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There is a lot of art going on in Pilsen, but it just became even more bustling with the Chicago Urban Art Society (CUAS) digging in its young roots in this lower west side community.
Top Ten of 2011
8. Chicago Urban Art Society and “The Chicago Street Art Show”
While the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art was breaking their attendance records with the street art exhibition “Art in the Streets,” Chicago’s institutions remained completely indifferent to street art – all the institutions except the Chicago Urban Art Society (CUAS), another vital non-profit in Chicago. Responding to Chicago’s rich street art scene they hosted an exhibition featuring active participants. The transition to the gallery proved challenging for some artists, but that only made the show more compelling, more necessary, so these artists could have a chance to work in a different direction. (Full disclosure- after the exhibition closed I wrote an essay for a publication related to the exhibition.) CUAS has also hosted a number of other notable exhibitions this year including a survey of artists working with wood, and a solo exhibition from the Post Family, which Steve Ruiz preemptively nominated in July for “best presented exhibition in Chicago this year.”
![Opening Reception = Lagunitas Beer + Wine + Art November 10, 2011 @ 5-8pm @ 208 S. Wabash Street
“YOU HAVE YOUR FORTRESS, I HAVE MINE.”
Works by Hao Ni [WALK-IN SPACE]
Exhibition Viewing: November 10th, 2011 - January 14th, 2012
**Regular Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat, 11:30am-5pm**
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Opening Reception = Lagunitas Beer + Wine + Art November 10, 2011 @ 5-8pm @ 208 S. Wabash Street
“TAXFREE”
An Installation by Nice One @ 202 S. State Street (State+Adams)
Exhibition Viewing: WALK-BY SPACE, 24/7
November 10th, 2011 - January 14th, 2012](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltzgmj2HZd1qbi21yo1_400.jpg)
Opening Reception = Lagunitas Beer + Wine + Art
November 10, 2011 @ 5-8pm @ 208 S. Wabash Street
“YOU HAVE YOUR FORTRESS, I HAVE MINE.”
Works by Hao Ni
[WALK-IN SPACE]
Exhibition Viewing: November 10th, 2011 - January 14th, 2012
**Regular Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat, 11:30am-5pm**
——————————————-
Opening Reception = Lagunitas Beer + Wine + Art
November 10, 2011 @ 5-8pm @ 208 S. Wabash Street
“TAXFREE”
An Installation by Nice One @ 202 S. State Street (State+Adams)
Exhibition Viewing: WALK-BY SPACE, 24/7
November 10th, 2011 - January 14th, 2012
Chicago Reader 40th Anniversary Party hosted by the Chicago Urban Art Society (CUAS).
Post-event official video courtesy of CUAS.
40th Anniversary Chicago Reader Party @ CUAS!
Chicago Reader’s 40th Birthday
A Black, White (and Yellow) Ball
Wednesday, October 26, 8PM-11PM
We’re 40! With four decades of incomparable coverage of Chicago under our belt, we’ve got plenty of reasons to celebrate. Join us for an evening of food, drinks, dancing, and art at the Chicago Urban Art Society (CUAS) in the heart of Pilsen’s art district.
Your ticket includes entertainment by J2K (one half of Chicago-based dynamic DJ duo Flosstradamus), live chef stations & hors d’oeuvres from Star of Siam, cocktails courtesy of Death’s Door Spirits, and craft brews from Goose Island. And did you see that crazy cake on our cover? Thanks to Alliance Bakery, you’ll get a taste of that, as well as delectable truffles from Chicago chocolatier Katherine Anne Confections.
Micheal Rea
“Wood Worked” Opening Reception Video
Many artists in Chicago work with wood as a key part of their practice, yet there have been comparatively few exhibitions that have surveyed the medium. That changes with the Chicago Urban Art Society’s Wood Worked, which gathers together sculpture from artists working in wood. Steve Reber has work in this exhibition and at the Cultural Center; Michael Rea is included, having just finished with his exhibition at the Elmhurst Art Museum, as is Juan Angel Chavez, whose large, wooden speaker-like structure greeted visitors to Art Chicago this year. With these and other artists very actively exhibiting, it will be interesting to see their work in dialogue together.
Ludwig rocks! Inaugural fest a barrier-blasting banquet of Beethoven (and others)
Classical music critic
12:00 a.m. CDT, September 20, 2011
The music of Ludwig van Beethoven has been inextricably woven into the standard classical repertory for so long that it’s easy to take that music for granted. Read Entire Review Here
From Lowriders to Beethoven @ CUAS
Many thanks to each and every person who helped make the inaugural Beethoven Festival 2011 such a success!
Click here to see the Chicago Tribune article about the Festival!
Montgomery Perry Smith on display NOW
@202 South State Street.
Walk-By 24/7
CUAS would like to thank The Post Family for exhibiting with us!
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