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Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2018
St. Vincent at the Chicago Theatre, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

The Rhinoceros Theater Festival and more goings-on January 12-14
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, shark tank, jennifer estlin, faith soloway, annoyance theatre, jesus has two mommies, emma draves, listen, beat kitchen, brian posehn, rhino fest, prop thtr, sketchfest, ex fest, living light, hunter cole, arc gallery, greg ott, chicago theatre, leor galil

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2017
Mardi Gras shrimp boil, Wayne's World live reading, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Kathleen Rooney at Curbside Books and Records, stand-up from Megan Gailey, and more happenings from February 27-March 2
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Wayne's World, Uptown Underground, Happy Hour Swill, Curbside Books, Bitch Be Realistic, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kamilah Rashied, Fat Tuesday Shrimp Boil, Frontier, Lee Fields, Thalia Hall, Identity Unknown, Swedish American Museum, The Best Worst Show, Township, Megan Gailey, Zanies, Arc Gallery, Alisa Singer

Blogs, Bleader Dec 4, 2015
Arc Gallery's 'I Can't Breathe' tackles police violence with art

When the show opened this week, the city was already deep into this exact conversation.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Arts, Clout City, News, Visual Art, ARC Gallery, Laquan McDonald, visual art, police brutality, Romi Crawford, Mary Patten

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2014
"Fractured Yet Rising," "The Way of the Shovel," and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, Fractured Yet Rising, Arc Gallery, Interlacing Threads: Traditional Techniques, Contemporary Perspectives, Columbia College, Hokin Gallery, Head, Western Exhibitions, Menagerie, Elephant Room, George Keaton, The Way of the Shovel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Teen Paranormal Romance, Renaissance Society, Twilight, The Hunger Games, Divergent

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2014
"Sportin' Waves," Mixed Bag, and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend.
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, Sportin' Waves, Strange Beauty Show, Ghana, Solidarity Between Generations, Arc Gallery, Korea, Ladydrawers: Our Fashion Year and Other Projects, Uri-Eichen Gallery, Sarah Jaffe, Delia Jean, Julia Gfrorer, Melissa Mendes, Fran Syass, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Comics Undressed, Mixed Bag, 33 Collective Gallery, Steve Sherrell, Nest, Linda Warren Gallery, Emmett Kerrigan, Dreams and Echoes: Drawings and Sculpture in the David and Celia Hilliard Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Jean-Francois Millet

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2014
"Ten x Ten 2013," "Ghost Town," and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, Release Show, Chicago Artists' Coalition, HATCH Project, Ten x Ten 2013, Saki, Are We There Yet?, Arc Gallery, Ann O'Brien, Hatched, Nancy Fritz, Ghost Town, Peanut Gallery, Sean Hernandez, State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda, Field Museum

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2014
"Vacancy," Lilli Carré, and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, South Africa, Are We There Yet?, Arc Gallery, Ann O'Brien, Vacancy, Schneider Gallery, Lynn Saville, Chicago Cultural Center, Chris Silva, You Are Beautiful, State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, Smart Museum of Art, Lilli Carré, Museum of Contemporary Art

Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2013
"Let There Be Light," "Art and Appetite," and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, Hidden in Plain Site, I Am Logan Square, Sarah Knudtson, ART/TECH: Interface, Arc Gallery, Let There Be Light, Lillstreet Art Center, Under Painting, 65 Grand, William Staples, Symbiosis, Century Guild, Rory Coyne, Lauren Levato Coyne, Art and Appetite, The Art Institute of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2013
"Realistic Fantasy," "Will You Step Into My Parlour?," and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Wood Works, Columbia College Chicago, Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Realistic Fantasy, Gallery 7, Charles Moesch, Bits and Pieces, Arc Gallery, Iris Goldstein, Will You Step Into My Parlour?, Lillstreet Art Center, Nicole Hollander, Sylvia, The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jason Lazarus, Tony Tasset, DIY (Visits Chicago): Photographers and Books, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2013
"Disappear Here," "The Spotless Mirror," and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, Until One Day, Chicago Artists' Coalition, BOLT, Adebukola Bodunrin, Disappear Here, Johalla Projects, Heather Gabel, Matt Skiba, figure/found, ARC Gallery, Dian Sourelis, The Spotless Mirror, Schneider Gallery, Janna Ireland, Isolated Incidents, The Charnel House, Lillistreet Art Center, Of Walking, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Vito Acconci, Sohei Nishino

Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2012
Artist Betsy Williamson takes apart the textbooks

Betsy Williamson talks about her show "Mining the Textbooks of Art History"
- By Allegra Kirkland
- Tags: Arts, Visual Art, Betsy Williamson, Mining the Textbooks of Art History, Arc Gallery

Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Jun 23, 2011
Culture Vultures: Celebrating Chicago

From parks to books to TV, our Vultures love this town
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: Culture Vultures, Iris Goldstein, Erin Gallagher, Patrycja Wierzba, Todd Frugia, Michael Renaud, Millennium Park, ARC Gallery, Society for Arts, ROOMS Gallery, The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson, The Winner, Wieslaw Saniewski, The Chicago Code, Pitchfork, Show 'n Tell Show, Cartooning, Philosophy and Practice, Ivan Brunetti

Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2011
Morning Art: Sue Sommers

Part of Children Looking Back, on display at Arc Gallery.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Children Looking Back, Arc Gallery, Sue Sommers

Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2011
Morning Art: Jennifer Drinkwater

Part of a show of work by Jennifer Drinkwater, on display at Arc Gallery.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Jennifer Drinkwater, Arc Gallery

Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2010
Morning Art: Iris Goldstein

Part of "Transformations," on display at Arc Gallery
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Iris Goldstein, Transformations, Arc Gallery

Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2010
Morning Art: Anat Pollack

Part of a show on display at Arc Gallery
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Objet Petit A, Arc Gallery, Anat Pollack

Blogs, Bleader Jul 20, 2010
Morning Art: Judith Joseph

Part of "The Owing Project," on display at Arc Gallery.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Judith Joseph, The Owing Project, Arc Gallery

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2010
Morning Art: Linda Robinson Gordon

Part of "Remains," on display at Arc Gallery
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Chicagoland, Visual Art, Linda Robinson Gordon, Remains, Arc Gallery

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The Rhinoceros Theater Festival and more goings-on January 12-14

Kathleen Rooney at Curbside Books and Records, stand-up from Megan Gailey, and more happenings from February 27-March 2

When the show opened this week, the city was already deep into this exact conversation.

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend.

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend

Betsy Williamson talks about her show "Mining the Textbooks of Art History"

From parks to books to TV, our Vultures love this town

Part of Children Looking Back, on display at Arc Gallery.

Part of a show of work by Jennifer Drinkwater, on display at Arc Gallery.

Part of "Transformations," on display at Arc Gallery

Part of a show on display at Arc Gallery

Part of "The Owing Project," on display at Arc Gallery.

Part of "Remains," on display at Arc Gallery

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