Screening

CAROLEE SCHNEEMAN
Monday October 13
4:30pm
A screening of feminist performance artist Schneeman’s lecture and interview from the SAIC Visiting Artist Program archives.
SAIC Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr. Free.

Performances

September 5-28
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Buster Keaton’s Stroll and Other Stories
A Collection of Solo Puppet Theater by Blair Thomas, an Adjunct Associate Professor in the First Year Program at SAIC. Based on the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca, Patrick Kavanagh, and Wallace Stevens, Blair Thomas brings these stories to life with unique puppetry and design. Tickets $15.
Actor’s Gymnasium, Noyes Cultural Center in Evanston. Call (773) 722-3248 for more information.

Lectures Readings


Friday, September 5th, 7:30 p.m.
Timothy Doyle
Timothy Doyle reads from his first book, Going to Dolpo, the story of his trek across Nepal, heading for a mountain region called Dolpo below the Tibetan border. An account of pilgrimage, travel literature, adventure and essay, Doyle ties the overland journey to an analysis of life from a Buddhist perspective.
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North. 773. 342.0910.

Exhibitions

Through September 26
Opening reception September 5, 5 to 7 p.m.
Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition
Features work by faculty at SAIC returning from their sabbatical leave. Artists include Dan Devening, Gaylen Gerber, BJ Krivanek, Lou Mallozzi, John Manning, Anders Nereim, Olivia Petrides, Kay Rosen, and Blair Thomas.
Betty Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Dr.

Through September 28
Supernatural (After Piero Di Cosimo): New Photographs in Glass By Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey
British artists Ackroyd and Harvey use a unique process of imprinting and fixing images onto grown grass, including a 10-foot by 28-foot living grass photograph based upon Piero di Cosimo’s Renaissance masterpiece “A Satyr Mourning Over a Nymph.”
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street. Call 312.744.6630 for more information.
“Specific Natures”
A second installation by Ackroyd and Harvey is a site-specific work that is being photosynthesized in a store window on State Street, letting the public witness elements of the installation as they change. Responding to the window display space of the now-empty Mort Cooper store, Ackroyd and Harvey explore the theme of transformation with the installation “Specific Natures.”
151 N. State StreetThrough September 19
No One Left Behind
Artist collective Polvo presents paintings and collages by Jason Davis and Aimee Moreno as part of the grand opening of a new alternative space in Humboldt Park, showcasing cutting-edge and emerging artists.
Sol Studio, 1303 N Maplewood Ave. #3. 773.394.0718.
Through September 20
Sophie Calle and Josiah McElheny
Calle and McElheny are fascinated by people and things whose existence can only be deduced from the memories and fragments they leave behind. Calle’s “Last Seen ...” series deals with a heist of artwork from the Elizabeth Stewart Gardner Museum and combines large scale photographs of curtained spaces where the works once stood with statements describing the memories curators and security guards had of the work. In another series, Calle’s “Autobiographical Stories,” the focus of fragmentary personal memories is the artist rather than an artwork. Like those of Sophie Calle, Josiah McElheny’s objects rely on memory to tell a story — in his case, memories the viewer brings with him or her to an art exhibition. Each display of glass objects (McElheny is a master glassblower) is accompanied by academic labels and displayed in wooden cabinets or on shelves that mimic museum display practices. In these installations fact seamlessly blends into fiction calling into question conceptions of authenticity, authority, and curatorial practice. Also on view are works by Sol LeWitt, Charles Ray, Thomas Schutte, Richard Serra, and Jana Sterbak.
Donald Young Gallery, 933 W. Washington Blvd. 312.455.0100.