Chicago Labor & Arts Notes 16:2005
Chicago Artists Month
Contents:
1. Chicago Artists Month 2005
2. Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival
3. Iron Chef, Iron Schmeff: Meet the IRON POET!
4. Cross Border Labor Organizing:
2 Events hosted by UE
5. Call for Papers to Conference, Spring 2006
6. Luis Rodriguez speaking in Chicago Nov. 16 – 2
1. Chicago Artsts Month 2005
Chicago Artsts Month 2005 is dedicated to 3 of Chicago’s accomplished artists who recently passed away: Carlos Cortez, Ed Paschke and Allen Stringfellow.
Carlos Cortez is known by many as an artist, a poet, a labor journalist, a social activist, a conscientious objector and an Elder in his community. His life work was dedicated to the struggle for equal rights and social justice for all people. The small press in his home-studio printed thousands of wood and linoleum prints that have become an essential part of Chicago history. Carlos was also a founding member of the Chicago Labor & Arts Festival, and gave unstintingly of his wisdom, good humor, and his art.
Ed Paschke’s colorful and confrontational paintings have been exhibited in and collected by museums throughout the US and Europe since the 1960s. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute and was a professor at Northwestern U for 26 years. In 1999, Chicago magazine named Pashke one of the most important Chicagoans in the Twentieth Century.
Allen Stringfellow, a founding member of the South Side Community Art Center, is best known for his bright colors and rich textures in his collage and watercolor work created during his sixty year career. Known for wearing his signature color, red, Stringfellow drew his subject matter from his experiences of church, jazz and street life.
The Mexican Fine Arts Center celebrates Carlos Cortez’ work with a retrospective of his work this month. Their Day of the Dead exhibit features ofrendas honoring the memory of Cortez, Paschke and Stringfellow. The South Side Community Art Center offers an exhibit beginning Oct. 22, Images of the Past, which features Allen Stringfellow, Charles White and Margaret Burroughs among others who have made profound contributions to the national artistic landscape. The Chicago Printmakers Collaborative celebrates their 15th anniversary with an exhibit in the Chicago Cultural Center of 25 artst printmakers affiiated with the workshop the collaborative offers. A special treat: Tony Fitzpatrick and Deborah Maris Lader lead a tour of the exhibit and a discussion of the work.
2. Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival
Occurring at the same time as the Chicago Arts Festival activities,
The Glenwood Ave. Arts Festival kicks off 7 pm Friday night, September 30 with a big bash at the Heartland Cafe, featuring good food and great music along with a group exhibit of local artists featured in the Festival. The festivity continues throughout the weekend for the two blocks between the Heartland (at Lunt) and Farwell. The street will be blocked to automobile traffic and will have a a stage at each end, with vendors in booths and under tents lined up the length of the Festival. A “Kidfest” will involve youngsters in interactive art programs as well.
As noted below, in the message from Sharon Hyson, Sharon will be leading a Rogers Park Open Studio walk, showcasing artists throughout the neighborhood in galleries, cafes and private studios. The artists include Diana Berek, Richard Bough, Bill Boyce, Tara Noftsier, Tony Ortscheid and Angela Scalisi.
The booths and studios will be open from 11 AM to 5 PM October 1 and 2.