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North Shore studio artist, David Jonaitis took a break from art making to join me for a Walk and Talk this week. Please enjoy our conversation covering: sports, art, fashion, and more. Diane Florian (DF): How are you!? David Jonaitis (DJ): I’m doing good. DF: Welcome to Walk and Talk! DJ: Yeah, I haven’t done […]
Heavily driven by an ongoing fascination with pop culture, Dave Krueger’s maximalist aesthetic is defined by dense systems of geometric shapes and asymmetrical grids. Between fantastical narrative passages, the surface is populated with symbols, numbers, occasional text fragments, and numerous decorative patterns comprised of diamonds, asterisks, zigzags, circles, crosses, and X’s. Drawing upon influences that
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This Saturday Chicago will host its 16th Annual Disability Pride Parade, where hundreds of people with and without disabilities will gather downtown to march, mingle, and show their many colors. The Mission of the Disability Pride Parade is “to change the way people think about and define ‘disability’; to break down and end the internalized
Voices from Inside the Studio: What is Disability Pride? Read More »
Meet Omar Abulsheikh and Debra Johnson
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North Shore studio artists, Amanda Gantner, Carol Pyes, and Edward Rawski took a break from art making to join me for a Walk and Talk this week. Please enjoy our conversation covering: art making outdoors, flowers, wildlife, and more. Diane Florian (DF): Welcome to Walk and Talk folks! How is everyone? How’s the art making
For June the Chicago studio is focusing on the right to training and services and the right to privacy. The Arts of Life rights statement for training and services reads as follows: You have a right to lead the planning of your services. You and your guardian, if you have one, are part of a
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Ted Hamel (far left), Phil Gazzolo (far left), and New Trier students stand next to their completed Baby Doll projects.
New Trier High School Visit-April 2019 Read More »
After working on a collaborative art practice together for more than 2 years, Susan Pasowicz and Allison Wade recently opened their first solo exhibition Looking Good, at LivingRoom realty, a gallery space on Ashland and Superior. This show includes the colorful drawings that Allison and Sue have become known for as well as some newer
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Our rights focus for April at the Chicago studio is on the right to visitation and the right to personal property. At Arts of Life, artists have the right to have friends, family, persons from the community, or advocates visit them at the studio. They also have the right to work with their fellow artists
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The Chicago Studio discusses our rights and responsibilities around communication, featuring an emotions chart made by Jean Wilson and Alex Scott Our rights focus for April at the Chicago Studio is communication. The Arts of Life rights statement for communication reads: “You have the right to let people know your concerns, your likes and dislikes,
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