WOW. There are so many cool community arts networks in this city. The Chicago Art Department
seems to be no exception. It's great to be filing away all these great places to take (cheap!) classes post-SAIC.
At least its scrolly home page is light on the text. It has visuals, video, and broadcasts, which is pretty cool to see on a homepage. It gives just enough info on the first page to make me interesting in learning more. And learn I did. I learned a new word: "intermedia" which is sort of the digital equivalent for "mixed media." I heart the graphics on this site. I love how the sidebar changes with each different menu item. It keeps it dynamic, and they've chosen interesting images. Except I just realized these graphics only change for the first three sections, and then they stay the same...slightly disappointing.
The Events/Exhibitions is a little scant on information -- I thought the listings would be links with additional info, but no: disappointing. Nice embedding of flickr/youtube archives within their site. Resident artists: cool. Very alive site -- it definitely makes me want to visit in person someday.
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don't put it off, visit now! it's a great place to stop in on the pilsen art walks, and the guys who run it are very approachable. there exhibitions are cool, but i agree that it'd be nice ot have some more info. the really great thing about them though is the community they create. a space for young artists interested in not only honing skills, but learning and exchanging with one another.
ReplyDeletewe should take one of their cheap/free classes! too bad they don't have any classes listed for THIS year... maybe they'll be listed soon. i'll stay tuned.
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