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Update #11: Special Pre-Opening Reception
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Posted on July 22, 2009
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Update #9: Run, Blago, Run! Kickstarter Vimeo link
Run, Blago, Run! Kickstarter Vimeo link
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Update #8: Street-Level Youth Media - Non-profit 10% Donation Recipient
10% of show sales from the show will be donated to Street-Level Youth Media. We feel honored to be able to support this program. Read more about the program and their fire below.
Street-Level Youth Media educates Chicago's under-served youth in the media arts and emerging technologies for use in self-expression, communication, and social change. Through our school and community-based programs, Street-Level gives youth the opportunity to discover their potential by empowering them to find their own voice through the digital arts within a fun and innovative learning environment
Early on Sunday October 12th 2008 around 1AM a fire started in the basement of the building where the Street-Level office and Neutral Ground center are housed. Fortunately none of the residents where harmed, sadly Neutral Ground sustained most of the damage.
Street-Level's administrative office and classes have moved to new temporary locations. Their post fire efforts to rebuild are well underway.
You Help Us, Help Them!
For More Info: www.street-level.org
Update #7: Air BLEEZY T-shirt
This is what the t-shirts will look like. http://cro.bigcartel.com/product/air-bleezy
Update #6: Judge Joan Cusack
Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting actress Joan Cusack. She is a supporter of the arts and loved the idea of selecting works for the show.
Update #5: Judge Derrick Carter
As part of the show I am looking to broadcast an open call for artists submissions. I am in the process of confirming a few celebrity judges. Derrick Carter is not only a House music legend but also an avid art collector with works by the likes of Miro, Egon Schiele, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Banksy, and Shepard Fairey to name a few. Mr. Carter has graciously jumped on board to lend a critical eye.
Update #4: Stickers via Zoltron
Zoltron says he'll donate some stickers. More info to come.
http://www.zoltron.com/
Update #1: And the list grows!
Just confirmed the below artists to participate.
Diederick Kraaijeveld
www.oudhout.nl
Jeff Zimmerman
www.jazim.com
Tariq Rafiq
www.facebook.com/group.php...
Mireya Acierto
www.mireyacierto.com/public/
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Charles Adler on June 8, 2009
Not familiar with any of these artists, but in checking their work, looks like an awesome lineup. Found some good examples of Tariq Rafiq's work with a simple google search:
http://bit.ly/1GRuG
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Mr. CRO is a Chicago-based artist and designer who creates social & political satire. My work is simply about visually documenting and recording pop, social and political issues of my time. I embrace the hand of the artist and technology. In my work, I comment on the American dream and the subsequent gap between it and reality. My work addresses racial identity, pop culture, politics and at times alludes to underlying social behaviors historical and current which continue to shape American society. I’m trying to engage in social and political discourse in a humorous way. Often times these themes are combined into work reflecting heros and/or villains of our society. Like a vessel, I constantly receive stimuli from the environment which becomes part of my work. I present the viewer with a mirror reflection of the world. My social commentary weds graphic form with brazen content. The result is at times stark and brash and at others photographic and honest.
