Month: September 2010
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Congratulations to Interarts Faculty Member Mel Potter!
Congratulations to Mel Potter, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts! Mel’s recently completed film: Boy Brides & Bachelors was selected for inclusion in the 2010 Video Dumbo Festival, curated by Caspar Stracke and Gabriela Monroy! Boy Brides & Bachelors is an animated video shot on a cold January night in Southeastern Serbia during a ritual called…
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Interarts Faculty Member Mel Potter has an article in Chicago Art Magazine!
Have you checked out Chicago Art Magazine lately? You should – because Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts, Mel Potter has an article that was just published on Studio Chicago. Check it out online at Chicago Art Magazine. This magazine is a network of sites that includes the Chicago Art Magazine, Chicago Art Map, Chicago Art…
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Interarts MFA Candidate Nick Sagan Takes on the Universe!
Chicago’s Adler Planetarium is beginning renovation of their Skydome theater this September and Interarts MFA Candidate Nicholas Sagan will be there to document it all! As part of an independent study project, he will be on location throughout the progress of the demolition and reconstruction which expected to be completed May 2011…
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Congratulations to Interarts Alum Kevin Valentine!
Interdisciplinary Arts & Media MFA Kevin Valentine has been invited to participate in a Panel Discussion on Thursday 9/30/2010 as part of the Iraq History Project Art Festival at DePaul University College of Law! The week-long event will feature a wide-ranging exploration of activist art, including film screenings, panel discussions, a play reading & artist…
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CBPA Fall Exhibition top pick in Chicago Tribune’s Fall Art Preview!
The Center for Book & Paper Arts was highlighted alongside top institutions as a top pick in the Chicago Tribune’s Fall Art Preview. Critic Lauren Viera cited Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería as one of the season’s not-to-miss exhibitions. Check it out in print in the Sunday, September 12th edition, or online by clicking here.
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Recent Interarts Faculty Creative & Scholarly Endeavors
The Interarts Faculty have been very busy during the summer months – we’ve compiled a list of several dozen accomplishments, creative activities, scholarly achievements, and items that we thought we think you’ll be interested in knowing about… wait until you find out whose artwork was acquired by the Tate! and who just began a year-long…
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Congratulations to Interarts Faculty Member Jenny Magnus!
MCA Stage Theater Residency [August-December 2010*] Jenny Magnus/The Curious Theatre Branch At MCA’s invitation and deepening our commitment to collaborations by artists in Chicago and abroad, Jenny Magnus is creating a large-scale interdisciplinary work for The Curious Theatre Branch, the company she cofounded with Beau O’Reilly in 1988. Conceived as an insider’s view of theater…
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Congratulations to Interarts MFA Candidate Mary MazurekKhan
Mary MazurekKhan’s film Memories of My Father: A Trip to the Train Yard in will be screened at the 7th Annual Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival Sept 16-19th 1104 S. Michigan 8th floor. For more details and a schedule of screening times, please visit http://www.projectchicago.com/ In the meantime, check out a trailer on Mary’s Vimeo…
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Congratulations to Interarts MFA Student Michael St. John
Michael St. John has unveiled his latest kinetic work, Lullaby, with support by the Pop-Up Art Loop™ initiative from the Chicago Loop Association. Lullaby opened for exhibition at the September 2nd Gallery Walk at 324 North Michigan Avenue and remains open, at all hours, until mid-October…
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Congratulations to Interarts MFA Candidate Laurie Wessman LeBreton!
“A Full Taste of Happiness,” an installation by Laurie Wessman LeBreton will be displayed at ArtPrize, an international arts competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. LeBreton is an MFA Candidate in the Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts program at Columbia. “A Full Taste of Happiness” in an interdisciplinary work, with 250 paper sculptures of many different…