Ignite Glass Studios is a state-of-the-art glass studio and educational and events facility. Located in Chicago’s West Loop, Ignite Glass Studios welcomes all ages and skill levels to experience the art and magic of glassblowing. Ignite Glass Studios offers glassblowing and kilnforming classes, workshops, demonstrations, team-building activities, professional bench rentals, and an artists’ gallery. By night, Ignite’s workroom is transformed into flexible work room offering a unique venue for private, corporate and community events. The space includes a 5,788 square foot room adjacent to and interactive with the glassblowing studio that can accommodate 220-seated guests, as well as an outdoor garden, rooftop deck, and a conference room. This one-of-a-kind facility is an ideal space for any special event. Whether you are looking for a memorable space for a wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, or birthday party or an inspiring venue to engage your business clients or colleagues, Ignite Glass Studios can accommodate your needs and will exceed your expectations.
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Society Art Gallery is the premier venue for private events in Chicago. With 4,000 square feet of open loft space, this dynamic space is perfect for art shows and exhibitions, receptions and private events.
MAYDAY! Tattoo Co is an upscale tattoo studio located in Chicago. By Appointment Only. Award-winning resident tattoo artists: Pony Lawson Gary Parisi Josh Herman Garrett Harper Carolyn Elaine Adam Aguas For more information or to request an appointment, please email [email protected] **Due to high demand, our artists are currently taking appointment requests via EMAIL ONLY. Due to the high volume of requests, please allow up to 2 weeks for a reply. Thank you for your patience.** *We do not offer piercing.* instagram.com/maydaytattooco twitter.com/maydaytattooco
The newly renovated MCA Warehouse is ideal for your special event—from sophisticated black-tie dinners to out-of-the-ordinary parties; elegant weddings to corporate meetings. A flexible and truly unique space, the MCA Warehouse was once a pie factory and later a Chinese bakery. Now it can be transformed into anything you can imagine. The MCA Warehouse features 10,000 square feet of flexible event space, two levels with unique architectural details, impressive downtown views, a varied list of exclusive caterers, day and evening event opportunities, and reasonable rental fees. It is located at 1747 West Hubbard. Specifications 10,000 square feet of flexible event space Capacity: 570 standing/300 seated Sitting room ceremonies for up 300 guests List of exclusive caterers Wheelchair-accessible via freight elevator
Committed to presenting a vast range of styles and forms of time-based art, DEFIBRILLATOR is dedicated to fostering local talent while invigorating Chicago by bringing to the city artists of exceptional calibre from around the world. Contextualizing performance within visual art, we embrace those who look to the body, objects, space, and time for inspiration, research, and practice. Providing opportunities for established and emerging artists alike, DEFIBRILLATOR is a platform for underrepresented voices and time-based work that does not sit comfortably within pre-established genres or disciplines. Dynamic programming, decidedly fearless and unique, aims to provoke thought and stimulate discourse surrounding performance art. Our goal is to foster and contribute to a global dialog surrounding conceptual, ephemeral, or enigmatic forms of expression.
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!
Platform Studios is a working artist's studio offering figure drawing classes Wednesday and Thursday 7-9:30 pm. Live, nude model, starting with 1-minute gesture poses, then progressing to 5 and ten minute poses. The remainder of the class will feature two medium length and one long pose. Just bring your drawing materials and we supply the rest! Just $10/ class and always just drop-in. No sign-up is needed. Below are links to the resident artists of Platform Studios Chicago. www.platformchicago.com www.trevoroneil.com www.michaelobriant.com www. www.markverwoerdt.net www.Nickalas.com http://www.angierenfro.com http://amandakelleysmith.com/home.html http://someofmydrawings.wordpress.com http://www.mattjohnsonstudio.com http://sites.google.com/site/markyeedesign/home http://danmacdonaldstudios.org www.markverwoerdt.com http://angierenfro.com http://chicagoartistscoalition.collectrium.com/artists/134236/
Matthew Rachman Gallery features a carefully curated collection of Mid Century Modern furniture and contemporary art. Exhibitions are held regularly and our collection of rare vintage finds and curiosities changes constantly. The gallery is also available for event rental for philanthropic and private functions. For more information please visit www.matthewrachman.com.
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.
Paperish Mess is a storefront and art gallery located in Chicago's Ukrainian Village neighborhood. Paperish Mess is a retail space showcasing original artwork in a variety of mediums and styles, as well as handmade goods and wares by independent artists. The space also hosts featured art exhibits, installations, and community centered events. We've created a place where those coming through our front doors, whether they be a local resident, a creative mind, or an independent artist can intertwine with one another. We’re so psyched to bring this to our neighborhood and we hope that you’ll want to be a part of it with us too. If you are an artist (or have an artist friend!) interested in selling work or having an art exhibit, literary event, film screening, live music, etc. then please do get in touch– feel free to shoot us an email at [email protected]. If you are a visual artist please include a brief artist bio/description of your artwork or handmade items, a link to your website (if you have one) and/or a selection of JPEG images.
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
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!
Matthew Rachman Gallery features a carefully curated collection of Mid Century Modern furniture and contemporary art. Exhibitions are held regularly and our collection of rare vintage finds and curiosities changes constantly. The gallery is also available for event rental for philanthropic and private functions. For more information please visit www.matthewrachman.com.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ERA Galleries is a vessel for the advancement of talented, local Chicago artists by providing the necessary outlets to express their works, while building their individual brand.
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.
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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.
A contemporary art gallery specializing in national and international artists working in all media, with an emphasis on progressive contemporary painting. The space includes three galleries: Gallery X, Gallery Y, and Gallery O.