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Artists and those interested in the arts gathering for fun, mutual inspiration and support. Thanks to Olya for the invite and see you next month…
Featuring curated playlist and video by Nubes
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Featuring curated playlist and video by Nubes
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September 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Artists and those interested in the arts gathering for fun, mutual inspiration and support. Thanks to Olya for the invite and see you next month…
Featuring curated playlist and video by Nubes
substack.com/profile/1488...
Featuring curated playlist and video by Nubes
substack.com/profile/1488...
Olya Salimova leading the latest of her monthly 15th Element arts gatherings, this time at WellRounded vintage shop in Pilsen, Chicago, Sep 15th.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Olya Salimova leading the latest of her monthly 15th Element arts gatherings, this time at WellRounded vintage shop in Pilsen, Chicago, Sep 15th.
www.instagram.com/fifteenth_el...
www.olyasalimova.com
www.instagram.com/shopwellroun...
www.instagram.com/fifteenth_el...
www.olyasalimova.com
www.instagram.com/shopwellroun...
where the traditional practices of literate communication are noteworthy now only in the absurdity they embody.
September 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
where the traditional practices of literate communication are noteworthy now only in the absurdity they embody.
Although in the show’s notes curator Alex Wilson claims emphasis on diversity and broadness of concept in his choices, he has (diversity notwithstanding) hit on a consensus of artistic reaction to the current moment — depiction of a post-legibility era...
September 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Although in the show’s notes curator Alex Wilson claims emphasis on diversity and broadness of concept in his choices, he has (diversity notwithstanding) hit on a consensus of artistic reaction to the current moment — depiction of a post-legibility era...
...of artists setting aside brightness, bombast and carefully crafted pop-culture idiocy; shuffling away from the class show-off toward the one in the back passing around tightly folded-up notes written in smudgy pencil.
September 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
...of artists setting aside brightness, bombast and carefully crafted pop-culture idiocy; shuffling away from the class show-off toward the one in the back passing around tightly folded-up notes written in smudgy pencil.
Also got to see the exhibition on display there, "Sacred Containers: Capsules, Conduits and Other Stories."
chicagoartistscoalition.org/events/sacre...
Art by:
Cecilia Beaven
FÁTIMA
bex ya yolk
chicagoartistscoalition.org/events/sacre...
Art by:
Cecilia Beaven
FÁTIMA
bex ya yolk
September 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Also got to see the exhibition on display there, "Sacred Containers: Capsules, Conduits and Other Stories."
chicagoartistscoalition.org/events/sacre...
Art by:
Cecilia Beaven
FÁTIMA
bex ya yolk
chicagoartistscoalition.org/events/sacre...
Art by:
Cecilia Beaven
FÁTIMA
bex ya yolk
Fun and stimulating evening Wednesday the 3rd at Chicago Artist's Coalition for Speed Networking Night. Everybody had a good story to tell. Made it a lot easier to feel optimistic about this city.
chicagoartistscoalition.org
chicagoartistscoalition.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Fun and stimulating evening Wednesday the 3rd at Chicago Artist's Coalition for Speed Networking Night. Everybody had a good story to tell. Made it a lot easier to feel optimistic about this city.
chicagoartistscoalition.org
chicagoartistscoalition.org
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula
September 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula
July 18th, the Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport, Chicago, opening of “We Built This: Making Through Migration,” a show that endeavors to illustrate how artists reflect the experience and perception of immigrant culture and other hybrid outsider identities.
www.ohartfoundation.org/webuiltthism...
www.ohartfoundation.org/webuiltthism...
July 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
July 18th, the Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport, Chicago, opening of “We Built This: Making Through Migration,” a show that endeavors to illustrate how artists reflect the experience and perception of immigrant culture and other hybrid outsider identities.
www.ohartfoundation.org/webuiltthism...
www.ohartfoundation.org/webuiltthism...
“The Ocean Between VIII: Luminosity” exhibition opening at Oliva Gallery, Logan Square, Chicago, July 18
www.olivagallery.com
www.olivagallery.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“The Ocean Between VIII: Luminosity” exhibition opening at Oliva Gallery, Logan Square, Chicago, July 18
www.olivagallery.com
www.olivagallery.com
“Chinese Lotus Shoes: Exploring the Cultural Prestige of Footbinding in Imperial China” at the Heritage Museum of Asian Art, Bridgeport, Chicago.
www.heritageasianart.org
www.heritageasianart.org
July 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Chinese Lotus Shoes: Exploring the Cultural Prestige of Footbinding in Imperial China” at the Heritage Museum of Asian Art, Bridgeport, Chicago.
www.heritageasianart.org
www.heritageasianart.org
Exhibition opening, "The Landscape is Changing", Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, July 18
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#chicago
#chicagoart
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#chicago
#chicagoart
July 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Exhibition opening, "The Landscape is Changing", Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, July 18
www.bridgeportart.com/the-landscap...
#chicago
#chicagoart
www.bridgeportart.com/the-landscap...
#chicago
#chicagoart
July 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Rough night as an art commentator when you run into this at a gallery…
Weaving by Kira Dominguez Hultgren www.kiradominguezhultgren.com
Weaving by Kira Dominguez Hultgren www.kiradominguezhultgren.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rough night as an art commentator when you run into this at a gallery…
Weaving by Kira Dominguez Hultgren www.kiradominguezhultgren.com
Weaving by Kira Dominguez Hultgren www.kiradominguezhultgren.com
School of the Art Institute Low-Residency MFA Thesis Exhibition public reception, July 12.
www.saic.edu/events/low-r...
#chicago
#chicagoart
www.saic.edu/events/low-r...
#chicago
#chicagoart
July 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
School of the Art Institute Low-Residency MFA Thesis Exhibition public reception, July 12.
www.saic.edu/events/low-r...
#chicago
#chicagoart
www.saic.edu/events/low-r...
#chicago
#chicagoart
6/ A green silk Balenciaga evening dress from 1963, and a child’s silk dress and hat from c. 1885:
July 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
6/ A green silk Balenciaga evening dress from 1963, and a child’s silk dress and hat from c. 1885:
5/ Ready for these accessories to come back into style (late 19th century):
July 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
5/ Ready for these accessories to come back into style (late 19th century):
4/ Two modern outfits, an ensemble by Chicago designer Maria Pinto from 2015, and the “Poliakoff” dress by Yves Saint-Laurent, 1965:
July 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
4/ Two modern outfits, an ensemble by Chicago designer Maria Pinto from 2015, and the “Poliakoff” dress by Yves Saint-Laurent, 1965:
3/ A silk dress, French, dated to 1866, an early example of brightly-colored fabric thanks to recently-invented chemical dyes:
July 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
3/ A silk dress, French, dated to 1866, an early example of brightly-colored fabric thanks to recently-invented chemical dyes:
2/ Link to exhibition page: www.chicagohistory.org/exhibition/d...
Including: a fantastic purple leather coat and hat by Chanel, 1925:
Including: a fantastic purple leather coat and hat by Chanel, 1925:
July 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
2/ Link to exhibition page: www.chicagohistory.org/exhibition/d...
Including: a fantastic purple leather coat and hat by Chanel, 1925:
Including: a fantastic purple leather coat and hat by Chanel, 1925:
The Chicago History Museum has one of the biggest fashion and textile collections in the world, reportedly over fifty thousand items. The exhibition they have up now, "Dressed in History" is a small but fun sampling of the collection’s highlights.
More at: forwardfolio.substack.com/p/dressed-in...
More at: forwardfolio.substack.com/p/dressed-in...
July 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Chicago History Museum has one of the biggest fashion and textile collections in the world, reportedly over fifty thousand items. The exhibition they have up now, "Dressed in History" is a small but fun sampling of the collection’s highlights.
More at: forwardfolio.substack.com/p/dressed-in...
More at: forwardfolio.substack.com/p/dressed-in...
5/ A green silk Balenciaga evening dress from 1963, and a child’s silk dress and hat from c. 1885:
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
5/ A green silk Balenciaga evening dress from 1963, and a child’s silk dress and hat from c. 1885:
4/ Ready for these accessories to come back into style (late 19th century):
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
4/ Ready for these accessories to come back into style (late 19th century):
3/ Two modern outfits, an ensemble by Chicago designer Maria Pinto from 2015, and the “Poliakoff” dress by Yves Saint-Laurent, 1965:
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
3/ Two modern outfits, an ensemble by Chicago designer Maria Pinto from 2015, and the “Poliakoff” dress by Yves Saint-Laurent, 1965:
2/ A silk dress, French, dated to 1866, an early example of brightly-colored fabric thanks to recently-invented chemical dyes:
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
2/ A silk dress, French, dated to 1866, an early example of brightly-colored fabric thanks to recently-invented chemical dyes: