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*ALL MARKETS WEEKENDS 10am-5pm BOTH DAYS* Go to our site >> www.randolphstreetmarket.com for more dates, information, vendor information and details. Randolph Street Market transforms Plumbers Hall into the ultimate shopping, eating, drinking & people watching experience in the West Loop, just west of downtown. From October-April, the market is indoors on three levels with 100+ vendors of vintage, antique, indie designer, global and fancy foods. Enjoy live music, libations and local eateries while you shop. From May to September, the market is outside/inside with 300 vendors creating a festival feel. TWITTER: @Randolphmarket INSTAGRAM: @Randolphmarket PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com/randolphmarket/
Cooper Technica, Inc. specializes in complete restorations of rare and valuable vintage automobiles, especially pre-war and early post-war European sports and touring cars. Cooper Technica maximizes each car's potential value with the highest standards of authentic restoration, meticulous research and historical documentation, and an emphasis on functionality. Our goal is fidelity to the original rather than over-restoration to an imaginary ideal. We believe restoration is best when the hand of the restorer does not show. Therefore, original specifications, materials, and techniques are used wherever possible. Our emphasis on functionality assures our clients that the restored car can actually be driven—not just idled up to the podium to receive an award. Sometimes this involves subtle modifications for today's gasoline and driving conditions, which may include hardened valve seats (for unleaded fuel), modern paint technology, modern rubber compounds (tires and seals), and upgraded wiring and electrical. Decisions about these modifications are made in consultation with our clients and are discreetly crafted with an eye to maintaining the car's value. David Cooper directs each step of the restoration and does much of the mechanical and assembly work himself. Typically, the disassembly, evaluation, research, complete mechanical and electrical restoration, and reassembly take place at Cooper Technica's Chicago facility. Here we make every effort to restore vintage parts. If replacement parts are necessary and originals are unavailable, we fabricate quality restoration parts in our own in-house machine shop. Other work, such as sheet metal body panel restoration (both steel and aluminum), preparation and paint, or interior and convertible top restoration is subcontracted to elite specialist artisans in both the United States and Europe. David Cooper honed his restoration skills during an eleven-year apprenticeship with master craftsman, engineer and inventor, Leonard Morrison (1935-2002). Cooper is a trained machinist and fabricator, overseeing all aspects of restoration and assembly from his Chicago workshop.
Second Chance Thrift proceeds help support the programs and services of ReVive Center for Housing and Healing- which restores hope and prevents homelessness for over 10,000 people each year- www.revivecenter.org
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We are an all encompassing grassroots local ARTIST coalition. Our goal is to support and promote STREET ART & GRAFFITI culture in Chicago and we are passionate about providing affordable artwork in a non-intimidating atmosphere. Unpretentious and approachable, our shop serves as Chicagoland's premier street art shop. We also carry locally crafted merchandise including apparel, jewelry, collectables, sticker packs and more. Guaranteed, we have something for everyone at every price point!
Maxwell Colette Gallery specializes in post-street contemporary art from national and international emerging artists. The gallery also maintains an inventory of high quality secondary market artwork. MCG was founded by Oliver Hild in 2010 with a mission to blur the distinctions between fine art, street art, and graffiti. The gallery remains committed to elevating art forms and artists that have traditionally been marginalized and under-exposed. All programming at the gallery is free and open to the public.
THE MISSION represents artists from the United States and Latin America, promoting an international dialogue through a diverse program of provocative solo exhibitions and group shows. Since 2010, THE MISSION has presented pioneering exhibitions of innovative contemporary and historical art, including numerous US debuts for influential artists from South America. Exploring distinctive cultural, social and historical contexts, THE MISSION advocates for artists that shape, inform and challenge contemporary art across media and genres. THE MISSION is dedicated to supporting artistic experimentation and forging new exchanges between artists and audiences throughout the Americas.
efrain lopez gallery is a contemporary art gallery in chicago, il. the gallery is committed to showcasing work by emerging and established visual artists that is visually engaging and conceptually captivating. a wide range of media is represented in the gallery's curatorial program. directed by efrain lopez.
Since 1988, John Corbett has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC); he was artistic director of Berlin JazzFest 2002 and co-curated the Empty Bottle Jazz Series from 1996 to 2005. Corbett was co-curator of Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn, and Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968 (Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 2006; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, 2009; Durham Art Guild, Durham, North Carolina, 2009). For over 20 years, Jim Dempsey was the house manager and occasional programmer at the Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago. Dempsey is an alumnus of SAIC. Together Corbett and Dempsey have been involved in many independent curatorial projects, including Big Picture: A New View of Painting In Chicago (Chicago History Museum, 2007) and Touch and Go: Ray Yoshida and his Spheres of Influence (Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, 2010), Ralph Arnold: My Bag (Nolan Judin, Berlin, 2010), Painthing on the Möve (curated with Albert Oehlen for Thomas Dane Gallery, London, 2011), Christina Ramberg ‘Corset Urns and Other Inventions 1968-1980’ (David Nolan Gallery, New York, 2012-curated with David Nolan), and Big Youth 2 at BOUROUINA GALLERY in Berlin (2012), and the upcoming Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago at the Smart Museum (University of Chicago) (2016). Corbett vs. Dempsey is located on the third floor of the Dusty Groove building, 1120 North Ashland Avenue in Chicago. (Map) Gallery hours are Tuesday thrru Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, and by appointment.
No Lights No Lycra is a space where you can completely let go, shake out the stresses of the week, and lose yourself in the music and the physicality of your body. There are no lights, no steps to learn, no instructor - just free movement. With the lights turned off, everyone can dance like no one's watching. NLNL Chicago runs at Arabesque every Monday from 8:30 pm until 9:30 pm. Dress comfy, bring water. All welcome. Cost: $5. Check this Facebook page in advance, as cancellations occur from time to time. The NLNL movement was begun by two unruly dance students, Alice Glenn & Heidi Barrett, in Melbourne, Australia. NLNL satellites can now be found around the world. Check www.nolightsnolycra.com to find a location near you or to start your own!
HEX is a experimental gallery dedicated to contemporary art and thought. The intention of the space is to connect concepts by exhibiting diverse forms of expression and developing a balanced discourse. Through collaboration, HEX enables curators, lecturers, and its users influence over the direction, programming, and purpose of the space, resulting with a variety of art and communication.
The Kinzie Corridor Community Gallery provides a space for artists in the Kinzie Corridor to network, workshop, and showcase their work. We show the work of neighborhood artists as well as bring in artists from all over the Chicago area to increase exposure and opportunities for our local artists. The gallery is attached to the Arts of Life Studio, Chicago's most unique art studio run by artists with and without disabilities
Established in 1991, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art (Intuit) is the only nonprofit organization in the United States that is dedicated solely to presenting self-taught and outsider art — with world class exhibitions; resources for scholars and students; a Permanent Collection with holdings of more than 1,100 works of art; the Henry Darger Room Collection; the Robert A. Roth Study Center, a non-circulating collection with a primary focus in the fields of outsider and contemporary self-taught art; and educational programming for people of all interest levels and backgrounds.
Maintaining a contemporary vision, Stuart & Co. Gallery strives to represent emerging and mid-career artists at the forefront of expression. Since its inception in 2012, Stuart & Co. has been home to innovative, pioneering exhibitions across a multitude of media and genres. The gallery embraces multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and cross-genre art forms in addition to traditional practices. As a gallery that seeks to establish long-term representation for a wide-range of artistic expression, Stuart & Co. champions the importance of art in contemporary culture and purports the validity of artistic assets as sound financial investments for all collectors. In 2015, the gallery launched Stuart & Co. Artifacts, a dedicated offering of Pre-Columbian works hand-selected from the private collection of long-time art dealer, Bettina Schwimmer. In accordance with Stuart & Co.'s commitment to the significance of fine art in contemporary culture, Stuart & Co. Artifacts presents museum-quality ethnographic arts including sculpture, ceramics, textiles, stoneware, and jewelry.
Monique Meloche Gallery was founded in October 2000 with an inaugural exhibition titled 'Homewrecker' at Meloche’s home and officially opened to the public in May 2001. Working with an international group of emerging artists in all media, the gallery presents conceptually challenging installations in Chicago and at art fairs internationally, with an emphasis on curatorial and institutional outreach. Artists Represented: Carla Arocha – Stéphane Schraenen Kendell Carter Justin Cooper Dan Gunn Sheree Hovsepian Rashid Johnson Kate Levant Jason Middlebrook Ben Murray Ebony G. Patterson Cheryl Pope Karen Reimer Joel Ross Carrie Schneider Scott Stack Nate Young