9/28/18

Fri Oct 5 Cornelia Arts Building Open House

Cornelia Arts Building 
October Open Studios 
Friday, October 5, 6 - 10 pm 
The Cornelia Arts Building – Where Art Works 
1800 West Cornelia, Chicago, IL


Guest Artist Tracy Frein
Guest Artist Jessica Brewer Prugh
Start the Fall Art Season off with the Cornelia Arts Building’s October Open House 
The building’s October open house is one of the longest-run fall art events on Chicago’s northside. Come experience two-full floors of working art studios of the building’s talented artists and artisans. Meet these creators in person, explore their art practices up close, and enjoy the opportunity to purchase artwork and hand-made crafts directly from the people who made them.

Resident Artist Laleh Motlagh

Resident Artist Doug Frohman
Over fifty local artists and artisans work here, including sculptors, painters, photographers, ceramic artists, print-makers, jewelry designers, textile artisans, and much more.  
Resident Artist Madeline Shea
Resident Artist Kathy Weaver
For over thirty years this artist incubator space has provided Chicago artists, working in a variety of mediums, with professional studio spaces to pursue their craft. 
With one-of-a-kind hand-made artwork and gifts by both the building artists and guest artists, the event offers something for the whole family to enjoy.

Resident Artist Susan Redecker

Resident Artist Jordan Scott
Resident Artist Jason Messinger
Established in 1986 in a former ice-house, the Cornelia Arts Building is one of the largest and one of the oldest all-artist studio buildings on Chicago's North side. Located at 1800 West Cornelia, the building rests at the border of three distinct Chicago Neighborhoods; Lakeview, Roscoe Village, and North Center. 
Resident Artist Nelson Armour
Resident Artist Sarah Boyle
Located close to public transportation and only two blocks south of the Addison Brown Line CTA stop, the building also has free parking available in parking lot out front, and on neighborhood streets nearby. Free and open to the public.
Resident Artist Frances Temchin

Cornelia Arts Building Open Studios 
Friday, October 5, 2018, 6 pm - 10 pm 
The Cornelia Arts Building – Where Art Works
1800 West Cornelia, Chicago, IL
Entrance on NW corner of Ravenswood and Cornelia. 
Two blocks south of Addison Brown Line CTA Station.
Free parking available in lot and in neighborhood.

Building Website: http://www.corneliaartsbuilding.com/


9/17/18

Artists' Atlas: Chicago Artists Map Their Journeys, in Multi-Medium Show in the Loop

Artists’ Atlas: Mapping Their Journey
State Street Gallery
401 S. State Street, Chicago
Sept. 24 – Dec. 20, 201
Chicago Artists Map Their Journeys, in Multi-Medium Show in the Loop
Great Cities of Europe - Jason Messinger
Artists’ Atlas: Mapping Their Journey is a group art show at the State Street Gallery. Nine Chicago artists explore and map location, memory, and identity in this multi-medium art show. The local artists include Kass Copeland, Deanna Krueger, Alan Emerson Hicks, Jason Messinger, Matt Nichols, Emily Rapport, Jordan Scott, Marya Veeck and Joey Wozniak.
Rivulet - Deanna Krueger
The artists’ unique perspectives and unconventional approaches to materials are reflected in a variety of both two and three dimensional forms. The show includes paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, tile murals, assemblage constructions, and installations.
Alignment - Jordan Scott
The artists utilize materials as varied as paint, ink, canvas, paper, wood, ceramic, photographs, prints, text, found objects, plastic packaging, historical images, star charts, recycled medical diagnostic film, and cancelled postage stamps. 
Temporary Insanity - Marya Veeck
By mapping places, charting memories, and tracing the elements of identity, the nine artists present a visual atlas of our interior worlds. 
Galileo - Kass Copeland
Kass Copeland’s box assemblages have a keen sense of personal intimacy and memory-laden nostalgia built into their subtle forms and dream-like narratives. 
Abyss - Deanna Krueger
Deanna Krueger’s photographic close-ups of abstract paint strokes evoke aerial and satellite landscapes. Her textile-like wall-hanging utilizes recycled X-ray and MRI film to create an external landscape made from internal views.
Adam and Eve and Apple - Alan Emerson Hicks
Alan Emerson Hicks constructs and weaves plastic remnants and recycled packaging into exuberant and richly detailed sculptures that speak to personal identity. The artist will construct a new sculpture over time in the front window.
Blueprint - Jason Messinger
Jason Messinger’s ceramic and porcelain tile murals emphasize the beauty and humor of maps, blueprints, postcards, and directions. 
R2Detour - Matt Nichols
Matt Nichols’ patterned collage paintings evoke multi-layered memories, and narrate life as complex and beautiful. 
Construction Site - Emily Rapport
Emily Rapport presents realistic but atmospheric paintings of urban buildings in transitional states, and exposes the potent symbolism of homes in our psyche. 
Grand Traverse / Detail - Jordan Scott
Jordan Scott uses cancelled postage stamps to create elaborate maps and forms, utilizing raw materials that have already traveled the globe. 

Natural Selection - Marya Veeck
Marya Veeck illuminates her own personal story in her richly detailed still-life paintings, and reflects the art practices of other artists in a new series of intimate portraits of their art studios. 
Onion Nebula - Joey Woznaik
Joey Wozniak’s figurative tableau paintings merge text with stylized figures from art and history to illustrate a personal search for an artist’s identity. His humorous urban landscapes depict the world as a stage.
Born Under Punches - Matt Nichols
‘Artists’ Atlas: Mapping Their Journey’ exhibits at the State Street Gallery, prominently located at the corner of Van Buren and State Street, at 401 South State Street, Chicago. A reception with the artists will be held on Thursday, October 11th, from 5 to 7 pm. The show runs from Monday September 24th, 2018, through Thursday December 20th, 2018. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, from 10am to 6pm. The gallery is free and open to the viewing public. All artwork is available for sale. Artist-designed gifts and prints also available in the ‘Art Mart’ gift shop. You can visit the Artists’ Atlas website at Crazy8Art.com, and contact the gallery directly at (312)935-4086.
Beautiful City - Jason Messinger
Artists’ Atlas: Mapping Their Journey’
State Street Gallery, Robert Morris University, 401 South State Street, Chicago, IL
Sept. 24 – Dec. 20, 2018
Gallery Hours: Mon.-Thu., 10am-6pm
Reception: Thursday Oct. 11, 5-7 pm

Show Website Crazy8Art.com

9/4/18

Jason Messinger News and Fall Shows

  • Messinger Murals at CTA IMD Stop
  • Artists' Atlas Show - Opens 9/24
  • Artists' Atlas Reception - Thu 10/11 5-7pm
  • Cornelia Arts Building Open House - Fri 10/5 6-10pm
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Artist Jason Messinger, Alderman Walter Burnett, CTA President Dorval Carter Jr
Jason Messinger Mural Commissions Unveiled
at Illinois Medical District Stops
on CTA Blue Line, at Ogden and Paulina

A dedication ceremony was held on August 21 for the new station and station-renovations for the Illinois Medical District stop on the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line. Included were comments by CTA President Dorval Carter Jr and by Mayor Rahm Emanuel that introduced artist Jason Messinger and his custom commission of five hand-carved black porcelain tile murals, designed for the three station entrance houses of the IMD train stop. The Ogden main entrance houses two murals and the Paulina location one. The Damen entrance will showcase two additional murals, to be installed later this month. The artist was awarded the $100,000 commission after a national search, as part of the $23 million renovation and remodel project for the train stop.
Read more here: "Mayor Emanuel and CTA Unveil Newly Modernized Illinois Medical District Blue Line Station"





Artists’ Atlas: Mapping Their Journey
State Street Gallery
401 S. State Street, Chicago
Sept. 24 – Dec. 20
Hours Mon-Thu, 10am - 5pm
Reception: Oct 11, 5-7 pm


Chicago Artists Map Their Journeys, in Multi-Medium Show in the Loop
“Artists’ Atlas: Mapping Their Journey” is a group art show at the State Street Gallery. Nine Chicago artists explore and map location, memory, and identity in this multi-medium art show. The local artists include Kass Copeland, Deanna Krueger, Alan Emerson Hicks, Jason Messinger, Matt Nichols, Emily Rapport, Jordan Scott, Marya Veeck and Joey Wozniak. The artists’ unique perspectives and unconventional approaches to materials are reflected in a variety of both two and three dimensional forms. The show includes paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, tile murals, assemblage constructions, and installations. By mapping places, charting memories, and tracing the elements of identity, the nine artists present a visual atlas of our interior worlds.


Cities - Jason Messinger
Curated by Jason Messinger, ‘Artists’ Atlas: Mapping Their Journey’ exhibits at the State Street Gallery, prominently located at the corner of Van Buren and State Street, at 401 South State Street, Chicago. A reception with the artists will be held on Thursday, October 11th, from 5 to 7 pm. The show runs from Monday September 24th, 2018, through Thursday December 20th, 2018. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, from 10am to 6pm. The gallery is free and open to the viewing public. All artwork is available for sale. Artist-designed gifts and prints also available in the ‘Art Mart’ gift shop. You can visit the Artists’ Atlas website at Crazy8Art.com (images live after 9/24) and contact the gallery directly at (312)935-4086.



Cornelia Arts Building
October Open Studios

Friday, October 5, 6 - 10 pm
The Cornelia Arts Building – Where Art Works
1800 West Cornelia, Chicago, IL

Start the Fall Art Season off with the Cornelia Arts Building’s October Open House
The Cornelia Arts Building’s October Open House is one of the longest-run fall art events on Chicago’s Northside. Come experience two-full floors of working art studios of the building’s talented artists and artisans. Meet many of the over 50 creators in person, explore their art practices up close, and enjoy the opportunity to purchase artwork and hand-made crafts directly from the people who made them.



Artist Jason Messinger in studio #204 will feature murals, sculptures, and works on paper, as well as Artist's Proofs and Concept Tiles from the construction of the Illinois Medical District murals.
CorneliaArtsBuilding.com