Saekdong & Fashion
2023-02-10 - 2023-02-23 | Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States
‘Saekdong & Fashion’ Solo Exhibition
김윤 개인전
덕성여자대학교 의상디자인전공 부교수
Exhibition: Feb. 10-Feb. 23
@KCCoC Gallery
9925 Capitol Dr. Wheeling, IL. 60090
Inquiry: (847) 947-4460
패션디자인의 표현 영역 중 하나인 패션일러스트레이션은 기존의 패션 드로잉(일러스트레이션)이라는 인식에서 벗어나 빠르게 변화하는 패션 산업 속에서 패션의 새로운 장르로 발전하고 있다. 패션일러스트레이션의 융합적 표현기법 개발을 통해 패션디자인 영역의 대중화와 표현의 폭을 넓히는 작가의 활동은 패션 예술성의 확장과 패션산업의 무경계화적 발전을 보여준다.
K-Fashion은 다양한 영역에서 표현되고 있다. 이번 작품에서 작가는 글로벌화되어진 K-Fashion의 예술적 범위와 실험적 아이디어 표현 영역을 확장하였다. 특히 한국 전통 패션의 대표적 색과 패턴인 ‘색동’을 통해 한국의 패션이 얼마나 빠르게 글로벌 패션에 스며들고 있는지를 보여주고자 한다. 또한 미니멀한 ‘도형화’로 표현한 한글의 일부를 한국 전통 스트라이프 패턴인‘색동’과 함께 디자인함으로써 K-Fashion의 세련되고 미니멀함을 한국적 색채로 보여준다.
작가는 핸드크래프트적 아날로그 기법으로 한국 전통 원단에 표현한 핸드 스티치와 핸드드로잉을 사용하였고, 조형적 특성 강조를 위해 디지털 프로그램을 함께 활용하는 융합적 표현을 보여준다. 이를 통해 패션일러스트레이션 표현의 새로운 방향성을 제시하고 패션일러스트레이션 관련 연구의 범위를 확장하였다. 또한 글로벌 패션산업에서 활용하기 적합한 K-Fashion의 디자인 표현 영역을 넓히는 특별한 전시가 될 것이다.

‘Saekdong & Fashion’
Yoon Kim Solo Exhibition
Associate Professor, Dept. of Fashion Design, Duksung Women’s University
Exhibition: Feb. 10-Feb. 23
@KCCoC Gallery
9925 Capitol Dr. Wheeling, IL. 60090
Inquiry: (847)947-4460
Fashion illustration, one of the expression areas of fashion design, is developing into a new genre of fashion in the fast-changing fashion industry, breaking away from the existing perception of fashion drawing (illustration). The artist’s activities to popularize the fashion design field and expand the range of expression through the development of convergent expression techniques of fashion illustration show the expansion of fashion artistry and the borderless development of the fashion industry.
K-Fashion is expressed in various areas. In this work, the artist expanded the artistic range of globalized K-Fashion and the experimental expression of ideas. In particular, we want to show how quickly Korean fashion is permeating into global fashion through ‘Saekdong’, a representative color and pattern of Korean traditional fashion. In addition, by designing a part of Hangeul, which is expressed in minimal ‘figure painting’, along with ‘Saekdong’, a traditional Korean stripe pattern, it shows the refined and minimalism of K-Fashion in Korean colors.
The artist used hand stitches and hand drawings expressed on Korean traditional fabrics with handcrafted analog techniques, that shows a convergence of expressions using digital programs together to emphasize formative characteristics. Through this, a new direction of fashion illustration expression was created and the scope of research related to fashion illustration was expanded. It will also be a special exhibition that expands the realm of K-Fashion design expression suitable for use in the global fashion industry.

Tilling the Past
2023-02-10 - 2023-06-18 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
From 1908 to the mid 1930’s, Hilma Ljung photographed the village of Svalöv with her 4×5 glass plate view camera, showing us a rural Swedish woman’s life.

Flower Arranging Workshop
2023-02-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Japanese American Service Committee, 4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Make a beautiful arrangement just in time for Valentine’s day! Mrs. Yuko Inoue Darcy (Ohara School of Ikebana) will lead a flower arranging workshop on February 10, 2023 from 6 – 8 pm.

All flowers and supplies included in the class fee, and you take your creation home at the end of the workshop.

Come early for tea time starting at 5:30 pm. Register at tinyurl.com/jascregister

Гонг медитация
2023-02-10 18:30 | Magura Cultural Center, 415 W Golf Rd #7, Arlington Heights, IL, United States
Гонг медитация с гонгове и пеещи купи.
Водещ: Валентина Чалъкова
Заповядайте на 10-ти Февруари от 18:30ч. в залата на КЦ “Магура”!
Терапията със звук е сакрален древен инструмент за изцеление, подмладяване и трансформация. Днес е един от най- ефективните методи за подобряване качеството на живот.
Звукът на Гонга твори вълшебство. Той произвежда силна звукова вълна, почти осезаема на допир, която стимулира физическото тяло, като влияе на всяка клетка.
Звукът прониква толкова дълбоко, на нива, до които не може да се достигне с никакъв друг масаж, освен звуковия. Ако в момента имате нужда, вие може да се срещнете със своите тревоги и преживявания и да поработите с тях. А ако се нуждаете от отдих и отпускане, то звукът на гонга по най-добрият начин ще ви помогне да релаксирате. И тъй като ние всички сме различни, то и въздействието на тази практика е уникално за всеки.
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• създава дълбока релаксация и изчиства ума
• бързо намалява нивата на стрес и безпокойство
• стимулира ендокринната система и подобрява нейната функция
• стимулира кръвообръщението
• структурира емоционалната енергия
• изчиства подсъзнателния ум от негативните модели на мислене
• помага за възстановяване на нервната система
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Розколяда
2023-02-10 18:30 | Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Розколяда — наш оберіг на добрий початок року! Подяка Богу і всім добрим Людям, які з Україною сьогодні! Прохання, щоби цей рік був родючим і благословенним, а найголовніше переможним, щоб швидше гоілися рани нашої землі і поверталися живими наші воїни-захисники, а ті, що Янголи, боронили небо від проклятих московитів… Розколядуймо тишу, що причаїлася у кишені маринарки- на цей раз ваш скромний даток дозволить придбати автомобіль швидкої допомоги… він дуже потрібен медикам на запорізькому напрямку… 10 го лютого в п’ятницю о 6:30 вечора в Українському Національному Музеі наша найкраща, найактивніша молодь, на чолі з Halia Didula скликає всіх на розколяду!!! Поширюйте! Приходьте і підтримуйте! І знаєте, що у цьому проекті задіяні Віра, Надія, Любов і Україна!

Mulligan Stew in the Fifth!
2023-02-10 20:00 - 23:00 | Fifth Province, Venue Fifth Province 4626 N Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, 60630, United States
The lads are back! Check out Mulligan Stew in the cozy Fifth Province Friday, February 10th, when they play the Fifth Province Pub with their slyly humorous setlist of pop and Irish traditional favorites. There are always plenty of favorites in the mix! Pub and kitchen open at 6:00pm. The guys from Mulligan Stew play at 8:00pm. Enjoy a bite from our menu! Fifth Province Menu

Scottish American History Forum
2023-02-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Topic: Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland
Presenter: Bruce S. Allardice, J.D., Instructor Social & Behavioral Science, History, Political Science, South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois
This event is complimentary. To attend, please RSVP below

Exhibit Opening: Tilling the Past
2023-02-11 11:00 - 15:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Admission to the special exhibit is free on Sunday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Tilling the Past
Photography by Hilma Ljung
Between the years 1908 and the mid 1930’s armed with her 4×5 glass plate view camera, Hilma Ljung photographed the lives and land that surrounded her and her family in the small village of Svalöv. In an era where photography was largely presided over by men, Ljung shows us a mostly unseen perspective of rural Swedish life from the female’s point of view. Let us walk out of the darkroom and into the light to view Ljung’s pioneering photographs.
The land around Svalöv, located in the southernmost region of Sweden, is home to some of the country’s best soil and climate for farming; so much so that the Coat of Arms for the region is a farmer sowing seed. Wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, oat and flax were all grown for market, with a vegetable garden, and chickens, for household use. A renowned dairy was eventually established on the property. Whey, a by-product to the butter and milk production, became feed for pig breeding, an activity which won Hilma’s family considerable acclaim; the King himself once descending upon Svalöv to admire the breeding “sires and sow’s.”
Ljung’s photographs parallel famed Swedish painter Carl Larsson in that her love and passion for her family and home, flow through her images with the same authentic pulse. Like Larsson who painted images of everyday activities, Ljung also chronicled everyday life with a deep and genuine passion. She reveals her family’s favorite location to pick berries. She takes us to a lake where one of her sons is fishing. Her image of a beautiful sunny winter day creates a yearning for a fireplace and tea.
Prior to 1903 when the invention of what we know today as film (gelatin silver negative), photographic emulsion was made on glass plates. There were two formats. The wet plate collodion, discovered in 1851 by British inventor Frederick Scott Archer, and the gelatin dry plate negative discovered in 1871 by Richard Leach Maddox. Both of these glass plate formats have a light sensitive emulsion that is attached to the glass plate with a binder. One of the main reasons glass plate negatives mostly disappeared from the consumer market was because of the introduction of the much more user friendly, less fragile gelatin silver negative on celluloid roll film. Hilma photographed with gelatin dry plate glass negatives.
There is a beautiful and authentic simplicity attached to this story. A loving mother, a devoted wife, chronicling the life that surrounded her. People are drawn to the past. Ljung’s images are windows revealing a life that was, tilling the past of people’s lives.
Like summiting a mountain, Hilma has given us a new vantage point. One that helps us viewers see the history of photography through an exciting and unfamiliar lens. Thank you, Hilma, for sharing with us your perspective of the world you lived in.

Sip & Paint Fundraiser
2023-02-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
Paint never-before-seen artifacts while sipping tea made in the traditional gongfucha style. All proceeds go to sustaining our museum.

Join the Chinese American Museum of Chicago’s Associate Board for paint and tea time!
Ticket Tiers
Tier 1 Donation
$30 – Choose one item from the 4th floor public display to paint
Tier 2 Donation
$50 – Choose one of three (3) never-before-seen artifacts to paint
Tier 3 Donation
$100 – Choose one of three (3) never-before-seen artifacts to paint and receive a 1-year museum membership

All tiers include tea, snacks, and paint materials. Food and drinks are prohibited on the 1st and 2nd floors of the museum.
The tea tasting is sponsored by Life is Tea.

Black Adornment & the Found Object
2023-02-11 13:00 - 15:00 | South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
Join SSCAC Archives and Collections Manager LaMar Gayles Jr. for an afternoon exploring mixed media art, our collections, and adornment objects from his personal collection.

In this participatory program, join SSCAC Collections and Archives Manager LaMar Gayles in exploring examples of adornment and mixed media objects from the archives of the South Side Community Art Center and his personal collection.

This will be a unique opportunity for attendees to explore objects with connections to the history of the Center, how these objects have been made, how these works have aged over time, and thinking through the sociocultural materiality of these objects. Participants will have an opportunity to hold and interact with objects, be introduced to art material behaviors as well as preventive conservation practices that can better preserve these works for the future.

This program will be small and intimate with an attendance cap at 25 participants total, please RSVP in advance.

Garden Club
2023-02-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Trickster Cultural Center, 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, 60193, United States
Join our Garden Club on Sat Feb 11 from 2-3 PM and learn how to prepare your garden.
Register Here: https://bit.ly/TCCgarden

Desde Mi Barrio - Tribute to Selena
2023-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Latin Music Project Center, 2958 north Milwaukee ave, Chicago, IL, United States
A tribute to a legend! Join us in dancing, singing and celebrating the Iconic Queen of Cumbia, Selena. This performance is by La Obra, a Latin Rock/Bachata band with members from different walks of life and various cultural backgrounds. La Obra was formed to create a bridge between genres and cultures. They have taken shape as one of Chicago’s few Latin urban bands.
Tickets in advance $10
Tickets at the door $15

The Chancey Brothers 20th Anniversary Extravaganza! February 11th
2023-02-11 19:00 - 23:00 | Fifth Province, Venue Fifth Province 4626 N Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, 60630, United States
Join Irish American Heritage Center favorites The Chancey Brothers in the Fifth Province, as they bring it home to celebrate their 20th anniversary. This promises to be a show you don’t want to miss!
Join the Chanceys for an incredible night celebrating 20 years of music, laughter, storytelling, and friendships. The extended Chancey Clan will be in attendance with lots of special guests that the band has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with over the years.
The Chancey Brothers will take the stage at 7:00pm. Get there early if you want a seat!

Olga Cerpa & Mestisay
2023-02-11 20:00 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
Free (with a suggested donation of $10 at the door).
Reservations are strongly recommended!
Co-presented with the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center.
Saturday, February 11th – 8:00 PM
Olga Cerpa is the most important female voice of the Canary Islands. Nominated for two Latin Grammys, she has shared the stage with such artists as Omara Portuondo and Joan Manuel Serrat, among others. Cerpa and Mestisay use “Jallo,” an insular word that refers to the objects that the sea throws to the Canary shores, to create splendid songs inspired by the musical influences that reach the beaches of their native land. Latin America, Portugal, Cape Verde and the African continent leave their mark as they revisit island songs that have been “found” in these years of musical journeys and that they rediscover for themselves and their audience through original arrangements. Olga Cerpa y Mestisay will be presenting their latest production, Palosanto, where they invited 17 renowned guitarists from around the world to record with them.
Canary Islands and Puerto Rico
The commonalities between Canarios and Boricuas have intrigued generations of islanders from both sides of the Atlantic for decades. Probably the most evident similarity between the smallest of the Greater Antilles and the southernmost archipiélago in Spain is found in the language. However, the strong connection between these two cultures goes beyond the Caribbean Spanish accent, and can also be seen in its music, aboriginal roots, and profound ties to the African continent. Join us as we celebrate the music of the Canary Island and Puerto Rico in this special co-production of the International Latino Cultural Center and Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center.

Valentine's Movie Night
2023-02-13 17:00 - 19:30 | HANA Center, 4300 N. California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618, United States
Do you have any plans next Monday? How about a MOVIE NIGHT with tons of snacks! Stay after the movie to have an honest conversation about relationships and love

Kaoru Watanabe: Incense
2023-02-14 19:00 | Skowronski Music Hall, 1020 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
The Music Program’s artist-in-residence for the spring 2023 semester, Kaoru Watanabe, will present a recital with special guest Angel Bat Dawid.
The solo performance features taiko drums, shinobue flutes, and vocals, mixed with electronic loops and samples as Watanabe explores the dual uses and meanings of the piece’s title—burning and calming, smoldering and healing, provocation and release—as they relate to personal ritual, social conflict and rising above the tumultuous moment. Developed during the pandemic and premiered live at Joe’s Pub in NYC, Watanabe has since performed the work at Dartmouth College, Lincoln Center, as well as excerpts of the project at Hirshorn Museum, Centre Musique de Monde in Montreal, Antenna Cloud Farm in Gil, MA and elsewhere.
To read more about this performance, please visit Kaoru Watanabe’s website.
To read more about Angel Bat Dawid, please view Dawid’s bio and music.

The Greek-Turkish Conflict: 500 Years Ago and Yesterday
2023-02-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, IL, United States
Since the Greek state declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1821, the Greek-Turkish conflict has in many ways defined the history of modern Greece. In this NHM Discussion, we will explore the history of this conflict from the Ottoman Empire to the Balkans War to Cyprus. If you feel like you are missing the context for today’s current events, this is the class for you.

Members’ Night
2023-02-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 central street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Welcome back to our Members’ Night!
Current members can enjoy special gift shop discounts, family crafts, and view our new exhibit. Members will need to provide their name or proof of active membership at the door. Not a member? We will be offering special membership discounts during the event!
Members’ Night will be held at the museum on Thursday, February 16th and run as an open-house from 5-7pm. Light refreshments will be included.
For more information about this program, please contact: info@mitchellmuseum.org | (847) 475-1030 | www.mitchellmuseum.org/events/

Film Screening: “Baltic Truth”
2023-02-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, 60077, United States
Narrated by award-winning Israeli performer and son of Holocaust Survivors Dudu Fisher, Baltic Truth exposes key facts of the first months of World War II in the Baltic States and how almost the entire Jewish community of the occupied Baltic Nations was eliminated via “Holocaust by Bullets” with assistance from the local population.
Ultimately, Baltic Truth reveals how some national heroes involved in Holocaust crimes are still being celebrated by their fellow countrymen to this very day and reflects upon the need for accuracy in Holocaust history.
The film screening will be followed by remarks from Eugene J. Levin, Director, and a discussion with Dudu Fisher, renowned artist of film, television, stage, and song; and Kelley Szany, Senior Vice President of Education & Exhibitions at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. The conversation will be moderated by Richard Salomon, Vice President of Illinois Holocaust Museum Board of Directors.

This Week’s Thursday Night Session!
2023-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Fifth Province, Venue Fifth Province 4626 N Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, 60630, United States
Join session leaders James Conway and Michael Austin this Thursday for an evening of Irish traditional music – as a musician if you care to! – and tasty bites and pints from the Fifth Province menu. Enjoy the festive music in front of the hearth in the Fifth Province!
Pub and kitchen open at 6:00pm, the Sessions begin at 7:00pm.

Karneval Open Haus Stammtisch
2023-02-17 19:30 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Friday February 17th is a night of fun at our Open Haus! This month’s theme is Karneval! Get in the mood and come wearing a festive hat of your choice. We will have German Bier on tap and food for purchase!

This is a great way to meet new friends, or bring your friends and introduce them to the Haus! This Stammtisch will be in our 2nd-floor Brauhaus Room.
Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison

Jimmy Moore with Special Guest Peter Brady!
2023-02-17 20:00 - 23:00 | Fifth Province, Venue Fifth Province 4626 N Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, 60630, United States
Welcome troubadours Jimmy Moore and Peter Brady back to the Fifth Province Friday, February 17th. Traditional Irish Music, perfect for a pint and a bite!
Pub and kitchen are open at 6:00pm. Jimmy and Peter play at 8:00pm.

Aesthetics of Loss
2023-02-18 08:00 - 2023-04-16 17:00 | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
AESTHETICS OF LOSS is a collection of work by seven artists who have experienced loss of family members recently. Their studios became places for grieving and understanding the sudden vacuum of losing loved ones either suddenly or over a long period of illness. Caregiving, memory, helplessness, loss and the ultimate mystery of death are explored through painting, print-making, fibers, ceramics, photography, installation and video. Some artists utilize objects and clothing left behind by their loved ones and transform them into artworks and some use ritual and natural materials as memorial or commemorative actions of grieving and coming to terms.
Ebti is a multidisciplinary artist, a self-taught photographer and a translator living between Cairo and San Francisco. She received her MFA in Fine Art from the California College of the Arts in 2021. Her practice is informed by languages, theater, literature, music and her family’s making-traditions she never got to learn. Through this multi- faceted, dislocated lens she looks at the ideas of home, belonging, and attachment. Though her work is rooted in photography, she is constantly looking for new materials and methods that will best translate her ideas. Once she starts working on a project, she embraces notions of accident and failure. Her practice is ever-evolving and is influenced by her restlessness.
Cassidy Early (b. 1994, Worcester, MA) is a nonbinary Scottish American artist living and working in Chicago, IL. They graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a MFA in Painting in 2020 and received their BFA from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts in 2016. Early’s work has been featured in a solo exhibition with Lauren Powell Projects, (Los Angeles, CA), a three person exhibition with Olympia (New York, NY), and larger group exhibitions with La Loma Projects (Pasadena, CA), Green Gallery (Milwaukee, WI), The Salon at The Wing Chicago (Chicago, IL), and in I Like Your Work, Podcast. Their work has been published alongside Garth Green- well’s essay Making Meaning: Against Relevance in Art in Harper’s Magazine (Nov. 2020), and as the LVL3 Artist of the Week (Nov. 2020).
Brianna L. Hernández is a Chicana artist, curator, educator, and death doula guided by socially-engaged values. In developing as an artist, Brianna credits her late mother, Sylvia D. Hernández, as her most significant mentor. Brianna’s studio practice focuses on end-of-life care, grieving processes, and mourning rituals based on lived experience, cultural research, and collaborations with peers. In addition to formal artworks, she offers workshops or viewers to self-educate on grief and end-of-life planning through the safety of the creative process. As a curator, Brianna works with artists to make socially-charged topics publicly accessible in order to create opportunities for education and empathy. She also collaborates with community health researchers to incorporate the arts into public health projects through curatorial consulting. Brianna proudly serves as Director of Curation and Board Secretary at Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, New York.
Linda b. Marcus (b. 1961, Los Angeles, California) is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drawing on her long history as a storyteller in journalism and fashion, Marcus now focuses on fiber, sculpture and photography. Marcus’s work has been exhibited widely in Wisconsin including the Museum of Wisconsin Art, The Trout Museum, the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and fiber arts and the Charles Allis Museum as well as numerousgalleries and in several publications. Marcus is currently pursuing her MFA at the School of The Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Marcus has been awarded several residencies including on at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Currently, Marcus is the creative director for the Saint Kate Arts hotel in Milwaukee where she continues to push the limits of contemporary art and provide a platform for other artists.
Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s prints, artist’s books and large-scale hybrid media works have been exhibited in museums and both experimental and commercial galleries regionally, nationally and internationally. Her art is included in several private and public collections, including the Weisman Museum of Art, Marcus Corporation (Saint Kate Arts Hotel), Northwestern Mutual, Target Corporation, and in contemporary publications, such as Andrea Ferber’s, Sustenance: Contemporary Printmaking Now, Richard Noyce’s, Printmaking Beyond the Edge, and Nathaniel Stern’s, Interactive Art and Embodiment: The Implicit Body as Performance. Jessica earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana and MFA in Studio Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is currently the Print and Narrative Forms Area Head and Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Nirmal Raja is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Milwaukee. She had lived in India, South Korea, and Hong Kong before immigrating to the United States thirty-two years ago. She holds a BA in English Literature from St. Francis College in Hyderabad, India; a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She has participated in solo and group shows in the Midwest, nationally, and internationally. She is the recipient of several awards including Graduate of The Decade from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Raja received the Mary L. Nohl Fellowship for individual artists for the year 2020 and the Mildred L. Harpole Artists of the Year 2022 award from the Milwaukee Arts Board. She collaborates with other artists and strongly believes in investing energy into her immediate community while also considering the global. She is a mentor for the Milwaukee Artists Resource Network’s mentorship program. She periodically curates exhibitions that bring people from different cultures and backgrounds together. Raja is represented by Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee.
Anders Zanichkowsky is a transgender artist from the Midwest. They have had residencies with The Arctic Circle sailing expedition in Svalbard, Røst AiR in Sápmi/Norway, and the Chicago Park District’s Cultural Asset Mapping Project. Their work has been exhibited across the United States, Europe, and Australia, including the Wisconsin Film Festival. Anders has received awards for their studio practice, public art projects, and international research, including a SPARK grant from the Chicago Artists Coalition and a Temkin Award for their MFA thesis show, You Are Running Into Danger. Anders has an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2019) and a BA from Hampshire College (2008).

Aesthetics of Loss Opening Reception
2023-02-18 12:00 - 16:00 | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
AESTHETICS OF LOSS is a collection of work by seven artists who have experienced loss of family members recently. Their studios became places for grieving and understanding the sudden vacuum of losing loved ones either suddenly or over a long period of illness. Caregiving, memory, helplessness, loss and the ultimate mystery of death are explored through painting, print- making, fibers, ceramics, photography, installation and video. Some artists utilize objects and clothing left behind by their loved ones and transform them into artworks and some use ritual and natural materials as memorial or commemorative actions of grieving and coming to terms.

Maker's Bazaar & Craft Market
2023-02-18 12:00 - 17:00 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
Come one! Come all!
We at the South Asia Institute are thrilled to announce our next community event: The Maker’s Bazaar and Craft Market! This Market is open to all. To apply, please fill out the Google Form attached below!
Applications are due by February 18 at 5 PM CST.

Please spread the word! All information will be available on the form in the link here: http://ow.ly/1sG050MNFIT

HAMOC Studio and Voudou Store
2023-02-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Haitian American Museum of Chicago, 4410 N Clark St, Chicago, 60640, United States
GRAND OPENING
Interested in learning about Vodou? Looking to add some artwork to your collection? Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) as we open the HAMOC Studio and Vodou Store. This will be a space for artists to create and sell their work, as well as a place to purchase and learn about Vodou items. Stop by and say hello!

РИБЕНА КОСТ
2023-02-18 19:00 | Magura Cultural Center, 415 W Golf Rd #7, Arlington Heights, IL, United States
Заявки за реклами 1.224.800.1538
Очакват Ви пресни пуканки, вкусни ядки на Pick & Harvest Co и ароматното кафе на Tenerro
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Една комедия за абсурдната българска администрация Няма нищо драматично в случайно откритото тяло на умиращ делфин на брега на морето. Драматични са обаче деветте истории на хора, огледали се в окото на делфина. Девет ситуации, в които хората са притиснати да реагират, а те са объркани, изплашени, всеки потънал в своите грижи и проблеми. Девет гледни точки към един абсурден свят, в който хората са като умиращия делфин, за който никой не знае как да се погрижи.

НАГРАДИ И НОМИНАЦИИ – Златна роза – награда за операторско майсторство, награда на СБФД за най-добър филм

The Quarantinis in the Fifth!
2023-02-18 20:00 - 23:00 | Fifth Province, Venue Fifth Province 4626 N Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, 60630, United States
Join us in the Fifth Province for the music of “The Quarantinis” on Saturday, February 18th. Featuring some of the areas most talented musicians, the Quarantinis are pub favorites! Enjoy the music, and a pint of our Fifth Province Ale! Music starts at 8:00pm.
Check out our menu here: Fifth Province Pub

Across the Waters from Chicago to Africa - REFLECTIONS and CONNECTIONS
2023-02-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Bronzeville Historical Society, 4455 S King Dr. - Suite 103, Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
Location: 4455 S. King Drive Suite 103, Chicago, IL 60653

Brilliant filmmaker, activist, humanitarian Amandilo Cuzan will share his first hand experience during his 2022 visit to Uganda and Zimbabwe. Cuzan will present his firsthand look at Africa’s beauty, opportunities and challenges. Bronzeville Historical Society is honored to host his film.
FREE to the PUBLIC! Donations welcome.
FREE street parking in front of entrance and rear parking lot.

Scandinavian Jam ONLINE
2023-02-19 13:30 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Scandinavian Jam, where we practice what we teach.
Join Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler online on the first and third Sunday of every month.
Enjoy an afternoon of traditional roots music. We teach by ear, review and share tunes. We are happy to take suggestions and love meeting new people. It’s a friendly group and we have folks joining in from across the country.
Contact Scandi.Fiddler@yahoo.com or PTyler@ameritech.net with any questions and to get a zoom code. This is a free event.
