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The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art is an art fair sponsored by Intuit: the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. The Intuit Show features the sale of self-taught art, outsider art, art brut, ethnographic art, non-traditional folk art and visionary art.
Last year we participated in this exhibition as a non-profit, informational booth and felt that we didn’t get the full benefit of the exhibition. Because we were an informational booth, we were in a small corner with other organizations that do similar work from around the country. This year we are seeking sponsorship to support participation at the dealer level, which would give us a larger space and put our work in with the other dealers. We feel that our artists deserve this level of representation and are asking support from friends like you, who have shown an extraordinary interest in our artists work.
This event hosts 35 dealers and entertains over 41,000 attendees during the four-day exhibition. Please download the sponsorship pdf form and review the sponsorship levels and let us know which level best fits your ability to support our participation in INTUIT’s 2008 Folk and Outsider Art fair. You may fax it back to us at (312) 829-0257.
http://www.artsoflife.org/documents/sponsor_sheet.pdf
December 10th, 2007
Wonders of Winter
November 30, 2007 – January 5, 2008
Judy A Saslow Gallery
300 West Superior - Chicago IL 60610
phone 312.943.0530
www.jsaslowgallery.com
Hours Tues-Fri 10-6, Saturday 10-5.30
An Exhibit of Art Groups in Chicago for Adults with Disabilities
Chicago-area artists with disabilities working in studios supported by:
Arts of Life
El Valor
Esperanza
The Nathan and Kiyoko Lerner Foundation
Project Onward
November 14th, 2007
Saturday, October 20th, 7pm - midnight
Westin Chicago North Shore
601 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL
phone: (847)913-8584
www.progressiveservicesnetwork.org
tickets are $125 per person
Please join us for Progressive Services Network’s 4th Fall Gala fundraiser event this Saturday evening.
Enjoy lavish hors d’oeuvres, an open bar, dinner, live entertainment, silent and live auctions, raffle drawings, spectacular door prizes and much more! Arts of Life will be participating in the event with select art pieces up for auction.
World renowned autism expert Bennett L. Leventhal, MD, will be the special guest speaker.
Progressive Services Network is a Chicagoland non-profit organization dedicated to raising money and public awareness for adults with special needs. Through fund-raising activities, marketing programs and community outreach efforts, PSN creates opportunities that promote rich and fulfilling lives for those who can benefit from the organization’s objectives and network of volunteers.
October 17th, 2007
Opening Thursday, October 25th, 7-10pm
Reversible Eye Arts
1103 N. California Avenue, Chicago
phone (773) 862-1232
www.reversibleeye.com
Reversible Eye Arts presents Triangulation, a multicultural gallery exhibition, part of Chicago Artists Month. With this year’s theme being Creative Alliances, Reversible Eye Arts has invited three neighborhood arts organizations to display and celebrate art, diversity, and collaboration. The organizations featured are Arts of Life, Co-op Image and The Puerto Rican Institute of Art and Culture. Each agency has selected community youth and area artists to create multimedia installations, including live performances. Doors open at 7pm, with the event closing at 10pm. Libations and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Following the opening, Triangulation will be viewable at Reversible Eye on Saturdays from 1 to 5pm through November 16th.
The works displayed will explore three different perspectives on community, generating several dialogues related to the community of Humboldt Park, as well as to community in general.
Co-op Image will create an audio-visual installation featuring excerpts of oral histories collected through their Mobile Media Lab project. In both personal and artistic quests, the young artists have traveled throughout Humboldt Park and interviewed residents on their experiences and relationship to the community. Located in Humboldt Park, Co-op Image is a non-profit public arts education program for youth of communities in need. For more information visit www.coopimage.org.
Arts of Life, an arts studio for adults with developmental disabilities, will be taking a “photographic tour” of Humboldt Park. Accompanying the photographs will be an audio piece documenting the artists’ experience of their tour through the community. Arts of Life is an artistic community that provides adults with developmental disabilities an environment to experience personal growth. For more information visit www.artsoflife.org.
The Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture is a cultural and educational institution devoted to the promotion, integration and advancement of Puerto Rican arts and culture. The institute will be bringing together many examples of artwork from the local Puerto Rican community related to the theme of the exhibit. For more information visit www.iprac.org.
All three organizations will be working with community artists to create a narrative map of Humboldt Park, to be assembled out of square tiles on the floor of the gallery.
October 17th, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 3-7 pm, Mural Walk 4-5pm
2418 W. Blooomingdale Avenue, Chicago
phone(773)875-7833
www.greatwallofchicago.com
Great Wall of Chicago, presented by Arts of Life and Cooperative Image Group, showcases their recent mural art at this open studio through a mural walk along Bloomingdale Avenue. Arts of Life and Coop Image have taken two panels. Many other wonderful artists have also participated.
Coordinated by long-time Chicago graffiti artist Stef 1, this mural will combine graffiti and hip-hop imagery with work from other non-profit and art groups around the area. Spanning 24 blocks, this will be the longest continuous mural in Chicago.
October 17th, 2007
Arts of Life is pleased to have been invited to exhibit at the Bloomingdale Arts Building. The artwork is viewable every Saturday in October from 6 to 10 pm. While visiting the exhibit be sure to check out the mural we are working on across the street!
Bloomingdale Arts Building
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave.
Studio 205
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 342-8742
(773) 706-7100(c)
September 28th, 2007
We would love to have you be our guest at The Arts of Life open studio. We are an artistic community that provides adults with developmental disabilities an environment to experience personal growth and we are opening our doors for two days to the general public. Open studio allows guests to visit our studio during working hours, watch our amazing artists creating original pieces and purchase one of a kind artwork. We don’t want you to miss this unique opportunity and look forward to seeing you soon!
Throughout the year the Artists at The Arts of Life studio have been dedicated to making a variety of artwork. We would like to celebrate that by allowing the community to enjoy this art as much as we have. Displaying over ten artists with individual styles to look at, we guarantee you’ll find a piece of artwork that fits your taste.
Where & When
2110 W. Grand Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60612
October 2 and 4, 2007
9am to 5pm
September 28th, 2007
A great new interview conducted by Chicago City Arts’ Matt McDermott has been posted on the Cultural Chicago blog.
August 27th, 2007
Ronnie has a documentary being made of her by Amy Gerber with the assistance of Nick Campbell, our former Studio Manager.
They have recently finished the trailer. Take a look!!!
LIFE AND WHERE I’M AT: The art and life of Veronica Cuculich
August 17th, 2007
Arts of Life artists are proud to be involved in the Great Wall of Chicago mural. Headed up by Stef Garland of Earth Squad Productions, the mural starts at Bloomingdale and Milwaukee Avenues and goes west all the way to California Ave.
Spanning 24 city blocks, this would make it the longest continuous mural in the whole city of Chicago. Arts of Life is currently collaborating with Cooperative Image Group on a kite-themed panel of the wall.
We’ll be needing monetary donations for supplies, so if you would like to contribute, let us know!
Above: Debbie Vasquez applying detail to her figure
August 15th, 2007
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