Kim Piotrowski – Big Walls Need Big Brushes
Kim Piotrowski makes BIG art, both metaphorically and physically. Her drawings, paintings and public works clearly relay the pulse of a transitioning milieu. The ideas and palette are contemplative while disruptive, exciting while calm, and psychological while visceral, simultaneously. Simply put, Piotrowski's visual output is complex as is the ...
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Luke Bryan – Raised Up Right Tour
Luke BryanHollywood Casino Amphitheater19100 Ridgeland AvenueTinley Park, IL 60477September 10, 2022
Luke Bryan’s Raised Up Right tour brought in fans of all ages and sold out the 28k seat Hollywood Casino Amphitheater. Bryan is not only an outstanding performer, but also the owner of his Nashville restaurant Luke’s 32 Bridge, ...
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2022 Art & Design Alumni Exhibit
Alumni ExhibitionUSF Art Gallery25 E. Van BurenJoliet, Illinois, 60432August 25, 2022 through September 29, 2022Public reception: August 25, 2022, 6p.m. - 8 p.m.This exhibition examines work by USF graduates dating back to the 1970s. Included here is a range of artworks using a variety of media (digital arts, drawing, ...
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Travis Tritt – It’s a Great Day to be Alive
Travis TrittRialto Square TheatreJoliet, Illinois, 60432August 21, 2022After a long pause from summer vacation, I am finally back into photographing concerts! On August 21st, I received the opportunity to photograph Travis Tritt at the Rialto Square Theatre. I have been a fan of Travis Tritt for a while, so ...
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Cortney Lederer – Creating Platforms for Community & Public Art
Since youth the arts have been a constant element in the life of Cortney Lederer. Upon completing studies in studio arts, arts administration, and working with an array of arts organisations (Deeply Rooted, Blair Thomas, Links Hall, Chicago Artists Coalition), Lederer made a decision to take the big leap ...
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Elnaz Javani – Intersecting Craft, Ideas & Parietal Art Today
Elnaz Javani has located the importance of combining adept craft with art forms and storytelling that date back over a millennium. Though rooted in the past, Javani's practice addresses a range of contemporary ideas that are highly relevant today. This week The COMP Magazine visited Javani at her studio ...
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Olivia Zubko – Lifecycles of Objects & Belongings
In this post-pandemic period there are those who located the relevance of family, the importance of (often overlooked) quotidian art approaches, and how to stay busy. Olivia Zubko is one such artist. What is even more appealing is how, in youth, she is expanding dialogues in contemporary ceramics. This ...
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A Revitalised C2E2 in 2022? Review & Photographs
C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo)McCormick PlaceChicago, IllinoisAugust 5 - 7, 2022https://www.c2e2.com
Was C2E2 revitalised in 2022? Since inception in 2010, C2E2 has grown to be the premier comics and entertainment expo in Chicago (perhaps, in the Midwest). The initial iteration host 27,000 fans, grew to nearly 100,000 by 2020. ...
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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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2022 Anime Central in Rosemont
Anime CentralHyatt Regency O'Hare & Donald E. Stephens Convention CenterRosemont, Illinois, 60018May 20 through 22, 2022Anime Central is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare & Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. The convention is organised by the Midwest Animation Promotion ...
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