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Foster underpass gets an artsy facelift

An underpass on Foster now features authentic Native American imagery, as well as symbols from neighborhood residents.

3 months ago | Natasha Wasinski

Morse Theatre's future uncertain

The theater is closed until further notice while owners and managers hash out their differences.

7 months ago | Natasha Wasinski

Kuumba Lynx gets teens speaking, moving, creating

Kuumba Lynx, a nonprofit arts and education organization founded in 1996, strives to offer teen-agers a chance to express themselves through spoken word, dance and other activities.

8 months ago | Jennifer Fernicola

Nonprofit uses art to help students cope with violence

Art Therapy Connection uses clay and paint help Chicago traumatized by abusive households and the violent lose of loved ones. A gala benefit raising money for the organization is set for Saturday.

8 months ago | Raven Moore

Rogers Park theater set to close doors

The Morse Theatre, which opened four months ago and offered live music in Rogers Park, may close. Alderman Joe Moore is asking residents to support the establishment.

9 months ago | Natasha Wasinski

Cultural Center program explores intersection of art, science

A recent session, Chemistry of Cooking, paired a well-known chef and a biologist, who talked about cooking with lasers and other ways to bring lab tools and approaches into the kitchen.

10 months ago | Theresa Boehl

Turning ordinary people into art patrons

Commissioning works of art is usually thought of as a pastime of the super-rich or art connoisseurs. But a new exhibition in Hyde Park is challenging that notion by cultivating art patrons from the community.

1 year ago | Megan Cottrell

Artist restoring her past in Hyde Park

Weather and repairs have diminished a once vibrant mural in Hyde Park. The artist who originally painted it back in the early 1970s is painstakingly restoring it.

1 year ago | Kate Gardiner

Local artist takes aim at speech peddling law

Artist Chris Drew is trying to rally opponents of a city law that requires artists who wish to sell items with a message to obtain a permit and submit copies of their work in advance.

1 year ago | Megan Cottrell

Chicago museums weigh African artifacts controversy

The Art Institute of Chicago's new exhibit on Benin puts the city in the middle of an international conversation about western museums' holdings of colonial treasures.

1 year ago | Robert O'Connor

Don't clip this sculptor's style

Jefferson Park sculptor Donna Hapac is one of few artists whose works began with the purchase of 2,500 acrylic press-on fingernail extensions over the Internet.

1 year ago | Peggy Zabicki

Print gallery opens at the Art Institute

The Art Institute of Chicago has opened its first exhibit in the Richard and Mary Gray Wing featuring prints and drawings collected by the families of five museum trustees.

1 year ago | Robert O'Connor

Howard El competition showcases artwork

Professional artists from Chicago and elsewhere have until May 15 to submit slides of previous work, a resume, and a written statement about their qualifications.

1 year ago | Tasneem Nomanbhai

City offers art contest for students

The winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship and summer-long exposure at the city's farmers markets. This year's market theme is 'healthy living.'

1 year ago | Paul D. Bowker

Mask-maker lives for double takes

Jeff Semmerling, a Chicago-based artist, explores the transformative power of accessories most often thought of as Halloween props. Leading theater groups use his masks.

1 year ago | Jack Newell
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