Michelle Grabner/The Suburban Michelle Grabner (b. 1962) runs probably one of the best known artist-run spaces, situated in Oak Park alongside Fraser’s He Said She Said and Tom Burtonwood’s What It Is. Run with her husband Brad Killam, The Suburban has shown many nationally and internationally renowned artists since its establishment in 1999. The Suburban Read more…

Pamela Fraser (b. 1965) received a BFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts in 1988, and proceeded to get her MFA in New Genres at UCLA in 1992. In the past year she’s had three solo exhibitions, in Golden Gallery, Chicago, IL, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany, and 1k Projectspace de Ekster, Amsterdam, Read more…

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…

40 Over 40: Artist-Run Spaces By Chicago Art Magazine on Feb 11, 2011 in Featured Chicago has been host to an amazing array of artist-run spaces since at least the 1970’s. Many of these spaces originally emerged as venues working counter to the predominately commercial (and early on, predominantly male) gallery culture in Chicago. Starting Read more…

by Kathryn Born Breaking the Mold of Ageism in the Art World: Chicago Art Magazine Begins the “40 Over 40” Series Chicago Art Magazine will release a series of eight articles, featuring forty artists born before February, 1971. The series seeks to challenge the New Museum’s acclaimed “Younger Than Jesus” exhibit, which only allowed artists Read more…

Redmoon was founded in 1990 to promote a unique brand of performance committed to the highest quality artistic product and to civic well-being. Pulling with conviction from contemporary art forms and ancient theatrical forms, Redmoon has created a performance style that is equal parts pageantry, gadgetry, acrobatics, and ephemera. Over the past decade Redmoon has Read more…

Sharon Gilbert opened TALISMAN GLASS, Chicago’s premiere private glass studio almost 20 years ago. Her modern style is recognizable anywhere, despite each project being completely unique, and she is well known for her exceptional designs in restaurant lighting.  The architectural glasswork she specializes in combines all the hot and warm glass techniques, focusing on achieving Read more…

Check out Be The Goove performing on The Dinner Party.  The highlights are also below.  If you want to see the full June 25  Dinner Party, click here. Be the Groove is a rhythmic performance ensemble that believes rhythm is not just a beat—rhythm is a mode of expression. This Chicago based group fuses a Read more…

Melissa Ayotte may have been born among glass rods and the roar of the torch, but she is no mere apprentice to her father. In fact, the same curiosities that drew her father to the art pulled her in other directions. Her interest for many years has been in psychology, understanding human motivation and behavior. Read more…

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Virginia Mallard is a multi-talented artist (she prefers to be called a “painter”) who has won numerous awards and whose paintings can be found in private and corporate collections around the world. She has lived in Europe, South Africa and various states within the U.S. Her work has been exhibited widely Read more…