There will be art on many levels – literally as well as conceptually – when ten young artists from the ACM Chicago Program fill up three floors of a converted warehouse with their creative endeavors.
The Chicago Program Arts Exhibition on Sunday afternoon, December 11, will feature an eclectic line-up, from sketch comedy to poetry, animation to painting, and films to puppetry. The audience will have a chance to be more than just observers – they can also don a superhero’s cape and try their hand at an interactive artwork.
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The students will present work they have created during the fall semester for their independent study projects on the Chicago Program: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies. Jason Pallas, a Chicago artist who teaches and mentors the students in their projects as Adjunct Faculty with the program, said that the students decided as a group to “really push [themselves] to make work that would be impactful going forward as artists and professionally after school.”
The independent project is one of the four curricular components that students on the Chicago Program complete during their semester in the city. They also take the interdisciplinary Core Course, a seminar in their area of interest, and complete an internship with a business or organization.
The Exhibition will be held at High Concept Laboratories, a creative incubator and nonprofit arts service organization that collaborates with artists to support their work, from experimentation and development through presentation and performance.
“We checked out a few venues, and that was one that lit their imaginations,” Pallas noted. “The space is amazing and they really felt like they could spread out and each have their own area to showcase what they’ve got.”
The semester in Chicago has been an opportunity for the students to stretch out their talents in new directions, according to Pallas, and they have been developing their projects in group workshops as well as individually.
“They really have taken on some ambitious things and are playing with new media,” Pallas said. “I keep telling them that I’m the lucky one, because this has really been the best educational experience of my life.”
Artists at the Exhibition |
Front:
• Jamie Norton, Beloit College • Kathleen Hansen, Beloit College • Jamie Kistler, Monmouth College • Laura Cox, Macalester College • Lauren Kapinski, Lawrence University |
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The Exhibition schedule, as provided by the student artists:
ACM Arts Program Exhibition
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 2-6 p.m.
High Concept Laboratories, 1401 W. Wabansia, Chicago
2:00-2:30
Come get acquinted with us! Walk around and check out mixed-media pieces and paintings by Lindsay Starr, read some quick-witted, fresh poetry by Lauren Kapinski, flip through a hand-drawn comic zine by Alex Nall, cozy up to a puppet show by Laura Cox, be inspired by an interactive superhero experience by Jamie Kistler, and allowed yourself to be moved with a dance film by Kathleen Hansen.
2:30-3:00
Jared Jorgensen performing a one-man stand up show, regaling his tales of being gay in small town Glidden, WI versus being gay in Boystown, Chicago.
3:05-3:25
Kanesha Walker showing a short, silent, black and white film portraying the connection between different types of art by exploring romantic relationships of artists.
3:30-4:00
Jessica Hines performing a sketch comedy show with her sketch partner, Jake Miller, as they explore the comedic situations that men and women face in romantic relationships (Part One).
4:10-4:25
Jamie Norton showing a short documentary about confidence, trying to get to the bottom of what men and women think confidence is, and candidly talking about their struggles and accomplishments with confidence.
4:25-4:30
Lauren Kapinski reading excerpts from her smart poetry, centered on issues with communication and why communication nowadays sucks.
4:30-5:00
Jessica Hines performing the second half of her sketch show with Jake Miller. Don’t worry, it’s new material, and it will be just as funny.
5:10-5:40
Jared Jorgensen performing a one-man stand up show, regaling his tales of being gay in small town Glidden, WI versus being gay in Boystown, Chicago.
5:40-6:00
Free time to revisit fabulous paintings, films, chapbooks, zines, and films. Great time to ask artists questions about their work, or just hang out with some future starving artists.
- Admission is FREE!
- Snacks and beverages will be provided, but it’s first-come, first-served, so come snatch a spot quickly!
- No RSVP is necessary.
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