An Evening with Audrey Niffenegger: Friends of the Library Showcase - April 21st

Friends of the Library Signature Showcase: An Evening with Audrey Niffenegger

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
6:00-8:00pm
5:00 pm - Private Reception for Friends of the Library Members
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor North

We are pleased to welcome author, artist, and Columbia faculty, Audrey Niffenegger to the Library as part of the Friends of the Library Signature Showcase. Audrey will talk about her experiences as both a writer and visual artist. She will be joined by Ron Falzone, filmmaker and a faculty member in the Film and Video department at Columbia College Chicago.

Current, new and renewing Friends of the Library are invited to a private reception with Ms. Niffenegger beginning at 5 pm. Individuals who join or renew their memberships to the Friends of the Library at the $100 Sustaining Friend level and above will receive a complimentary signed copy of Ms. Niffenegger’s new book, Her Fearful Symmetry.

For more information, contact Kim Hale at 312-369-7355 or khale@colum.edu

Friends of the Library Signature Showcase: An Evening with Audrey Niffenegger

Friends of the Library Signature Showcase: An Evening with Audrey Niffenegger

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | 5:00-8:00pm | Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor North

We are pleased to welcome author, artist, and Columbia faculty, Audrey Niffenegger to the Library as part of the Friends of the Library Signature Showcase. Audrey will talk about her experiences as both a writer and visual artist. She will be joined by Ron Falzone, filmmaker and a faculty member in the Film and Video department at Columbia College Chicago.

For more information, contact Kim Hale at 312-369-7355 or khale@colum.edu

Call for Submissions - Alumni in the Library Exhibitions

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Alumni in the Library Exhibitions

Columbia College Chicago Office of Alumni Relations & the Columbia Library call for submissions for the new, twice yearly, alumni exhibition in the Library.

You study, you exhibit, you celebrate, you graduate, you Manifest. Now, you are looking for ways to stay involved with the virbrant arts community that is Columbia College Chicago.

The Office of Alumni Relations is partnering with the Library to offer Columbia Alumni an opportunity to exhibit their original work in a twice yearly, juried exhibition in the Library.

The first exhibition, scheduled for spring 2010, “Greater Than 16x20; Less Than 4x5”, will explore the idea of really big and really small works.

The submission deadline for this juried exhibition is March 21, 2010. Download the submission guidelines here.

Questions? Email Jodi Adams or Stephen DeSantis at submitalumni@colum.edu.

Hugo Tillman: Film Stills of the Mind - Reception and Artist Lectures

As a part of the Focus: China gallery walk, a reception for photographer Hugo Tillman will be held on the 3rd floor of the library on Thursday, October 1, 2009 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. This reception is open to the public.
The exhibition, Hugo Tillman: Film Stills of the Mind, runs through October 30th, and is featured on the first three floors of the library. Additional Information about this exhibit can be found in earlier posts.

In addition to the reception, Hugo Tillman will be holding two lectures on Friday, October 2nd, 2009 - at 10:30 a.m. and at 1:00 p.m. on the 3rd floor of the library. These lectures are open to the public as well.

More information about the Focus: China events can be found on the Columbia College Website.

Hugo Tillman Photography Exhibition in the Library

The Library hosts an exhibition of photographs by Hugo Tillman as a part of the FOCUS: CHINA, a campus wide programming initiative, with China and Chinese culture as its central theme.

The exhibition, Hugo Tillman: Film Stills of the Mind, will run September 1 through October 30 at the Library - floors 1, 2 and 3 - with a reception on Thursday, October 1 and an artist talk/lecture on Friday, October 2.

As described on the FOCUS: CHINA events site, "in this revealing series of color photographs, British artist Hugo Tillman turns his lens towards China, the fastest growing force in art and economics, and examines in the most intimate of portrayals, approximately eighty of the leading Chinese artists of today. This solo exhibition will present selected film stills of this powerful investigation."


"For this project, Tillman spent two years in China interviewing his subjects and immersing himself in the culture and art scene. He explains: “I interviewed each artist for a few hours, asking them about their past, their memories, their dreams and their fears. Then I photographed each artist in sets that recreate their memories and dreams.” The result is a mesmerizing look at the unique psychological landscape of the present-day Chinese art world, seen from Tillman’s Western point-of-view. The dream-like quality of the settings that Tillman creates and the vibrant hues of red, blue, pink and green give the images a psychedelic quality reinforcing the surreal element of his project."

"In this deeply personal examination by a Western artist of his Asian counterparts, Tillman creates, through artful stage settings, a dramatic composition to convey a generation of forward looking individuals whose struggle with the country’s recent past, its oppressive regime, is a constant battle. As in his other photographs, the intense tonal quality and the ambiguous settings contrast with the stark reality of the memories and dreams that they depict."

Bravo Reality Show for Artists - Casting Call!

Are you an artist? Are you interested in being on a reality show like Project Runway, The Fashion Show, or Top Design?

Bravo TV is holding a Nationwide Casting Call for Artists in Chicago. Interested artists will want to read through if interested in participating. Application form and details of what to bring to the casting call are available at: http://www.bravotv.com/casting


According to the website: "We want contemporary artists. Your medium could be one of many (or several of many) – painting, sculpture, installation, video, photography, mixed-media – we want voices that believe in their art and want the world to know."

Thursday, July 16, 10 AM – 2 PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State Street