This dense show of large prints on felt, titled “Chalk Lines,” was curated by Barbara Takenaga, a painter who shares Amos’s talent for voluptuous, galactic compositions.

Gallery  October 14, 2019  Cynthia Close Meet the New Face of Printmaking   “This is your life, Australia style,” jokes artist/master printmaker Sarah Amos in an undeniable Aussie accent as she introduces herself to the audience in the packed screening room on the second floor at Burlington City Arts. Her monumental, genre-bending collograph prints representing the last 5+ years of […]

Lien Truong visited by Maria Britton September 20, 2018 in Maria Britton, East Lien Truong and I met a few years ago during an opening for her solo show at The Carrack in Durham, NC. We share a common interest in everything about fabric, from the history of textiles to the physical qualities of fabric. […]

Posted on 28 September 2019. by David M. Roth Jacqueline Surdell, Naturally Nasty Goes Dark, 2018, rope, metal, acrylic, 72 x 120 inches   Crafted Illusions, a three-woman show encompassing painting, ceramics and fiber, points to the ongoing tug-o-war between craft and art.  It begs, for the umpteenth time, the question of where one ends […]

Using fewer than a dozen relatively small objects presented on identical pedestals, Chris Miles succeeded in creating a genuinely destabilized arena within the conventional white cube exhibition space.

Chicago reflects on bloody 1919 race riots, seeking direction from the past At multiple events Saturday for the 100th anniversary of the start of the riots, the city reflected on the dark chapter of its history and the legacy of the riots today. By Nader Issa@NaderDIssa Jul 27, 2019, 4:10pm CDT   Two people hold […]

1919 race riots: the seminal Chicago event that many know almost nothing about Saturday marks 100 years since black teenager Eugene Williams was killed by a white man at 29th Street Beach, an attack that started Chicago’s race riots. By Nader Issa@NaderDIssa  Jul 26, 2019, 7:29pm CDT   A wreath lies in front of a site commemorating […]

“Red Summer Road Trip”: Jefferson Pinder Interprets the Violence of 1919 JULY 22, 2019 AT 11:00 AM BY HOLLY WARREN Jefferson Pinder, “Sonic Boom,” performed at Halcyon’s By The People festival (2018)/Photo: Chris Ferenzi for By The People 2018. July 27, 1919: 29th Street Beach in Chicago. Eugene Williams, floating across an invisible border separating the black and white […]