DC Moore Gallery has announced the opening of the exhibition Janet Fish: Panoply, which highlights major examples of the artist's work from 1989 to 2008. Fish's still lifes provide mesmerizing detail, and a captivating depiction of light and color, while hovering in a space between fluid painterliness and measured stillness. A catalogue with essay by Karli Wurzelbacher will accompany the exhibition.
Drawn primarily from the Art Institute's permanent collection with key loans from private collections and the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago, When the Greeks Ruled Egypt, on view in Gallery 154 through July 27, 2014, explores this confluence of cultures through over 75 artworks including gilded mummy masks, magical amulets, and stunning portraits in stone and precious metals.
The Rachel Rosenthal Company (RRC) presents Instant Fairy Tales, a brand new series of original fairy tales for the 21st century at Espace DbD in Los Angeles. Instant Fairy Tales: The Longest Winter, the series' inaugural offering, which features an allegorical tale about learning to care for the environment, will be held on Saturdays, January 25 and February 8, as well as Sundays, January 26 and February 9, 2014. The performances, by Rachel Rosenthal Company's TOHUBOHU! Extreme Theatre Ensemble, begin at 4:00pm and 7:00pm on Saturdays, as well as at 2:00pm and 5:00pm on Sundays. Instant Fairy Tales are particularly well suited for children and families. Seating in the intimate performance space is limited to 35 patrons per show. Tickets cost $5. Reservations are necessary to insure seats and can be made online via Brown Paper Tickets at instantfairytales.brownpapertickets.com. The Rachel Rosenthal Company's venue, Espace DbD, is located at 2847 South Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034 (310-839-0661). Street parking is available. For more information, please see www.rachelrosenthal.org.
The Rachel Rosenthal Company (RRC) presents Instant Fairy Tales, a brand new quarterly series of original fairy tales for the 21st century at Espace DbD in Los Angeles. Instant Fairy Tales: The Longest Winter, the series' inaugural offering, which features an allegorical tale about learning to care for the environment, will be held today, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2014.
Tony Award-winning set designer Eugene Lee, the genius behind Broadway's Wicked and TV's Saturday Night Live, will be honored with a 2014 Distinguished Achievement Award in Scenic Design from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
The Music Institute of Chicago joins the national celebration of Music In Our Schools Month with a morning of music for all ages Saturday, March 15 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.
BE OPEN is launching a Young Talent Award to scout out emerging designers and give them support whilst they develop their work. This is part of the foundation's Inside the Academy strand, their innovative approach to supporting creative education, accompanying students from study through to professional practice.
Do the Arts Make Us Better People? That is the question at hand when The New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean, Getty Trust President and CEO James Cuno and Segerstrom Center for the Arts President Terrence W. Dwyer take part in a Zocalo Public Square panel discussion about the role the arts play in shaping our lives. This special event takes place in Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center on February 11 at 7:30 p.m. and will be moderated by Jori Finkel, contributing arts writer for The New York Times. There will be a free reception following the discussion.
Porter Contemporary presents Into the Void, an exhibition of new works by Anne Marchand, Judith Mullen, Roy Wiemann, and Tom Wilson opening with an artist reception tonight, January 9, 2013 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Featuring interviews with former colleagues and fans such as Tom Brokaw, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ted Koppel, Lewis Black, Gwen Ifill and Jon Stewart, this fascinating documentary debuts MONDAY, JAN. 27 (9:00-10:35 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
The Rachel Rosenthal Company (RRC) presents Instant Fairy Tales, a brand new quarterly series of original fairy tales for the 21st century at Espace DbD in Los Angeles. Instant Fairy Tales: The Longest Winter, the series' inaugural offering, which features an allegorical tale about learning to care for the environment, will be held on Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2014.
Porter Contemporary presents Into the Void, an exhibition of new works by Anne Marchand, Judith Mullen, Roy Wiemann, and Tom Wilson opening with an artist reception on Thursday, January 9, 2013 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Registration opens January 6, 2014 for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's summer 2014 Youth Dance Camps, offering a broad range of opportunities for dancers ages 18 months to 16 years to explore, learn and create movement. Complete program information and session dates are below.
The Art Institute of Chicago's Society for Contemporary Art (SCA) is pleased to host its sixth benefit on Saturday, March 1, 2014. This year's event will be held at CineSpace Film Studios, Chicago's largest film studio space on the Near West Side. All proceeds from this biannual event will provide acquisitions support for the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Contemporary Art, organizer of such recent internationally acclaimed exhibitions as Steve McQueen and Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective.
Registration opens January 6, 2014 for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's summer 2014 Youth Dance Camps, offering a broad range of opportunities for dancers ages 18 months to 16 years to explore, learn and create movement. Complete program information and session dates are below.
Standard & Poor's announced today that it raised the Art Institute of Chicago's long-term bond rating to AA- with a stable outlook from A+ positive outlook. In its release, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cited numerous factors that contributed to the upgrade, singling out “strong institutional leadership and management to produce such results in a stressful economic environment” as well as a consistently sound operating performance and continued plan of scheduled debt reduction. The rationale also included the Art Institute's ratio of resources to operating expenses and debt; the prestigious reputations of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the museum of the Art Institute of Chicago; and the successful completion of the Art Institute's most recent capital campaign, for the building of the museum's Modern Wing, with 95% of pledges collected.
If you're allergic to shopping malls, excessive commercialism or egg nog, The Ringwald Theatre has the perfect solution to restore a smile to your overburdened holidays. Opening tonight, December 20th for an exclusive four-day engagement is the return of the comedic duo of The SantaLand Diaries & Season's Greetings from award-winning humorist David Sedaris and adapted for the stage by acclaimed director Joe Mantello and featuring Joe Bailey and Joe Plambeck.
How has post-war art and culture manipulated concepts of beauty and the sensual-manufacturing the illusion of danger as beauty itself? What role does color have in this powerful alchemy? Is there truth in this ideation of aesthetics, or is this cultural serum truly toxic?
Join us at Andrea Meislin Gallery for a Gallery Talk with noted Czech artist Jan Tichy in conjunction with our current show, Musrara - Beyond No-Man's Land (100% of all proceeds from Beyond No-Man's Land are donated to the Naggar School of photography). Tichy will speak about his work Bab El Musrara, 2002 (included in this show), in addition to his work Cage, 2002. The talk is set for today, December 14 at 1 p.m., the Andrea Meislin Gallery, located at 534 W 24th St, New York, NY.
Join us at Andrea Meislin Gallery for a Gallery Talk with noted Czech artist Jan Tichy in conjunction with our current show, Musrara - Beyond No-Man's Land (100% of all proceeds from Beyond No-Man's Land are donated to the Naggar School of photography). Tichy will speak about his work Bab El Musrara, 2002 (included in this show), in addition to his work Cage, 2002. The talk is set for Saturday, December 14 at 1 p.m., the Andrea Meislin Gallery, located at 534 W 24th St, New York, NY.
