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JIM NEWBERRY :: Official Opening of Improvisers at Elastic Vision Gallery :: December 14, 8pm, FREE

SONNENZIMMER :: Warp and Weft : Poster Contruction by Sonnenzimmer PRE-ORDER :: 400/600 copies are already gone. Get one now! GIFT ALERT GIFT ALERT

SPECK MOUNTAIN :: Concert at The Whistler :: Sunday, December 2nd, 9:30pm, FREE

JORDAN MARTINS :: Official Opening of Grafts & Ruptures at Rational Park (2557 W. North) :: January 19th

CHRIS HEFNER :: The Poisoner film wrap-up party at Kimball Arts Center :: Suggested donation of $25 to record a score by Daniel Knox, pay musicians for hte score, record voice-overs, and festival submission fees. You get Finch's beer, Hoosier Mama pies, entertainment and a guaranteed grand night out. Facebook event.

TAVI :: Tavi interviews Chris Ware for Rookie Mag & we love them both.

Dysgraphia: Opening Oct 6

Dysgraphia

An exhibition by Jordan Martins

Opening: Saturday, October 6 | 6-9pm

DJ set from: Nick Butcher (Sonnenzimmer, Home Tapes)

Beverages from Cellar Rat | Food provided by saki

saki is thrilled to present Dysgraphia, an exhibition by Jordan Martins at saki.

Dysgraphia is a project based on Jordan Martins’s interest in the Chicago-specific tradition of hand-painted, block-letter grocery signs which have come to be associated with Hispanic markets. By exaggerating the expressive colors and gestural rhythms of the original signs, Martins aims to build patters that simultaneously attract (fluorescent colors, bold shapes) and conceal (by undermining legibility). In this sense they are related both to natural camouflage and bright plumage used by animals to attract mates, or broader notions of visual stimuli to affect or sculpt behavior. This project began as a series of storefront installations.

Jordan Martins is a visual artist currently focused on exploring a variety of collage techniques: appropriation as a discursive act, an interweaving of disparate elements into new hybrid structures. Martins is interested in combining precise details from different visual languages into a single surface or environment in order to foment new connections between them. Jordan Martins also plays music in a number of Chicago projects: Plastic Council, Angela James, and improvisational duos & groups, as well as curating the Relax Attack Jazz Series at The Whistler and co-curating the Comfort Music Series.

Please join us Saturday, October 6th from 6-9pm for the opening of Dysgraphia: An exhibition by Jordan Martins. Enjoy a great night of fine art, a DJ set by Nick Butcher (Sonnenzimmer), drink cool beverages from Cellar Rat, and enjoy food provided by saki. This event is FREE.

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TRANSIT Map: "Art Block by Block"

Come by saki and pick up the hot-off-the-press TRANSIT map. In honor of Chicago Artists Month & their theme "Art Block by Block," our friends at TRANSIT  printed 1,000 copies of their map. There are 37 local visual artists and studios, and 17 local  businesses represented on the map, giving a clearer look at just how much arts activity is going on in Logan Square/Avondale.  You can download a JPG of the map here.

TRANSIT, a not for profit residency, serves artists from multiple disciplines within written, visual, music and performance arts, who seek opportunities to create in an urban environment and/or specifically culturally rich Chicago. They both an "INBOUND" program (allowing visiting artists an opportunity in Chicago) and an "OUTBOUND" program (allowing Chicago artists to experience working elsewhere temporarily, with an opportunity to showcase their work in Chicago upon return). Cool stuff, right?

Find TRANSIT Maps at the following locations: saki, El Cid, G-Mart, Galerie F, Hairitics Dye For Your Beliefs, The Hairpin Arts Center, I Am Logan Square, Logan Square Arts & Business Center, The Logan Theatre, Lula Cafe, New Wave Coffee, Multilingual Chicago, Paladar Cubar Restaurant & Rum Bar, Penguin Foot Pottery, Wolfbait & B-Girls.

Have fun, explore! So much going on round these parts. Oh yeah, we've got some art up to celebrate. Reception for Dysgraphia: An exhibition by Jordan Martins is this Saturday, October 6 from 6-9pm! It seriously looks amazing...come by and take a gander, have a drink, bring some friends!

Fug Comics :: Dysgraphia at saki

Dysgraphia: An exhibition by Jordan Martins, a set on Flickr.

Fug Comics exhibition is only up until Saturday! Not much longer to come and snag these comic-oriented prints from FugScreens!

Though it is always a bummer when stuff comes off the wall, we are so excited to put up Jordan Martins's show Dysgraphia. Above is a sneak peek of the show.

Dysgraphia: An exhibition by Jordan Martins
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 6, 6-9pm. Free.
DJ set from: Nick Butcher (Sonnenzimmer, Home Tapes)
Beverages from Cellar Rat | Food provided by saki

Dysgraphia is a project based on Jordan Martins’s interest in the Chicago-specific tradition of hand-painted, block-letter grocery signs which have come to be associated with Hispanic markets. By exaggerating the expressive colors and gestural rhythms of the original signs, Martins aims to build patters that simultaneously attract (fluorescent colors, bold shapes) and conceal (by undermining legibility). In this sense they are related both to natural camouflage and bright plumage used by animals to attract mates, or broader notions of visual stimuli to affect or sculpt behavior. This project began as a series of storefront installations.