every month on FearNoArt.tv @ 7:30 CST.  For more information and to be a guest in the audience, click here. http://youtu.be/SXh6dLZh7 Tony Fitzpatrick (b. 1958) has been a central figure in the Chicago art Read more…

Frank Orrall/Poi Dog Pondering

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

John Manion is the chef for the April 1, 2013 Dinner Party at Chicago City winery, featuring guests Frank Orrall of Poi Dog Pondering, Peggy MacNamara, the only artist in residence at the Field Museum, and Brian Babylon, comedian and host on Vocalo.org. The opening act is Ted Seymour, resident choreographer at Ballet Chicago and Read more…

Art on Track

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Art on Track transforms an eight-car CTA train into a spectacular exhibition for galleries and artists from all over Chicago, and beyond. Each train car will showcase unprecedented feats of creative dexterity by the artists and groups selected to re-imagine this every-day space. Situated in the heart of downtown Chicago, this melting pot of ideas Read more…

Frog Greishaw, House of Frog

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Frog Greishaw is an award winning clothing designer with a boutique in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood. Frog has been trained in couture hand sewing techniques, old world tailoring, draping and custom fitting by her mentor and notably the first female president of the Custom Tailors and Designers Association, Susan Igou. She has curated events at venues Read more…

3 Blondes & a Bald Guy

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

3 Blondes & a Bald Guy is a Chicago based, interdisciplinary, collaborative art group comprised of artists Jackie Capozzoli, Erin Cramer, Haley Nagy and curator Stephen DeSantis. MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES: Jackie Capozzoli is a painter at heart whose recent endeavors have been in the form of performance and installation art. She is a true “jack of Read more…

Nicholas Barron

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Nicholas Barron is a fearless and unique Chicago based singer-songwriter- painter and writer who has been making his living through music for 24 years. In 1987 he founded CASA (coalition for the Advancedment of street art) when he was an active busker and the city of Chicago was trying to ban it. He and his Read more…