Lagoons Session poetry tonight 8-10 pm (soft open for “Artists of Uptown Arts Center” 6-8 pm) 4th floor gallery

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Artists of Uptown Arts Center exhibition March 17-19th – Our 11th artist profile Colette Wright Adams

Colette Wright Adams often uses her observation of a neighborhood to create works of art.  Many times nature in the city is represented. “A neighborhood is not a static, physical location nor  only… Continue reading →

Artists of Uptown Arts Center exhibition March 17-19 Our 10th artist Jessica Stanfill

Jessica Stanfill 2016    MFA in Painting & Drawing, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago 2014     Post-Baccalaureate in Painting & Drawing, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago 2006    BA Studio Art,… Continue reading →

Artists of Uptown Arts Center exhibition March 17-19–Our 9th artist profile Sarah Bastress

Sarah Bastress is a painter from West Virginia who now lives in Chicago. Her paintings often quote queer or rural tropes from painting history, pop culture, or her own childhood that stir up… Continue reading →

Artists of Uptown Arts Center exhibition–6th & 7th artists profiles

Tongyu “Toni” Zhao 趙彤宇 b. Hubei, China, 1993. Tongyu Zhao is an artist based in her guts, she thinks about material encounters and lived experiences. In an often chaotic expression, Tongyu intends to… Continue reading →

Artists of Uptown Arts Center exhibition: 5th artist profile Kateryna Tkachenko

 Kateryna is an artist from Ukraine. She has  been in Chicago  for a little  over 3 months. She received a baccalaureate in painting and teaching from Kharkiv Art college in 2002 She also… Continue reading →

Artists of Uptown Arts Center exhibition 4th artist profile–Lowell Thompson March 17-19

Lowell Thompson is an artist/writer and creative catalyst who uses media and mediums to provoke thought about issues most Americans would rather not see. He calls himself a “recovering adman” because he spent… Continue reading →

Artists of Uptown Arts Center exhibition Elizabeth Hipwell– 3rd artist profile

Our 3rd profile of Artists of Uptown Arts Center: Elizabeth Hipwell

Artists of Uptown Arts Center exhibition March 17-19 2017

The second in our profiles of the artists of Uptown Arts Center:  Robert  W. Pockmire ” I was born July 31, 1951 and raised in Toledo, Ohio. After a year and a semester… Continue reading →

Uptown plein air painter Shinichi Yura

Shinichi Yura, visiting painter from Hokkaido, Japan painted the Aragon Theater in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood