Anchor Graphics

	Anchor Graphics Anchor Graphics is a non-profit fine art printshop and gallery in Chicago, Illinois that is part of the Art + Design Department at Columbia College Chicago. It was founded in 1990 by David Jones and Marilyn Propp. It is known for the quality of its prints as well as its educational programming. Programs For twenty years, Anchor provided free classes for high school students, and had an outreach program called Press on Wheels (POW) which brought printmaking into schools, galleries, museums, and community centers. Workshops were open to students of all ages and taught handmade prints. During the Toulouse-Lautrec and Rembrandt exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, a press was brought to the museum, and Anchor staff demonstrated the print processes and tools used by both artists. Ann Weins writes in DEMO 3, pages 24–28: "Anchor Graphics maintains an impressive schedule of classes, workshops, residencies, and lectures, all the while publishing exquisite, hand-pulled prints." The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago is a Private college, private art college in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, it has 5,928https://about.colum.edu/effectiveness/pdf/spring-2021-student-profile.pdf students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Columbia College Chicago is the host institution of several affiliated educational, cultural, and research organizations, including the Center for Black Music Research, the Center for Book and Paper Arts, the Center for Community Arts Partnerships, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Columbia College Chicago is not affiliated with Columbia University, Columbia College Hollywood, or any other Columbia College in the United States. History Columbia College Chicago was founded in 1890 as the Columbia School of Oratory by Mary A. Blood and Ida Morey Riley, both graduates of the Monroe Conservatory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Illinois Arts Council The Illinois Arts Council is a government agency of the state of Illinois formed to encourage development of the arts throughout Illinois. Founded in 1965 by the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Arts Council provides financial and technical assistance to artists, arts organizations, and community organizations with arts programming. The Illinois Arts Council The Illinois Arts Council is governed by up to 21 members appointed by the Governor of Illinois The governor of Illinois is the head of government of Illinois, and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by p ... who serve four-year terms. They meet three times a year. Assisted by volunteer advisory panels, they distribute grants and oversee arts programs and services. Many arts organizations in Illinois rely on funding from the IAC each year. Governor Rod Blagojevich drastically c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Saya Woolfalk Saya Woolfalk (born 1979, Gifu City, Japan) is an American artist known for her multimedia exploration of hybridity, science, race and sex. Woolfalk uses science fiction and fantasy to reimagine the world in multiple dimensions. Currently represented by Leslie Tonkonow gallery, she was a graduate advisor at the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA critic at Parsons School of Design in 2012 and a visiting artist at Montclair State University in 2012 and 2013. Woolfalk was an adjunct professor at Parsons from 2013 to 2018. Early life and education Woolfalk was born in Gifu City, Japan, to a Japanese mother and a mixed-race African American and white father. She grew up in Scarsdale, New York and has described that herself as "binational" as a child because of her early childhood in Japan, along with frequent visits back to the country after moving to the United States. She has expressed that this "binational" background is very influential to her, making themes of hybridity very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kerry James Marshall Kerry James Marshall (born October 17, 1955) is an American artist and professor, known for his paintings of Black figures. He previously taught painting at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2017, Marshall was included on the annual ''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world. He was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and moved in childhood to South Central Los Angeles. He has spent much of his career in Chicago, Illinois. A retrospective exhibition of his work, ''Kerry James Marshall: Mastry'', was assembled by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in 2016. Early life and education Kerry James Marshall was born October 17, 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama. He was raised in Birmingham and later in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of a postal worker and a homemaker. His father's hobby was buying broken watches that he would pick up in pawn shops for a song, figure out how to fix them with the help of books he would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eleanor Spiess-Ferris Eleanor Spiess-Ferris (born July 3, 1941) is an American symbolist painterYood, James, Artforum International, reviews Zaks Gallery, September, 1991 cited as a significant surrealist,Marcus, Stanley, Exploring Imaginary Subjects, Watercolor ’88, American Artist Magazine, 1998 narrative figurative and feminist artist."Eleanor Spiess-Ferris: An Artist’s Journey" – Charles Wustum Museum – Racine, Wisconsin – essay by Estella Lauter Her numerous visual works display powerful influences of the Spanish and Native American cultures of Northern New Mexico, where she grew up. They often reference Penitentes (New Mexico), retablos, Kachinas and Native American fetishes and frequently incorporate themes of feminist spirituality,Krantz, Ed, Sketches, Orchards and Dark Ponds, Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois. Indo-European mythology and personal memory.Holg, GarretEleanor Spiess-Ferris, Symbolism College of Lake County articleWright, Robert T., The M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Phyllis Bramson Phyllis Bramson (born 1941) is an American artist, based in Chicago and known for "richly ornamental, excessive and decadent" paintingsWainwright, Lisa. "Phyllis Bramson," ''Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards 2014'', New York: ''Women's Caucus for Art, 2014. described as walking a tightrope between "edginess and eroticism."Johnson, Carrie. "Introduction,''Phyllis Bramson: In Praise of Folly, A Retrospective 1985–2015'' Exhibition catalogue, Rockford, IL: Rockford Art Museum, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2018. She combines eclectic influences, such as kitsch culture, Rococo art and Orientalism, in juxtapositions of fantastical figures, decorative patterns and objects, and pastoral landscapes that affirm the pleasures and follies of romantic desire, imagination and looking.Orendorff, Danny. "Anything Goes: Freedom, Fetish, and Phyllis Bramson,''Phyllis Bramson: In Praise of Folly, A Retrospective 1985–2015'' Exhibition catalogue, Rockford, IL: Rockford Art Museum, 2015. Retrieved May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]