Discover the Artist Behind the Art on WTTW – Rare Joan Cusack Interview! In this 3rd episode, join host Elysabeth Alfano and go behind the scenes of the Piven Theatre Workshop with veteran actresses Joan Cusack ( in a rare interview) and Joyce Piven, discover the passion of puppeteer Blair Thomas and get homey with Read more…
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…
JOYCE PIVEN (Co-Founder / Artistic Director Emeritus) was one of the founding members and leading actresses at Playwrights’ Theatre, the group that spawned Compass Players and Second City. With Playwright’s Theatre, she played leading roles in Midsummer Nights Dream, The Seagull, The Dybbuk, Round Dance and Caucasian Chalk Circle and studied extensively with Uta Hagen Read more…
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…
Candace Jordan does a nice write up in Candid Candace of her webisode on FearNoARTChicago.com and episode 3 of Fear No ART Chicago on WTTW airing March 31 @ 10 PM. It also airs on WTTW on April 3 @ Noon, April 6 @ 10:30 PM and April 23 @ 11:30 PM, and on WTTWPrime Read more…
Click the below link the hear the podcast on WGN’s The Sunday Papers with the legendary ( I call him Chicago’s Emcee) Rick Kogan. It was a real treat to be on this show. Rick and I discuss episode 3 of Fear No ART Chicago airing on WTTW11 on March 31 @ 10 PM, April Read more…
http://www.tcwmag.com/tcws-top-50-singles-2011#21 Nominated by one of Chicago’s Top Singles by Today’s Chicago Women on the February 2011 issue is such an honor. Share This!
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/candid-candace/2011/03/my-interview-on-fear-no-art-chicago-behind-the-scenes-with-art-collectorblogger-candace-jordan.html Check out the great write up by Candace Jordan in her ChicagoNow blog. Share This!
40 Over 40: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Artists Working with Trash By Chicago Art Magazine on Feb 21, 2011 in Chicago Art News, Featured This article is part of Chicago Art Magazine’s “40 over 40″ series. In this day and age, we are looking at an environment that is undergoing massive man-made and natural changes. Read more…
Famous for a piece known as The Styx Boat, street artist 800 makes our artists over 40 list. The Styx Boat, covered in images of hands symbolizing the souls guiding the boat over the Styx river, was placed in a cave-like tunnel location. As the story goes, 800 was fed up with finding a home Read more…
