Flamenco Class
Flamenco Classes with Edna Uribe
Two Times Per Week
(6 students minimum)
1.5 hours per class. 15 hours – 10 sessions
Mondays and Wednesdays $260
May 4th – June 8th
5.30 – 7pm – Intermediate Flamenco
7.15 – 8.45pm – Initial Flamenco
Instituto Cervantes
31 W. Ohio
312 335 1996
Café Society
Café Society en español
We hope that you are as excited about it as we are! Café Society en español is a unique program that brings together Spanish-speaking residents for reflection, discussion, and artistic expression.
Friday, May 8
Reception at 6:30pm, Café Society discussion (en español) at 7:30pm
Café Efebos
1640 South Blue Island Ave.
Free. Open to the public.
Reservations are required and can be made online, by email events@prairie.org, or by calling 312.422.5580.
Following the reception, stick around for the Café Society discussion en español on the question: How are the experiences of Latino immigrants transforming American culture?
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¡Se reinicia Café Society en español!
Café Society en español es un programa único que une en diálogo, reflexión, y expresión artística a los lectores y escritores.
No se pierda esta celebración…
Viernes 8 de mayo a las 6:30pm, Café Society en español comienza a las 7:30pm
Café Efebos
1640 South Blue Island Ave.
Este evento es gratis y está abierto al público en general. Se requiere reservación y ésta puede hacerse por correo electrónico, events@prairie.org o llamando al 312.422.5580.
Le invitamos a quedarse después de la recepción para participar en el diálogo en español sobre el tema: ¿Cómo está transformando la experiencia de los inmigrantes latinos la cultura estadounidense?
En Tu Ciudad Tour
En Tu Ciudad Tour
Friday, May 8th
The Bottom Lounge with live performances by Making Movies, Los Vicios de Papá, Saber and DJ Chavez.
Doors open at 8pm, the show is 21 and over.
For free entrance, visit MySpace.com/EnTuCiudad to sign up to receive the secret password to get in.
Art Exhibit by Joan Abelló
Art Exhibit by Joan Abelló
The Cervantes Institute of Chicago presents a once in a lifetime opportunity to become acquainted with the pictorial trajectory of painter Joan Abelló, Spain’s most important expressionistic colorist of the 20th century. The importance of Abelló’s achievements, including his masterful and distinguished painting career, his founding of various museums and foundations, and his long term presidency of the Royal Circle of Art of Barcelona, was publicly acknowledged in 2003, when Abelló was awarded the Catalan Government’s medal of highest distinction. This anthological exhibition comprises paintings of all periods, movements and iconographies. It is presented in homage to the artist, who died this past Christmas Day, one day before his 86th birthday. Do not miss it!
5/1 – 7/15
Opening Reception
May 1, 6:00PM
Instituto Cervantes
31 W. Ohio St.
312 335 1996
Validated Parking Available.
SAIC Graduate Exhibition
Sullivan Galleries
May 2-15
Opening reception: Friday, May 1, 8-11pm
SAIC’s Graduate Exhibition features work by the next generation of artists and designers. More than 120 students completing master’s degrees exhibit their work in art and technology studies; ceramics; fiber and material studies; interior architecture; painting and drawing; performance; photography; printmaking; sculpture; and visual communications.
image © Aspen Mays
Sullivan Galleries
SAIC, 33 S State St, 7th FL.
312-629-6635
Tue-Sat 11 am-6 pm
Tango: Humberto Décima Workshop
Humberto is a well respected dancer and teacher from Buenos Aires on his US Tour 2009.
Humberto’s diversity as performer and teacher gives him an overall understanding of tango and its varied styles. He will bring three weeks of intensive classes focused on tango for ALL levels.
His teaching method is relaxed and accessible; he adapts the sequences to the students’ own abilities. Humberto has a detailed approach to individual needs.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQPO9r0a-Hc
Price: $75 – 6 lessons or $15 drop in
* Humberto is available for private lessons; Please contact Maria at 312.823.4859
Artango Center
4011 N Ravenswood
Fandanguero & Tarima Son
HotHouse Presents…
Fandango del Norte with Fandanguero and Tarima Son
In collaboration with Sound Culture
Friday May 8th, 2009 | 9pm, doors at 8pm
HotHouse @ The HotLoft 3220 N. Lincoln (above Fizz)
$12 In Advance, $12 Day of Show | www.hothouse.net for tickets | 21 +
$10 at the DOOR for Arte y Vida Chicago Readers. Mention Arte y Vida Chicago to receive your discount.
Son Jarocho is the music that forms the base repertoire of Fandanguero. They have come together to interpret the Son Jarocho style, fusing several rhythms like Cuban son, Afro-Peruvian rhythms and hints of samba and flamenco. Fandanguero formed in the Pilsen community of Chicago. With a distinct style and their brilliant versatility, Fandanguero has earned the respect and support of the community by creating a performance of true festival color and joy, that invites one’s body to dance, the mind to think and the soul to feel. www.fandanguero.net
Tarima Son was formed in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago in January 2002. The concentrate their efforts on researching and playing the music originating in the coastal state of Veracruz, Guerrero, Michoacan, Hidalgo, Jalisco and other states of Mexico.
Since their founding, they have had the great privilege of performing in many important venues around the Chicago area like the Old Town School of Folk Music, The Folk and Arts Fest in Evanston, The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, and The Field Museum, and in prestigious events like the Folklife Fest of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.
www.tarimason.com
Media Sponsors: Arte y Vida Chicago and The Instituto Mexicano de Cultura y Educación de Chicago and Rockotitlan
Call for Art: A Question of Vida y Muerte
Call for Artists 2009 – Harris Gallery
Deadline EXTENDED: September 18, 2009
Exhibition Dates: October 24 – December 18, 2009
Reception: November 6, 2009
Take Down: TBA
Title: A Question of Vida y Muerte
Arte y Vida Chicago and Old Town of School of Folk Music invite Chicago visual artists to submit original work for display in the Harris Gallery at 4544 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL. Exhibit will be curated by Amor Montes de Oca and Alicia Manson.
We are looking for original work that celebrates life, death, and continuum. Of special interest is work that also integrates ideas of family, community, and cultural diversity.
Submission guidelines:
Original work must not exceed 40 inches. Artists working in all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, mixed media. (Sorry, no video or installation).
Please submit your artwork on our Flickr GROUP Arte y Vida Chicago for review. Submissions must be in jpg format. LIMIT 3 PIECES. Please name your jpgs using your first initial, last name and a number, starting with 1 (i.e. jsmith1.jpg, jsmith2.jpg etc). Please include the title of the piece, dimensions and medium.
Submission fee: $5 per piece. Paypal payment request will be sent upon receiving your submission.
Submission does not ensure that your work will be accepted for inclusion.
Please Note: The artist assumes all risks and responsibilities for damages to the work or to the presentation of materials holding and/or displaying the work.
Eric Garcia Art on Armitage
Eric J. Garcia
May 3 – 30, 2009
WINDOW INSTALLATION:
Eric J. Garcia’s political art has struck Art ON Armitage! The famous window gallery has been transformed into a storefront where window shoppers can see the latest in United States propaganda technology: “Uncle Sam’s White Wash.” Don’t be fooled by the perfectly stacked pyramid of paint cans, this political pigment is the scary reason why the United States is still a world power.
Other works by Eric Garcia can be seen at southvalleyart.com
A R T O N A R M I T A G E
a w i n d o w g a l l e r y
4125 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago 60639
www.artonarmitage.com
Chicago Figurativo
Chicago Figurativo: Prints Selected from the NMMA Permanent Collection
January 18 – May 24, 2009
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 10 to 5 pm
Reception: March 28, 6 – 8 pm
Experience a variety of figurative works by twelve Mexican American artists who have made Chicago their home. The prints chosen represent the inextricable link of identity to the problematic spaces in which these artists live, create and explore. Curated by Andrew Rebatta.
Artists: Rene Arceo, Tomas Bringas, Carlos Cortez, Luis de la Torre, Hector Duarte, Esperanza Gama, Jeff Abbey Maldonado, Eufemio Pulido, Alejandro Romero, Maria Evangelina Soliz, Salvador Vega & Carlos Villanueva.
Image: Rene Hugo Arceo, Local Artists in Purgatory, 1999 National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent Collection
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 West 19th Street
Sueños en Relieve:
Prints by Rene Arceo
March 25 – June 6
Wednesday – Sunday 12 to 5 pm
Receptions: March 26, 5 – 8 pm and March 28, 5 – 10 pm
Arceo explores ideas related to dreams and dreamlike scenes through these relief prints. These prints freely and naturally emanate from his subconscious into lose lines, and progressively evolve into more defined forms. These forms construct a free-flowing composition, which seems to facilitate the telling of a story in a dreamlike atmosphere. Arceo gives preference to figurative narratives that include stylized human and humanlike characters. His upbringing and experiences in Mexico continue to inform his art production. Arceo, a printmaker who has called Chicago home since 1979, graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1985.
Prospectus Art Gallery
1210 W. 18th Street
Image: Rene Arceo, El Poeta, 2008
Butterflies: Teatro di Piazza D’Occasione
Flutter into a butterfly’s life! Italian visual theater company Teatro di Piazza D’Occasione returns for this show, best described as a painting in movement.
Music, video, images, and dance merge to create a sensory experience depicting a butterfly’s progression from egg to caterpillar to winged beauty. Audience interaction is central to the show experience. This dance performance is accessible to a non- English speaking audience. Audience members will be asked to remove their shoes before exploring the stage.
Presented in partnership with Redmoon Theater.
Experimenta la vida de una mariposa. La compañía italiana Teatro di Piazza D’Occasione regresa a Chicago para esta presentación mejor explicada como una pintura viva. La música, video, imágenes, y baile crean una experiencia que refl eja el ciclo de la vida de una mariposa desde capullo hasta bello insecto alado. La interacción de los espectadores es una parte central de la experiencia completa. Este espectáculo de danza es accesible a una audiencia que no habla íngles.
Purchase Tickets Online $10.00 each $5.00 for Educators & Students
April 29 – May 8 please visit Children’s Humanities Festival for time details. For the kid in all of us.
Redmoon Central
1463 W. Hubbard Street
Miradas
Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection is a unique survey of one of the most extensive private collections in the U.S. and Mexico and takes a close look at the paintings, prints, and photographs created over the past 80 years. The exhibition examines and celebrates work by artists on both sides of the U.S. – Mexico border, to reveal a variety of cultural aspects as they emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution.
Friday, January 23 – Sunday August 30
9-5 Tues-Sun
FREE
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th Street
(312) 738-1503
