Month: April 2010
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A Recap of Thesis 2010
This year’s Thesis class has done a superb job of mounting an exhibition overflowing with intriguing media (new and old!), beautiful imagery, elegant narratives, and engaging concepts. Congratulations once again to Sara Andrews, Suzanne Bartelson, Heather Bella, Kristina Gosh, Ramah Jihan, Shalaka Kulkarni, Susan Kwon, Stephanie Lupu, Victoria Malone, Teresa Pankratz, Kelly Parsell, Devin Schuyler,…
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Missed Any of the Great Visiting Artists this Semester? — Visit iTunes U!
Did you miss any of the amazing Visiting Artist Lectures this past semester (or the one prior for that matter!)? Well, fear no more, you haven’t missed out… Thanks to the assistance of wonderful work-aids (Morehshin & Kate!), you can catch full-length footage of these talks on the Interdisciplinary Arts iTunes U channel. You must…
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Don’t Miss the Live Readings of Theisis Work: THIS Friday!
When a thesis consists of a significant amount of written material, how can the audience really absorb some of the text and hear the artist’s voice amidst the noise of an opening or the rush to get to the next piece? Interarts thinks listening to the artists read their work in their spaces is a…
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Amazing Performances at This Year’s MFA Thesis Show
Check out some of the amazing photos from last night’s Thesis Performances by Shalaka Kulkarni and Tamale Sepp… and even better than the facebook photos, come down to the Stage Two Center, 2nd Floor Theater at 618 S. Michigan Ave. for the second (and third) takes: TONIGHT, April 23rd @ 7pm and tomorrow afternoon, April…
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MFA Thesis Exhibition and Performances
Friday, April 23 – Saturday, May 15, 2010 Opening Friday April 23, 5p.m. The Interdisciplinary Arts Department is proud to announce its 2010 Thesis Exhibition, featuring the work of 14 thesis candidates from the two MFA programs in the department. The show will run from April 23 through May 15, 2010 with performances on select…
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Hale Ekinci featured on CAC Online
CHICAGO ART OPEN Opening date: April 24 12-5pm (I’ll be there 12:30-1:30) Location: River East Art Center, 435 E. Illinois St. Chicago IL The Chicago Art Open, now in its 12th year, is the Midwest region’s largest open invitational art exhibit, featuring works by over 350 visual artists during a three week exhibit at the…
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Alumni on 5: Alumni in the Library Exhibitions
The School of Media Arts is extremely excited to announce a new partnership at Columbia College Chicago between the Office of Alumni Relations and the Library – ALUMNI on 5: Artist exhibitions in the Library. In this inaugural exhibition, Greater than 16×20; Less than 4×5, alumni working in various mediums explore their ideas about making…
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Melissa Potter reviews published in BOMB, Art Papers and AfterImage
Melissa Potter has three reviews published this month. AfterImage, The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism published her review of the Pearl of the Snowlands: Buddhist Printing at the Derge Parkhang in Volume 37, No. 5. While she was in Belgrade, Serbia in January 2010 she reviewed two exhibitions: Jelena Juresa’s “What It Feels…
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Sheronawe Hakihiiwe Papermaking Workshop
On Friday, April 9 from 2 – 5 PM, Venezuelan Yanomami community leader, Sheronawe Hakihiiwe will conduct a papermaking workshop at the Center for Book and Paper. He will work in local plant fibers in combination with pulp painting techniques. All interdisciplinary arts students are invited to work with Hakihiiwe as he makes his drawings…