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A Look Inside the Department of Urban Speculation
Department of Urban Speculation is an architectural organization that takes to the streets. Duct tape, disco ball motors, shovels, or plywood — they’ll use whatever it takes to explore questions...
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New Girl In Town: An Interview with Nora Freeman of Så Gallery
Many people involved in the arts have, at one time of another, contemplated the prospect of opening a gallery. I’ve entertained the idea, but whatever excitement I gain from the prospect is quickly...
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"Blue Glue and Other Explorations": An Interview with Mara Baker
Continuing ACRE’s year-long series of shows by its 2010 summer residents, Blue Glue and Other Explorations is a body of work by Mara Baker, installed at Happy Collaborationists. Mara’s drawings,...
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A Walk Through Artist Alley: Interviews from C2E2
March 18th marked the second annual Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, or C2E2. Hosted at McCormick Place, the event spanned multiple floors and was filled with goings-on: speed dating, celebrity...
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Intersections: A Conversation with Mankwe Ndosi and Dushun Mosley at Elastic...
Presented by Elastic Arts and AMP-CHI, Intersections is a new series featuring musicians from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and from Asian Improv Arts Midwest. On April 2, I...
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The Fulton Street Collective: An Interview with Director Joe LaNasa, PART I
Wednesday nights are best spent with nudity, alcohol, and Tombow two-tip acid-free nylon brush pens. Or charcoals. Or whatever your utensil of choice may be. I stumbled across Fulton Street...
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Wear Your Geese with Confidence: An Interview with the Puterbaugh Sisters
In anticipation of their Art It Out show, I sat down and chatted with Danielle and Tiffany Puterbaugh, sisters whose brand of comedy is “experimental ridiculousness.” Before I hit “record,” we talked...
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SYSTEMS and CITIES: An Interview with Clare Lyster
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Clare Lyster, an architecture professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and principal and founder of Clare Lyster Urbanism and Architecture...
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A Time Traveler’s Toolkit: An Interview with Marya Veeck of August House Studio
It wasn’t too long ago that Chicago residents were advised to not tread west of Halsted. Trouble loomed for those who dared to venture further, people said. With Wicker Park, Bucktown, Logan Square,...
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Sixty on Sixty: An Interview with Andrea Sparr-Jaswa
In the wake of her 30th birthday, I joined Andrea Sparr-Jaswa in her beautifully decorated Logan Square apartment. Andrea is a long time resident of the neighborhood and a contributing writer to the...
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EXPO CHICAGO // An Interview with Tony Karman
This week, the art world’s glitterati will descend upon Chicago for a new contemporary art fair: Expo Chicago, The International Exposition of Contemporary/Modern Art & Design. Occupying Navy...
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Shooting the Periphery: An all-nighter with Zane Davis
Zane Davis, “Chicago River (South Branch) at South Canal Street”, Chicago, 2012. Image courtesy of the artist. “Following the north branch from the edge of Skokie to the heart of downtown you see the...
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Green Lantern Projects: Press, Bookstore, Gallery, & Performance Space
Above a Singer Sewing shop, through a non-descript green door, and up a staircase, you will find the home of Green Lantern Projects. Serving as both a domestic and public space, this apartment...
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Clarissa Bonet: The Visual Artist behind the Camera
At 26 and not even a full year after graduating from Columbia College Chicago’s photography graduate program, Clarissa Bonet’s photographic series City Space has been praised. An award winning...
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EXPO CHICAGO // An Interview with Tony Karman, Part II
Last month, about a week before Expo Chicago: The International Exposition of Modern/Contemporary Art & Design opened, I sat down with Tony Karman, Expo’s President and Director, for a preview of...
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Giving with Style: A Prom Night Interview with Esther Grisham Grimm
When someone introduces you to Esther Grisham Grimm there’s a good chance that the words thoughtful, sincere, gracious and good energy are woven in some form into that introduction. Not only is she the...
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We Just Wanna Make Crazy Weird Stuff!
Carlos Matallana is a Bogotá-born and Chicago-based visual artist, a teacher, and a New Tech Curriculum developer. He has taught graphic design, web design, and comics in different after-school...
View ArticleLetter From The Editors—Issue Three: GATEKEEPERS
Check out GATEKEEPERS, the latest issue of Sixty Inches From Center. Dear Readers, How does one become an artist? It’s difficult, but at least it’s straightforward—you work on your art. How does one...
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Neighborhood Magic
Carron Little was selected as the Artist in Residence for the Beverly Art Walk on October 2, 2015. She spent months interviewing her subjects, documenting their environs, and researching the history of...
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Race Abstracted: Thelma Golden and New Global Black Aesthetics
On a warm Thursday evening, Thelma Golden sauntered across the carpeted stage of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Rubloff Auditorium with an elegant stride. Golden, Director and Chief Curator of the...
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