Advance Basic Concept✱✱
Curated by Gabriel Carrasquillo and Alberto Trevino
2632 N Milwaukee

Advance Basic Concept (ABC) showcases Graffiti artists from around Chicago and other parts of the country as well as items designed by Graffiti artists. ABC also features canvas artwork made by Graffiti artists. ABC will also host a sketching workshop for the young and Break Dance demonstrations all 3 days.

Artists: Hangin: ROME, FLASH, BBOYB, KLTA, UNEEK NERD, FESS and from EYGPT ELSEED; Art on Tables: POPN CHUCK, ZOMBIE, Breaking and Poplock: POPN CHUCK and other breakers

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Art in the Alley✱
New Work by Jeff Strong (Open Studio)
2144 N Rockwell (the alley between Rockwell & Talman, just north of Milwaukee)

Jeff Strong presents the latest pieces in his series If These Walls Could Talk. The series uses reclaimed materials from the renovation of his home and studio at this location.

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Artistas de la Casa Inclinada✱
Featuring Dan Zamudio and Julie Sulzen

Sulzen Fine Arts Studio, 2720 W. Saint Georges Court

Sulzen Fine Art Studio presents Artistas de la Casa Inclinada (Artists of the Leaning House) an exhibition featuring American Landscape paintings by Julie Sulzen and Toy Camera photographs by Dan Zamudio along with new work by Bella Zamudio and Vaughn Zamudio. With an oeuvre definitely “leaning” towards Chicago themes, these four related artists welcome you into their “not plumb” studio/home to view recent works made in the old, slightly crooked, former Wold Airbrush Factory. Friday Night Opening Musical Performance by Belinda and Maritza Cervantes from the Luna Blues Machine!

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Phantom Gallery Network presents:✱✱
The Art-Hive

Curated Gabriel Patti
(outdoor activity) Pierre’s Bakery parking lot, 2747 N Milwaukee

An outdoor display relating to swarms, hoards, housing and homelessness, inside/outside, isolation within the masses, etc. Artists will collaborate with each other as well as on community pieces. During the festival works will evolve as reflections of the neighborhood’s stream of consciousness facilitated by the artists, but sustained through everyone who wants to paint, draw, print, glue, staple etc. The collaborative pieces themselves will be become the walls for our art-hive.

Artists: Diane Ponder, Jason Fairchild, Jayve Montgomery, Tamara Wasserman and more.

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The Art Patch Project✱
Curated by Christopher A. Drew, Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center
(outdoor activity) Pierre’s Bakery parking lot, 2747 N Milwaukee

The Art Patch Project is on-going involving a growing number of local Chicago artists. Artists submit a design. We size the art roughly into a postcard size adding the artist's name, design title, their contact info and our website page for artists' speech rights. We print the designs on cotton patches. The art-patches are exhibited and given out free at Art Patch Project events to educate the public that we do not have our full speech rights to sell art in public. Our goal is to create a Chicago art Mecca where artists can survive by their art sales 24-7.

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Autobiography ✱
Curated by Jennifer Hines
New Wave Coffee, 2557 N Milwaukee

Autobiography is an exhibit of mixed-media two-dimensional artworks exploring self-portraiture that combines visual depictions of the self with autobiographical text or autobiographic responses to found or written text. These multi-layered artworks create more complex ways to speak to the world, to express our identities, and to be understood and make connections as a culture and society. By bringing each artist’s self-portrait vision into one place, we can begin to see patterns and differences among each other, and understand our community in a more intimate way.

Artists: Beth Billups, Barbara Broeske, Bogumil Bronkowski, Jeremy Cody, Victoria Cabrera, Sophie T. Chen, Jennifer Hines, Adam Radetski, Leslie Speicher, Jared Weiss.

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Cafe Mustache Presents✱
Local Art, Music and Crafts
2313 N Milwaukee

Friday, July 29th - Sunday July 31st: Cafe Mustache displays screen prints by Fugscreens Studios, voted makers of the best rock show posters by the Chicago Reader. Reception for the Fugscreens show Friday the 29th from 8-9PM.

Saturday, July 30th: An all-day marathon of singer-songwriters, from 2PM until 10PM, featuring local favorites Angel Olsen, John Bellows, Esoteric Tapioca, and many more. The performances will be recorded for a live album by Commune Records.

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Spudnik Press presents✱
Calling Home an exhibit of print works
Curated by Liz Born, Michelle Mashon, Matthew Messmer, Jill Nahrstedt for Spudnik Press
2741 N Milwaukee

What defines “home”? How do we make “home”? Is “home” exclusively a physical place? Must it be permanent or can it be transient? Can it be taken away or rebuilt?

We see a common thread through many of today’s current issues that implore us to ask these questions; issues of immigration, foreclosures and natural disasters have led us to redefine & examine our ideas of “home”. In tandem with Spudnik Press, Calling Home will be show of print-based works (books and sculptural print-based works also encouraged) that explore how different artists define & question the identity of home through their experiences.

Artists: Liz Born, Corinna Button, Elke Claus, Laura Collins, Miriam Leanne Dubinsky, Hattori Makiko, Michelle Mashon, Matthew Messmer, Jill Nahrstedt, Pablo Philips, Margaret Rogers, Mary Sea, Jennifer Stoneking-Stewart, Itow Takumi, Jen Thomas.

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Come Together (postponed until September)✱
Curated by Jane Michalski (lead curator), Beth Le Fauve and Emily Rutledge (Co Curators)
The Art Center, Logan Square-Avondale, 2810 N Milwaukee, 2nd floor
September 10-30, Reception: September 10,  6-9pm

Come Together originally  planned to take place during Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival has been rescheduled.  The Logan Square Chamber of Arts invites you to join them in September for the first exhibit at the Art Center, Logan Square-Avondale,  featuring distinctive and innovative  collaborative book art, sculpture and installations.

Artists:  Seth Aptor, John Bannon,  Katarzyna Bietak,  Mary Ellen Croteau,  Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Celia Grenier, Bridgette Guerzon-Mills, Ignacio Montano , Amy Sell, Jen Worden and Michael Young.

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Dominion✱
Featuring Josh Crow and Terence Swafford
Revolution Brewing, 2323 N. Milwaukee and 2515 N Milwaukee

A collaborative painting installation in two locations that explores subject matter such as the a permanent underclass of working citizens and reckless aerial poaching.

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Comfort Station Logan Square presents✱
Folding Time: Explorations of Surface Reality
Comfort Station, 2579 N. Milwaukee

Folding Time: Explorations of Surface Reality is an exhibition of mixed media paintings by Chicago artist Jason Brammer. The pieces blur the line between 2- and 3-dimensional perception by merging painting with the art of assemblage. Brammer infuses a feel of antiquity into his paintings by incorporating antique gauges, recycled wood, vintage handles, and other items he happens upon in the alleys by his studio or in salvage yards. The real objects blend seamlessly with the painted imagery, drawing the viewer in for a closer look to see what is real and what is painted. The works capture the feeling of peering into a another time, some evoking the nostalgia of a past era, while others give the feeling of glimpsing a distant, yet familiar future.

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A Full Taste of Happiness✱
by Laurie LeBreton

Corner Farm Logan Square, corner of W. Altgeld and N. Sawyer
A 1-day Sculptural installation on only Sat, July 30 2-8pm  (rain date: Sun, July 31)

A Full Taste of Happiness is a series of 254 paper sculptures 18” to 24” tall. These figures were inspired by a very popular tourist pilgrimage in Laos, to a cave where ancient pilgrims placed more than 2000 statues of the Buddha. My own figures are made from wire and many different kinds of handmade paper; they are ornamented with paint and textiles. No two figures are alike.

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Light Bands ✱
The Whistler, 2421 N Milwaukee

Due to the nature of this installation it is best viewed after dark.

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Loss of Space/ Espacio Perdido ✱✱
Curators: Abdi Y. Maya, Elizabeth Farias, jose IaSeL gonzalez (peformance curator)
2515 N Milwaukee

An exhibit about the mental, emotional or physical shock as a result of loss. Through various mediums and perspectives, this all-ages exhibit attempts to capture the feeling that the loss of space has left behind. Artwork includes topics related to love, life and urban landscape. Along with visual art, features a line-up of spoken word pieces and music.

Artists: Mari Alcauter, Michael Bahena, Corinna Button, Dellanny Camargo, Elizabeth Farias, Azabel Gutierrez, Pamela Hobbs, Todd Irwin, Jose Jimenez, Alexandra Lee, Jim Lloyd, Abdi Maya, Helem Maya, Alyssa Miserendino, Johana Moscoso, Analia Rodriguez, Nic Rosine, Adam Schuman, Laura Slota, Mary L Schiller, Rachel Yacapraro and more.

Loss of Space Gallery Flyer.pdf

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Half-Truths ✱
Curated by Laura Kurtenbach
2735 N Milwaukee

Half-truths are deceptive statements that include some element of truth. These statements might be partly true or totally true, but only part of the whole truth. Often the intent is to deceive, evade or misrepresent the truth.

The Half-Truths gallery explores artistic statements by artists that use manipulated subject matter and will be postmodern, complex and challenging. Layers, multiple images and collage will be common threads throughout the work represented. The participating artist’s involvement with their media will not be about truth in representation, but rather about the idea that artistic representations can be manipulated, constructed and changed.

Artists: Dean Allison, Morgan Barrie, Wayne Bertola, Jen Besemer, Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair, Nelson Carvajal, Alex Danenberger, Amanda Edwards, Penny Ekkert, Debra Fitzsimmons, Alan Hobscheid, Ellen Holtzblatt, Michael Jones, Laura Kurtenbach, Mark Lee, Travis Meadors, Suesi Metcalf, Lucy Mueller, Alex Velazquez, Dave Wagner

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Nicole Villeneuve Gallery presents✱
Histories/Memories a show about three artists' ideas of home.
Curated by Drew Noble
2515 N Milwaukee

Histories/Memories is a show about three artists' ideas of home.

Flounder Lee is a professor of photography at Herron School of Art in Indiana. He walks the perimeter of colonized areas, re-mapping through photography, experiencing and reclaiming land for himself.

Kunyoung Chang, a Korean artist and BFA student at School of the Art Institute, addresses homesickness, longing, cultural displacement, and its relationship with the senses through ephemeral objects made from fabric softener sheets

Nora Nieves is a Puerto Rican artist with an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute whose work explores her memories of the places she has lived in Puerto Rico and her attempt at recording them.

Artists: Kunyoung Chang, Flounder Lee, Nora Nieves

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Incomplete Sense ✱
Curator: Thomas McCue
2741 N Milwaukee

This exhibition sets out to explores the spectrum of sensory input, and the impact it has on our understanding of reality.  More specifically, how does the impairment, interference, or misunderstanding of a stream of sensory information affect a person’s experience of the world?  Perception, cognition, and consciousness are intrinsically linked. The extent to which this experience is unique to the individual is profound, and often a matter of perceptual capability, disability, or state of mind. Artworks across a range of media that speak to, and are informed by these experiences will be central to the show.

Artists: Michelle Mashon, JD Pirtle, Lynda Wellhausen (additional artists TBA)

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Independent: Chicago Band Photography ✱
Curator: Katie Holland
Crown Liquors, 2821 North Milwaukee

With countless venues, Chicago is a hotbed for local musical acts. Many popular bands got their start in small venues here, playing to eager friends and fans. This gallery will exhibit film and digital photography of local bands and solo acts, from newer to already established; focusing on the punk and indie genres. This includes live photos, band promos, the crowd, candid shots, etc. The aim of this exhibit is to convey the feeling of community and excitement from a live show and bring this into a gallery space.

Artists: Carlos Canario, Patrick Fraser, Patrick Houdek, Katie Hovland, Diane de Ribaupierre

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Indoor Art Market ✱
Curated by Rachel Katzman
2634 N Milwaukee

Featuring fine art and artfully made crafts including drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, ceramics, textiles & jewelry by local artists.

Artists: Jameka Watkins, Martha Bartels, Kim Courtade, Lewis Lain, Ana Sheldon, Sara Korbecki, Rachel Katzman, Iwona Narolewska, Amelia Kieras

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Licha DeLaPeña (Open Studio) ✱
OktoberStudio, 2203 N. California

Chicago artist Licha DeLaPeña creates richly textured and passionately vibrant acrylic on canvas in primary colors, finding inspiration from music, the lake, the ocean and city living.

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Midwest Living✱
Curated by Gina Eccher
AnyWhere Space, 2328 N Milwaukee 2nd Floor

Representation of living in the Midwest at Anywhere Space Studio.

Artists: Allison Butkus, Ryan Goodwin, Keith Herzik, Brett Whitacre

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Logan Square Literary Review presents✱
Milwaukee Avenue: The Millennial Shift
Curated by Eleanor Blick, Patrick Dahl, Daniel Majid
2634 N Milwaukee

The Logan Square Literary Review's exhibit will provide a journalistically contextualized view of the culture shift of arts into Logan Square along Milwaukee Avenue since the turn of the millennium. The final result will be a timeline and media presentation that chronographs the shift by illustrating the emergence of venues, gallery spaces and arts organizations along Milwaukee Ave, and illustrating the flow of these groups into the neighborhood.

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Modern Aztec Art✱✱
Curated by Nino Rodriguez
(outdoor activity) Pierre’s Bakery parking lot, 2747 N Milwaukee

Modern Aztec Art will have various parts, such as art made by up and coming Latino artists. These artists will display some of their modern art by adding some of their cultural elements. Other features will include hands-on art drawings displays. And handouts of art by the Aztecs.

Modern Aztec Art's goal is to showcase ancient Aztec art, especially to the growing Latino population. Nino Rodriguez draws Aztec designs, symbols and iconography on many mediums. After several decades producing Aztec art he is able to transform this art form in different ways and combined with his Mexican background he can execute high structure multimedia and mixed art. Other artists will join Nino Rodriguez in displaying and exhibiting their Aztec works of art.

Modern Aztec Art's theme will cater to the Latinos who live along Milwaukee Avenue and to bring cultural awareness to them.

Community encouraged to participate during the festival

Artists: Defrrok, Eryx, Nino Rodriguez, Anthony Ortega, STEF, Steve Styles, William Weyna and more

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My Own Worst Enemy: Portraits of Self-Multiplicity ✱
Curated by Emma Stein
2314 N Milwaukee

For centuries, artist self-portraits have been considered representations of the historical events that surrounded their production, and therefore promote a monographic conception of art history.  As contemporary theories of identity have developed dramatically in the last 50 years, so has the genre of the self-portrait.  My Own Worst Enemy will feature Chicago artist self-portraits that redefine the genre by representing identity as something shifting, fractured, constantly in flux.  In doing so, the exhibition will introduce the festival-goers to the artists of Chicago, not as individually contained, bite-size representations, but as more complete pictures defined by an honest multiplicity.

Artists: Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair, Young Joon Kwak, Karissa Lang, Robert Sebanc, Alex Velazquez, Nathan Vernau

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Woman Made Gallery presents✱✱
Neighborhood Gift Chain
(outdoor activity) Pierre’s Bakery parking lot, 2747 N Milwaukee

Directed by Woman Made Gallery, Neighborhood Gift Chain facilitates the creation and exchange of small art objects among MAAF-goers. Photo booth portraits of the gift exchangers and their gifts will be posted outside the activity tent, creating a visual of portraits and exchanges that can be traced to see how the gifts travel between so many different people at the festival.

Artists and community encouraged to participate during the festival

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The Society of Young Superheroes presents✱
POWERLESS
Curated by Monty Cole

The Society of Young Superheroes has landed in Logan Square’s Voice of the City for their production of POWERLESS. The three-part comic book play follows young superheroes in a Chicago not too different than our own. This thrilling world premiere production explores the western comic book and cartoon aesthetic as does the gallery produced in conjunction with the production in the same space. Showcasing work from artists in Chicago and beyond, this gallery includes print/illustrations, sculptures, and installations. Are you a comic book fan or are you secretly a superhero? Become a part of POWERLESS.

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Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail presents✱
Reframing Ruin: a Prelude to the Bloomingdale Trail
Curated by Shannon Bourne
2644 N Milwaukee

For nearly a century, freight rolled across the Bloomingdale line on Chicago’s Northwest side. Today the tracks are aligning to convert the line into a mixed-use linear park. Reframing Ruin: a Prelude to the Bloomingdale Trail features photography inspired by the trail’s urban landscape, while allowing viewers to imagine the potential it can have for Chicago once completed. Artists will share their own interpretation of the future trail, its relationship to the diverse neighborhoods it cuts through, and how we currently interact with this stretch of land. It will reveal new perspectives on a sometimes-overlooked part of Chicago’s industrial past.

Artists: Philip Bussey, Peyton Chung, Ryan Patrick Clarke, Amanda Curtis, Jodie Fisher, Kate Friedman, Kelley Greenwood, Bill Guy and Amanda Bless, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Joshua Koonce, Lily Mayfield, Sean Mcewan, Sarah Morton, James Nowak, Thomas Plum, Kevin Ponziani, Greg Sandford, Satya, David Schalliol, Eric Schumacher, Bart Shore, Igor Studenkov, Charlie Thomason, The Building Society, Yates Elementary 4th graders

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Gallery Provocateur presents✱
The Resurrection of Beauty
2125 N Rockwell
Special hours Sat and Sun, 3-8pm

In the 20th Century, the arts progressed from realism to impressionism to dada to minimalism to post-moderinism to modernism. Here in the 21st Century, we bring you a new collection of works by 14 talented artists presenting the new "Resurrection of Beauty".

Artists: Felipe Echevarria, D. Keith Furon, Cassie Phillips, Elvee Regine, Brian Roll, Sandhi Schimmel, Popeye Wong, And representing S.W.E.A.T., The Society for Women in Erotic Art Today: Lisolette Gilcrest, Sita Mae Edwards, Kelly X, Nancy Peach, Miss Studio X, Carolyn Weltman, Patricia Izzo

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Milwaukee Avenue New Media Artlab Presents:✱
Satellite
Curated by Ryan Scheidt & Jenn Grossman

Look for the specially marked signs in indoor locations throughout the festival along Milwaukee including 2314, 2515, 2634, 2644 1/2, 2735, and 2741 N Milwaukee

In our current culture, we are all virtually connected by invisible webs of communication; social networks, wireless networks, email, the internet, or instant messaging, and are constantly bombarded by all forms of media and new technologies. How does living in this multi-faceted environment influence what artists create?

As art can now exist in a number of virtual or physical spaces simultaneously, does the concept of designated gallery space become less important? Artists themselves can work under a virtual online persona or invent systems that will virtually “create” artwork for the artist, based on randomly chosen presets. They can also reinvent the functions of media that have been traditionally used in one way for decades. Satellite will focus on artists that respond to living and creating new works of art with these notions in the forefront of their minds.

Satellite includes time-based, experiential installations/performances that will exist both amidst other exhibits and independently throughout the festival, yet contribute to the meta-exhibition as a whole.

Artists: Claire Arctander, David Bechtol, Nancy Bechtol, Kyle Evans, Jenn Grossman, Brian Hewitt, Cheryl Ip, Jeff Kolar, David Musgrave, Joe Pankowski, Andrew Rigsby, Ryan Scheidt, Michael Smith, Anthony Zahner

The Satellite Blog: http://satellite2011.wordpress.com/

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Sea of Sculptures: an outdoor sculpture garden✱✱

Curated by Andrew De La Rosa, B1E Gallery
at southwest corner of Milwaukee and Logan, just off the square

The garden will be composed of three separate areas: The first being a demonstration area which will be comprised of live metal casting ,and welding surrounded by protective barriers. The second will be a area for displaying large sculpture pieces that can be placed outside without worry of weather damage. The third will be a Live Work - Mural area where artists will be called in to do large format pieces.

Artists: John Bambino, Diana Berek, Colleen Cothern, Andrew De La Rosa, Christopher Eladio De La Rosa, Dr. Rev. Kit B. Miller (Economic Daredevil), Rebecca Garnache, Rainbow Kitty, Kelly Hayes, Joann Bates, Sarah Bell, Todd Berns  (Flabby Hoffman), Eve Brownstone, Emily Carlson (Solstace Studios), Anita Chase (1/2 Mad Poet), Salvador Domingez (Chicago Crucible), Javier Enriquez, Diego Enriquez, Janal Fung, Daniel Godsten, Kevin Gibbs, David Greene (Wire and Iron), Eric Gushee (Chicago Crucible), Gretchen Hasse, Jackie Jaeger, Larry Kamphausen, Michelle Mashon, Lindsey Meyers, Rene McGurk, Eve Sopala, Chris Hiesinger, Kathy Greene, William (Scott) Wyatt, Erica Van Shaik, Jonathon Sun, Heejin Koo, Mendy Newman, Paul Alexander, Amy Partrige, Mathias Reagan, Patricia Woods, David Taylor

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See, Hear, Now✱
Curated by Jennifer Hyman
2706 N Sawyer (just off of Milwaukee)

A gallery exhibition about the constantly changing vision, voice and verb of our culture and includes iPhoneographers and musicians. See, Here, Now will also feature an interactive installation of photographs taken during the Festival. This installation will be curated by Nathan Koch and Dorian Anderson.

Artists: iPhoneographers: Jaime Ferreyros, Marty Yawnick, Stacy Anderson, Amy Hughes, Matthew Schultz, Genevieve Cibor, Mark Andrushko, Leah Pietrusiak and Jennifer Hyman; Musicians: Melter, Nookleptia, and Matthew Schultz.

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Silent Screens: Preserving Cinematic Legacy on Chicago’s Northwest Side✱

Curated by Andrea Sparr-Jaswa and Lucy Mueller
Logan Square Theater, 2646 N. Milwaukee

A narrative of time and place, Silent Screens gives voice to the past by exploring the evolution of grandiose cinematic architecture on Chicago’s northwest side and examining both the death and renewal of cinematic relevance in today’s economical and digital climate through historic and contemporary photography, memorabilia and artifacts.  Presented at the historic Logan Theatre, the exhibition will run in conjunction with special programming and late-night showings offered by the theatre

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Symbols, Myths and Metaphors✱
Curated by Oscar Luis Martinez
I Am Logan Square Gallery, 2648 N Milwaukee

Symbols, Myth and Metaphors will be an exhibition featuring outstanding Chicago-based Latin American Artists who address meaning, symbols, beauty and spirituality through the diversity of their visual language.

Artists: Sergio Gomez, Eladio Gonzalez, Oscar Luis Martinez, Marcos Raya, Paul Sierra, Martin Soto

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BIG PICTURE PROJECTS {BPP} presents✱
{TAX}
Featuring work by Mike Bolsinga and Brett Neiman

at Big Picture Parlor {BPP} 2827 N. Central Park

An installation of art made of community contributions. View the work in progress at http://bigpictureprojects.blogspot.com/. See the final work during festival. {TAX} REVEAL PARTY Friday July 29.

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Tryptic✱
Curated by Corryn Jackson & Sarah Gardiner
2515 N Milwaukee

Tryptic will showcase the culmination of three months of work from 13 artists. Beginning in April and ending in June, artists received one instruction per month for a project in the mail. These instructions functioned as inspiration and focus, but did not put restriction on the medium. When Tryptic is complete, 3 webs of completely original and diverse groups of art will emerge, tied together by 3 themes.

Artists: Erin Anderson-Ruddon, Alana Bailey, Paul Bancel, Correa, Mollie Edgar, Steven Emshwiller, Andrew Freels, Sarah Gardiner, Corryn Jackson, Leyland, Cristina Mezuk, Diana Terry, Pete Ziegel

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Casa Duno presents✱
Undomesticated
Curated by Cameron DuBois and Sarah Nodelman
2787 N Milwaukee

The artists in Undomesticated approach everyday objects in ways that disrupt the traditional notions of function and form. They re-imagine designed objects, obstructing function altogether. Through modifying commonplace objects drawn from the domestic sphere, the works serve as reinterpretations of design structures while retaining semblances of original form. This allows the viewer to make a distinct connection between the designed object and the art object.

Undomesticated aims to bring attention to the relationship people have with objects and how the dynamic changes when the objects shift from “everyday” to art and from the home to the gallery.

Artists: Eric Ashcraft, David Fox, HyeonJung Kim, Tim Noll, Matthew Schlagbaum

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U N Z I P P E D II✱
Curated by Patrycja Wierzba
2314 N Milwaukee

Unzipped II is a group show featuring works of emerging and established Polish artists who live and work in USA. It focuses on the works of contemporary artists of Polish descend who upon moving to United States became extensively “open” or “perceptive” to the ideas of their new culture and its existing art trends. Unzipped II includes playful installations and creative expressions in painting, sculpture, photography and fashion, clearly extending beyond the label ”Made in Poland”. The show guarantees an exciting dialogue of color, texture and community by placing together in one room artists who work in various mediums and represent different styles and techniques.

Artists: Magdalena Dudziak / Collages; Kasia Polkowska / Mosaics; Malgorzata Czerniejewski / Photography; Pawel Kupiec/ Paintings; Dariusz Labuzek / Paintings; Andrzej Lawniczak/ Drawings; Magdalena Marczewska/ Photography; Agnieszka Podczaszy/painting & Fashion; Jolanta Izabela pawlak/ sculpture; Ilona Pawlak/ Animation art; Barbara Sawa/ Drawings; Radoslaw Poltorak/ Photography; Patrycja Wierzba/ Painting; Artur Wincenciak/ Drawings & Painting; Marzena Ziejka/ Tapestry

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Art in Local Businesses

Art at Ciao✱
2607 N Milwaukee Ave
Featuring work by Greg Denisiuk

Art at Café Con Leche✱
2714 N Milwaukee
Featuring work by by Estefania Salgado

Art at Cole’s✱
2338 N Milwaukee
Art at Cole’s is a regular art series at Cole’s Bar: http://anysquared.com/ArtAtColes/index.html
Featuring work by Mathew Bremer

Art at El Cid✱
2645 N Kedzie
Featuring work by Larry Green and Janet Green

Art at Hairitics✱
2340 N Milwaukee
Featuring work by Julia Rochholz and Rachel Katzman

Art at Nothin’ Less✱
2642 N Milwaukee
Featuring work by Alex Velazquez and others
Visual art in addition to schedule of performance during the festival
Around the World in Eighty Hours at Nothin' Less Cafe a series of performances for the fest from far away places such as India, the Republic of Georgia, and Argentina.

Art at Reform Objects✱
2620 N Milwaukee
Featuring work by Hannah Harris

Whistler Window Installation✱
2421 N Milwaukee

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