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<url>http://thevisualist.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/13715238_1656465681341114_192907186_a1-200x200.jpg</url> <title>Irena Siwek - The Visualist</title> <link>http://thevisualist.org</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">232801582</site> <item> <title>12TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION</title> <link>http://thevisualist.org/2024/05/12th-annual-art-competition/</link> <comments>http://thevisualist.org/2024/05/12th-annual-art-competition/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 12:15:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[12TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Adam Clement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alex Jarus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alexandra McDonald]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amal Azzam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amanda Gentry]]></category> 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<category><![CDATA[Sophie Brennan Carlisle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spencer Gale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spiro Bolos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen Ursino]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sydney Vize]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tracy Ostmann Haschke]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victoria Kowalczyk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vivian Visser]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yuchen Zhan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yvette Kaiser Smith]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thevisualist.org/?p=159943</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>OPENING RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Friday, May 17th, 2024, 7-10pm; Awards Ceremony begins at 8pm Over the past 11 years BAC has awarded over $35,000 dollars to artists from multiple disciplines. Winners are selected from a panel of noted artists assembled by our resident curator. In 2021 a People’s Choice Award was added so visitors to the<a href="http://thevisualist.org/2024/05/12th-annual-art-competition/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="http://thevisualist.org/2024/05/12th-annual-art-competition/">12TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION</a> first appeared on <a href="http://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>OPENING RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY:</strong> Friday, May 17th, 2024, 7-10pm;</p> <p>Awards Ceremony begins at 8pm</p> <p>Over the past 11 years BAC has awarded over $35,000 dollars to artists from multiple disciplines. Winners are selected from a panel of noted artists assembled by our resident curator. In 2021 a People’s Choice Award was added so visitors to the exhibit can participate in the selection process.</p> <p><strong>List of Finalists:</strong></p> <p>Macus Alonso</p> <p>Nikki Anderson</p> <p>Piotr Antonow</p> <p>Mary Apikos</p> <p>Andrew Arkell</p> <p>Amal Azzam</p> <p>Mark Banks</p> <p>Sally Blair</p> <p>Diego Bleifuss Prados</p> <p>Spiro Bolos</p> <p>Peter Bosy</p> <p>Ashley Bradley</p> <p>Peter Broitman</p> <p>Monica Brown</p> <p>Sheri Butler</p> <p>Mercedes Cardenas</p> <p>Sophie Brennan Carlisle</p> <p>Robin Carlson</p> <p>Carla Castro</p> <p>Gunjan Chawla</p> <p>Judy Cheske</p> <p>Inseok Choi</p> <p>Adam Clement</p> <p>Heather Coffey</p> <p>Lou Davis</p> <p>Jeff Evans</p> <p>Daniel Fleming</p> <p>Rachel Fosler</p> <p>Mary Foster</p> <p>Spencer Gale</p> <p>Rosa Galicia</p> <p>Amanda Gentry</p> <p>Shelley Gilchrist</p> <p>Charlie Goss</p> <p>Set Gozo</p> <p>Danielle Greenhill</p> <p>Kathy Halper</p> <p>Russell Harris</p> <p>Lane Haynes</p> <p>Ellen Holtzblatt</p> <p>Kuhn Hong</p> <p>Doina Iacob</p> <p>James Jackson, III</p> <p>Alex Jarus</p> <p>Jerry Jordan</p> <p>Katsy Johnson</p> <p>Elizabeth Joo</p> <p>David Najib Kasir</p> <p>Ashouraita Khoshaba</p> <p>Mary King</p> <p>Victoria Kowalczyk</p> <p>Mara Krumins</p> <p>Anna Lentz</p> <p>Samuel Leopold</p> <p>Cydney Lewis</p> <p>Dawn Liddicoatt</p> <p>Sami Mark</p> <p>Julie Mars</p> <p>Morgan Marshall</p> <p>Miguel Martinez</p> <p>Edwige/Xavier Massart/Wynn</p> <p>Alexandra McDonald</p> <p>Caroline McFadden</p> <p>Jonathon McKay</p> <p>Erica McKeehen</p> <p>Gabriel Mejia</p> <p>Filio Zoi Milioti</p> <p>Cayla Mims</p> <p>Monica Mohnot</p> <p>Jocelyn Moreno</p> <p>Carol Neiger</p> <p>Josiah Neniskis</p> <p>Kevin Nikolich</p> <p>Darren Oberto</p> <p>Raul Ortiz</p> <p>Tracy Ostmann Haschke</p> <p>Louise Pappageorge</p> <p>Mariam Pare</p> <p>Corinne Pompey</p> <p>Jonathan Pruc</p> <p>Christine Rabenold</p> <p>Jay Reed</p> <p>Julie Reilly</p> <p>Michelle Rial</p> <p>Michelle Rodriguez</p> <p>Jennifer Rossignuolo</p> <p>Robert Ryan</p> <p>Jeffrey Sanderson</p> <p>Elizabeth Sarpong</p> <p>Maria Simeonova</p> <p>Irena Siwek</p> <p>Karl Slagel</p> <p>Sarah Spencer</p> <p>Jewlya Sturtevant</p> <p>Jeff Thiede</p> <p>Karen Tichy</p> <p>Connie Toebe</p> <p>Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung</p> <p>Bill Turner</p> <p>Stephen Ursino</p> <p>Lucie Van der Elst</p> <p>Robert Vargas</p> <p>Vivian Visser</p> <p>Sydney Vize</p> <p>Robert Voigts</p> <p>Messejah Washington</p> <p>Nathan Westerman</p> <p>Brian Wildeman</p> <p>Germaine Williams</p> <p>Rainer Wolter</p> <p>Fengze Yang</p> <p>Yuchen Zhan</p> <p>Chunbo Zhang</p> <p>ELIGIBILITY: The Bridgeport Art Competition is open to artists 18 years of age and older, at all stages in their careers, and who are living or working within 150 miles of the City of Chicago.</p> <p>Work must have been completed within 2021-2024. This juried competition accepts a broad range of art media and styles. Not eligible: functional pottery, jewelry, clothing, accessories, furniture, other primarily functional art, or time-art such as video, sound, or film.</p> <p>PRIZES:</p> <p>Best of Show – $3,000;</p> <p>2nd Prize – $1,500;</p> <p>3rd Prize – $750;</p> <p>People’s Choice – $500</p> <p>OUR DISTINGUISHED JURORS: Candance Hunter and Yvette Kaiser-Smith</p> <p>EXHIBITION DATES: May 17th – July 5th, 2024</p> <p>OPENING RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Friday, May 17th, 2024, 7-10pm</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p><p>The post <a href="http://thevisualist.org/2024/05/12th-annual-art-competition/">12TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION</a> first appeared on <a href="http://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thevisualist.org/2024/05/12th-annual-art-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">159943</post-id> </item> <item> <title>WOW Frequency</title> <link>http://thevisualist.org/2017/12/wow-frequency/</link> <comments>http://thevisualist.org/2017/12/wow-frequency/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[sale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Agnieszka Podczaszy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and Lindsay Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chava Mancera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Claudia Cleveland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cup & Spoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DJ Lech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DreamBox Gallery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Irena Siwek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iwona Biedermann]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jola Nawrocka]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joshua Gaunt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lidia Rozmus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logan Square]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Makeba Kedem-DuBose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monica Kass Rogers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sonnenzimmer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tom Robinson]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=75381</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>We invite you to enjoy an afternoon of art and coffee. Join us for rewarding experience of unique holiday gift shopping with a chance to recognize the value of artists in our community! Presenting photography by Iwona Biedermann, Monica Kass Rogers, and Lindsay Williams; prints by Lidia Rozmus and Irena Siwek; screen-prints by Sonnenzimmer; small<a href="http://thevisualist.org/2017/12/wow-frequency/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="http://thevisualist.org/2017/12/wow-frequency/">WOW Frequency</a> first appeared on <a href="http://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We invite you to enjoy an afternoon of art and coffee. Join us for rewarding experience of unique holiday gift shopping with a chance to recognize the value of artists in our community!</p> <p>Presenting photography by Iwona Biedermann, Monica Kass Rogers, and Lindsay Williams; prints by Lidia Rozmus and Irena Siwek; screen-prints by Sonnenzimmer; small sculptures and paintings by Tom Robinson; paintings by Makeba Kedem-DuBose, Chava Mancera, and Agnieszka Podczaszy; illustrations by Joshua Gaunt; a collection of porcelain spoons, masks and figurines by Jola Nawrocka and jewelry by Claudia Cleveland.</p> <p>Holiday tunes by DJ Lech – Saturday, December 9th, from 4-6pm.</p> <p>Cup & Spoon is open seven days a week and offers a great selection of exceptional quality coffees roasted by Littlefoot. In the back of the café you will find DreamBox Gallery, an alternative space showcasing artists in the neighborhood since 2003.</p> <p>We are also working collectively with many business along North Avenue in WOW (West Of Western) District. Come visit and shop with us this Holiday Season!</p><p>The post <a href="http://thevisualist.org/2017/12/wow-frequency/">WOW Frequency</a> first appeared on <a href="http://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thevisualist.org/2017/12/wow-frequency/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">75381</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>