Posts Tagged ‘chicago art’
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…
Tags: artist, chicago art, elysabeth alfano, fear no art, fear no art chicago, jon langford, painter, painting, punk rock, rock n' roll, skull orchard, skull orchard revisited, the mekons, waco brothers, wttw
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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…
Tags: Academy Award nominee, American Comedy Award winner, Broadcast Film Critics Assocation Award winner, chicago actress, chicago art, elysabeth alfano, Fear No Art Chicag, fear no art chicago, joan cusack, New York Film Critics Circle Award winner, Saturday Night Live 1985 - 1986 cast member, The Piven Theatre Workshop, wttw
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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…
Tags: blair thomas, chicago art, Chicago Artist, Chicago puppeteer, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago
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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…
Tags: 40 over 40, chicago art, chicago art magazine, chicago artists, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, Johannah Silva, Portage ARTspace, Portage Park, Wright Community College
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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…
Tags: 40 over 40, chicago art, chicago art magazine, Chicago Artist, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, Firecat Projects, Tony Fitzpatrick
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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…
Tags: art chicago, chicago art, chicago music, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, frank orrall, poi dog pondering, thievery corporation, vic theater, wttw
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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…
Tags: 3 blondes and a bald guy, art on track, chicago, chicago art, chicago el art, chicago el car, chicago train car, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, frog greishaw, house of frog, tristan hummel, wttw
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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…
Tags: art on track, chicago art, chicago fashion designer, elysabeth alfano, fashion, fashion designer, fashion show, fashion shows, fear no art chicago, frog greishaw, house of frog, style, wttw
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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…
Tags: 3 blondes and a bald guy, art on track, center for book and paper arts, chicago art, columbia college, elysabeth alfano, Erin cramer, fear no art chicago, haley nagy, jackie cappozoli, stephen desantis, tristan hummel, wttw
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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…
Tags: chicago art, chicago musican, elysabeth alfano, fear no art chicago, musician, nicholas barron, painter, singer, songwriter, writer, wttw
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