Please join us on Saturday, December 14th, 2024 for the Opening Reception of “Save Me”, the third concentrated Solo Exhibition by Chicago based artist Zor Zor Zor. Reception is from 6-10pm. Light refreshments will be served. In “Save Me”, artist Zor Zor Zor explores her relationship with her mother and its connection to her creative The post Zor Zor Zor: Save Me first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

Open Lab: Carissa LeeThrival Open Labs offer a flexible platform for artists to share, test ideas, and develop perspective on their work through community exchange. Doors at 1:30 p.m. Performance at 2:00 p.m. Estimated Duration: 45 mins Thrival is an improvisational sonic performance developed and performed by Carissa Lee and Kezia Waters where The post Open Lab: Carissa Lee: Thrival first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

We have spent several lifetimes lost, melting away in cosmic terror and ecstasy, howling at the moon, and licking wounds. It’s been a good time. There has been a deep change. They have seen a dark planet emerge with electric light, making the whole of a planet glow at night. Save the wilderness—hidden or obstructed. The post Strange Magic: Artist Talk first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

This December, we are thrilled to host our 4th makers market featuring local creators of all mediums. This market will platform emerging and established creators to sell their work, grow their business, and join our community. It will be a celebration of all the forms that art takes and the perfect time to shop locally The post 2024 UIMA Winter Makers Market first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

Performance: Heavy Riffing for Heavy Times with Sam Scranton, Nick Meryhew, and Andrew Tham December 13, 2024 7:00-9:00pm Doors at 6:30pm Tickets: $10 Student & IMSS Members (With ID) Presale $15 GA Presale – $15 Student & IMSS Members (With ID) at Door $20 GA at Door Sam Scranton, Nick Meryhew, and Andrew Tham enthusiastically The post Performance: Heavy Riffing for Heavy Times first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

We have spent several lifetimes lost, melting away in cosmic terror and ecstasy, howling at the moon, and licking wounds. It’s been a good time. There has been a deep change. They have seen a dark planet emerge with electric light, making the whole of a planet glow at night. Save the wilderness—hidden or obstructed. The post Strange Magic first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

The group exhibition presents the lens-based artwork of Susie Wong, Green Zeng and Zulkhairi Zulkiflee. It contemplates the postcolonial term ‘worlding’ coined by theorist Gayatri Spivak to describe how the colonial gaze shapes representation. In particular, this entails a process where knowledge and reality are entangled within colonial structures. Here, the title ‘worldly dis-position’ alludes The post Wordly Dis-position first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

Root systems grow from a radicle at the center of a seed, expanding and connecting deeply within their environment, rewriting the ground’s source code to lay the foundation for a sustainable ecosystem. Like seeds, these artists bring a radical, rooted perspective, embedded in dynamic histories and journeys. Seeds Healing Stage, an annual initiative by Chicago The post Seeds Healing Stage IV first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

Stop by my open studio to pick up handmade gifts that I don’t sell anywhere else! I will be selling ornaments and miniature artwork, as well as bracelets, earrings, and signed art books for less than what I charge on Etsy. I look forward to seeing you there! The post December Open Studio first appeared on The Visualist ..read more

There are moments of involuntary memory evoked in the creation of art — think Marcel Proust and his metaphor of the smell of a madeleine (a small rice cake) dipped in tea, evoking nostalgic rumination and existential meanderings in a character (from Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One). It is a phenomenon neuroscientists investigate — The post Petrichor first appeared on The Visualist ..read more