Fan Expo 2022 – In Review
Fan Expo 2022July 7-10, 2022Donald E. Stephens Convention CenterRosemont, Illinois
Wizard Entertainment's transition from Wizard World to Fan Expo felt a bit thin, reaching, and even vacuous. This year's iteration highlighted the oversaturation of comic cons and entertainment events. This could be felt in the number of participants in artist's ...
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ACRE Artist Residency Trip, Steuben, Wisconsin
In May 2022, the Art & Design Department travelled with students in tow to ACRE (Artist's Cooperative Residency & Exhibitions) in Steuben, Wisconsin, located in the Driftless Area. Prior to the trip, students studied vernacular art forms, architecture, outsider art, history of the region, and the archeological makeup. On ...
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Chester Alamo-Costello – Chicago Portrait Project
Chester Alamo-CostelloChicago Portrait ProjectAugust 23, 2021 - October 5, 2021University of St Francis Art Gallery25 E. Van Buren StreetJoliet, IL 60432
The University of St. Francis (USF) Art Gallery will open a new exhibit featuring the work of artist and USF professor Chester Alamo-Costello, MFA, beginning on Monday, August 23.
The ...
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5 Games Played Obsessively in 2020
To note that 2020's video game schedule was mildly distracted by the Covid-19 pandemic would be most insulting. There's been studios shuttered, massive lay-offs, crunch time at epic scale, and more games have been delayed than can be remembered. That said, this has been an ideal time to address ...
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Chester Alamo-Costello – A Two-Pronged Approach
In 2014 Chester Alamo-Costello started The COMP Magazine with a group of students (Egzon Shaqiri, Jessica Cuevas, Evan Griffin, and Jazzmyne Robbins) as a platform for covering new art and music in Chicagoland. In addition to functioning as the magazine’s publisher since inception, Chester has had an extensive career ...
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Documenting Place – Part 1, Details of an Office in 2020
At present, making photographs in the documentary vein is rather challenging. Specific limitations dictate a need to take pause and look at options that may include surveying one's immediate surroundings. As we relaunch the COMP Magazine a series of intimate self-portraits will be produced to illustrate our environment ...
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C2E2 2018 – A Review in Photos
C2E2
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
April 6-8, 2018
C2E2 Website - http://www.c2e2.com/
In the 8th iteration of C2E2, the show appeared to center upon a number of upcoming films (e.g., Marvel's Infinity Wars), the rising influence of women and minorities in comics, and a full line-up in Artist's Alley (including, Chicago's Tim Seeley, Mike ...
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10 Comics Read at Least Twice in 2017
2017 has been a year of divisive behavior and overwhelming anger. Touchstone issues that have been festering beneath society's surface for decades came to a head. Abrasive attitudes and child-like etiquette became commonplace even in the highest and most formal echelons. And, in so doing, examining superficial material developed ...
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Zelda’s Breathtaking Ascension
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Developer/Publisher - Nintendo
Directors - Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Daiki Iwamoto and Takuhiro Dohta
Producer - Eiji Aonuma
Programmers - Kenji Matsutani and Hiroshi Umemiya
Artist - Satoru Takizawa
Writer - Akihito Toda
Composers - Manaka Kataoka and Yasuaki Iwata
Platform - Nintendo Switch Wii U
Release - March 3, 2017
There's something special ...
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Photo + Performance + Japan + 1960-1975 = “Provoke” @ AIC
"Provoke": Photography in Japan between Protest and Performance, 1960–1975
Art Institute of Chicago
Through April 30, 2017
Galleries 1–4 and 10
Modern Japan is that enigmatic place that has fascinated me since my youth. Anime nor Manga were really not on the scene in 1980s Indiana, so most of my early impressions were ...
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