Around the Coyote Gallery, Caro d' Offay Gallery, David Leonardis Gallery, Koscielak Gallery, Johnsonese Gallery, Rotofugi, Th!nkArt

Extended Gallery hours, special receptions and performances

Chicago, IL - The Wicker Park / Bucktown Gallery Association is holding a Second Saturday Gallery Walk on September 8th, 2007 from 6-10pm at multiple venues throughout Wicker Park and Bucktown. The WPBGA is an organization of galleries in the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhood (roughly defined with the southern border at Division, the northern border at Fullerton, the western border at Western, and the eastern border at the Chicago River).

The WPBGA works to promote Wicker Park and Bucktown as a visual arts destination for collectors and art world professionals, while actively working to attract new galleries to the neighborhood. WPBGA promotes the artists and programs of its members through advertising, public programs, and collaborative events.


WPBGA will have a free shuttle service provided by our sponsor iGo Car Sharing for all those not into the "walking" part of the Gallery Walk or for those who just don't have a lot of time, but want to see all the galleries. This month, iGo shuttle cars will pick-up at the Caro d'Offay Gallery (2204 W. North Avenue) at 6, 7, 8 and 9 pm then rotate to all other galleries. The final drop-off at Caro d'Offay Gallery will be 10 pm. The drivers will announce themselves at each gallery, making it easy to jump on the shuttle!

1935 W. North Ave.
Mary Beth Cregier Memorial Photo Exhibition
Exhibition closes December 1, 2007
aroundthecoyote.org, 773.342.6777

The Around the Coyote Gallery is excited to announce our November group show, The first annual Mary Beth Cregier Memorial Photo Exhibition. Selected from a pool of over 130 applicants from across the country, the artists in this show were chosen by a talented team of curators, including Gary Schirmer (Chicago-based photographer and instructor), Hantao Shi (EPSON Gallery, Shanghai), and Katie Toscano of the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Mariah Doren and Johanna Paas, an artistic duo, were chosen by the curators to win the grand prize of $1,000 for the best new photographer of 2007. Artists were chosen for the excellence and originality of their aesthetic and conceptual vision, as mobilized through the photographic medium. Don't miss the opening night party (Nov. 2 from 6-10pm), with refreshments provided by Peroni, featuring our RE:Action Reading Series, curated by Margot Bordelon and J. Adams Oaks. In this literary series, readers present new works that were created in response to specific phtographs in the show. Readers for this month's RE:Action Reading Series include Margot Bordelon, J. Adams Oaks, Justin Palmer and Marjorie Armstrong.

Additional exhibiting artists include: Sarah Bierman (Chicago), Niki Grangruth (Chicago), Bill Guy (Chicago), Angela Harris (Chicago), Elizabeth Kauffman (Cincinnati), Nate Mathews (Chicago), Jarrett Murphy (Rochester, NY), Kimberly Strom (DeKalb, IL), Kay Westhues (Walkerton, IN), Tricia Zigmund (Santa Monica, CA), and Ryan Zoghlin (Chicago).

2204 W North Avenue
The Colorist Chess: Textaport Projects
Opening Reception: November 10th, 2007 from 6-10pm
carodoffaygallery.com, 773.235.7400

In celebration of Caro d'Offay Gallery's 2nd anniversary in Wicker Park, the annual Colorist Chess: Textaport Projects will host the third live "Textaport : Teleportation Through Text" event. Painters will converge in the gallery from 6-10 pm during the WPBGA Second Saturday Artwalk to interpret a master painting from a text-only description. This will be the second master-painting-copy-session and the 5th object-to-text and back to object experiment. The current gallery exhibit houses a pair of 16-foot gloves by Fiber Artist Danny Mansmith. Like all Textaport projects, the gloves were derived from text-only description of a mystery object - in this case a pair of work gloves. Converting an inch to two feet, the object was interpreted into the gallery at 24 times original size. Two other objects and their interpretations are also housed at the gallery, providing additional perspective to this ongoing project. There will be a $5 suggested donation at the door. Paintings will also be up for silent auction during the event. Exhibit and ongoing projects run through December 8th.

1346 N Paulina St.
extended gallery hours October 13th, 2007 from 6-12am
www.DLG-gallery.com, 773.278.3058

David Leonardis Gallery has been a leader in the Wicker Park Bucktown Gallery District for fifteen years and a land mark for Contemporary, POP, Folk Art, and Photography. DLG Wicker Park will be presenting an exciting group show for the WPBGA Second Saturday Gallery Walk on November 10th including works by: Howard Finster, Miro, Christopher Makos, Joe Pellegrini, Rita Akao, Mike Winn, Michel Balasis, Herb Nolan, Marc Hauser, Andy Kane, Bill Eaton, Mitch Canoff and Chris Peldo.

With the September 2006 addition of DLG River North, the David Leonardis Gallery has been able to reach an even broader demographic of art lovers. Please stop by and see us at 217 W. Huron St. #5, Mon - Fri 12-5:30pm and Sat 12-4pm. Or give us a call at 312-863-9045. DLG River North will host a Group show on Friday November 2nd from 6-midnight.

1646 N Bosworth Ave.
Deborah Boardman: Studio Practice
Paintings, Installation and the on-site presence of the artist
Opening Reception: Friday, November 2, 2007 5 -9pm
Extended gallery hours November 10, 2007 from 6-10pm
Artist on Site: Saturday, November 17, 2007; 12 - 4pm
gosiakoscielak.com, 847.858.1540

One of the legacies of modernism is that we increasingly direct our attention to the media themselves. We have seen in the last century and a half many examples of work in which the act of painting itself becomes the subject matter. More recently, there has been a wave of work by artists focusing on the studio itself, both as an environment and as a locus for art practice, as the place of full potentiality. Deborah Boardman activates the realm of the studio through painting her environment as a work in progress. Located in the traditional garret space of her gabled third floor home, she finds an ever-shifting focus in her own picture making, the architecture of the studio space and the ash tree outside her window. This steady regard for her surroundings, executed in loose, fluid brushwork, provides a vehicle to explore painting as a medium and painting as a window to other worlds, both inner and outer directed. In the exhibition space of Koscielak's gallery, Deborah Boardman will present a facsimile of her studio space, highlighting particular aspects such as her easel and palette table, shelves of books, sketchbooks and research material, and stacks of paintings both in progress and completed.

Special Guest Artists: Carol Anthony, Judith Brotman, Diane Christiansen, Elisabeth Condon, Andrea Demers, Dan Devening, Susanne Doremus, Jason Dunda, Pete Fagundo, Howard Fonda, Jackie Kazarian, Jin Lee, Giselle Mahoney, Robert Metrick, Kim Mitself, Laurie Palmer, Olivia Petrides, John Ploof, Judy Raphael Ellen Rothenberg, Erin Stack, Amy Vogel, Ray Zielinski.

2149 W Armitage
Carl Corey: Habitat
Extended gallery hours November 10, 2007 from 6-10pm
johnsonese.com, 773.252.8750

The Johnsonese Gallery is pleased to announce Carl Corey's Habitat from October 13th through November 17th, 2007. This solo photography show will feature images from both Corey's Habitat and Southeast Side series. His Southeast Side series holds particular interest for Chicagoans because of Corey's unique perspective on the city's aging industrial remnants.

Carl Corey is the recipient of over 100 awards from the advertising, design and photography communities, and is a veteran of assignment photography. Since 2000, Corey has directed his energy to more personal work, concentrating on social/aesthetic issues of the environment and landscape. Corey holds a BFA from Southern Illinois University. His monograph book, Rancher, was released earlier this year and features 64 of Corey's photographs over 112 pages.

1952 W. Chicago
Cult of Personality: New works by Abe Lincoln Jr., Ethos and MCA (Evil Design)
Extended gallery hours November 10, 2007 from 6-10pm. Free snacks and sodas.
rotofugi.com, 312.491.9501

Three artists explore the theme of cults in this not-to-be-missed exhibit at Rotofugi! All three have histories in street art but their styles couldn't be more different...Abe Jr.'s recent works tend to be slick and graphic, Ethos usually brings a distinct Native American vibe and MCA features characters with hand-drawn line work and vivid color. The exhibit will feature digital works, prints and paintings and should be a visual mash-up like we've never seen before at our little gallery. Exhibit ends November 24.

1530 North Paulina, Suite F
International Art Salon
Extended gallery hours November 10, 2007 from 6-10pm
773.252.8672

International art salon, Th!nkArt, continues to expand not only with emerging and established artists but also with its constructive concepts. Infused with elements of the traditional French salon, Th!nkArt provokes the exchange of ideas in an environment dedicated to the growth of both the art and its viewers through discussion , poetry, music, and other art forms. Although new to the Wicker Park Bucktown Gallery Association, Th!nkArt continues to expand both locally and internationally with its Aparte(TM) (s) and involvement in the Bridge Art Fair's in Chicago, London, Miami, and New York City. Th!nkArt offers a new and engaging way to experience art-in a private home setting. Known as Aparte(TM) (s), the exhibits provide an intimate and accessible way to appreciate art and to gain knowledge through conversation, readings, performance, and more. Exhibitions by Th!nkArt are also held in galleries and other public space.

Th!nkArt is currently showcasing in its international art salon prints, works on paper, paintings, and sculpture by French artists Emmanuelle Renard, Fred Kleinberg, Pierre Marie Brisson, James Coignard, Toufik Medijamia, Monique Tello, Jean Pierre Pincemin, Herve Di Rosa, Florent Moutti, David Gista, Michel Haas, chalk on blackboard drawings by Nicolas Kennett (also a painter and sculptor) and prints and sculptures by Francois Weil. Also hanging in the salon are prints by Puerto Rican painter and printmaker Ricardo Ramirez, Argentinean artist Antonio Segui, Todd Narbey of New Zealand, and American artists David Jansheski, and Ed Paschke.