Art @ work sneak peak!
This picture is a composite of the current wall where the Art @ Work Mosaic will be and the design chosen last week by the students.

PAINTALLICA @ Western Exhibitions
opening: July 29, 2006
Group-show w/ Marwen Artist-teacher Jeremy Tinder

Paintallica is a roving collaborative group of artists founded and directed by Dan Attoe, Jamie Boling and Bill Donovan. The sole mission of Paintallica is to mold random crap into something cool. Paintallica shows, influenced heavily by pop culture, incorporate drawing, painting, sculpture plus things, as well as stuff. Their materials come from Wal-Mart, lumberyards and garbage bins and their members from all over. For their show at Western Exhibitions, the men and women of Paintallica will utilize the talents of a video artist, a cartoonist, an editor of a nudist magazine, a ceramicist/Iraq war vet, a video game designer and a Fulbright scholar/designer, among other trained artists. Four of them ride Harleys. There is no predetermined direction to a Paintallica installation, which always start with a drawing session, followed by a trip to get supplies, then an all-nighter of alchemy. The resulting collection of artifacts easily fills a space and often incorporates the gallery walls, ceiling and floor. Some elements are site specific and some exist independently.

[URI:] http://www.westernexhibitions.com/current/paintallica/index.html

::project:: 100 images
Every Monday, for fifty weeks, you will see two new photos that Marwen Artist-teacher Eduardo Angel, in collaboration with Timothy Campbell have taken in Chicago. They are both adding a new photo every week without seeing the other’s photo. The pictures are placed next to each other on the 100 images website.

Week 14 of the 100 Images Project:
Cell phones have us asking, “Where are you?” instead of “How are you?”
There’s an obsession with location over condition. Geography over emotion.
Remember to check the 100 Images web page every Monday for two new photos.

[URI:] http://www.eduardoangel.com/100images.html

.:studio blip:.
Using Marwen's Painting and Dawing studio in conjunction with the TechStudio, Artist-teachers jon.satrom and Ann Worthing created the above collaborative work. Marwen's Pixel & Paint course mixes the digital and physical worlds by utilizing software and paint.

Marwen Summer 2006 has officially started.
A couple of TechStudio courses are on the global info super web.

Fine Art Graffiti w/ Hilesh Patel
http://marwengraf.blogspot.com/

Tell Your Story Comics w/ Jeremy Tinder
http://marwencomics.livejournal.com/

Artward Bound Maine students are back from Maine...

Each summer a select group of Marwen students are chosen to travel to Little Babson Island, Maine, for a full week of intense art making. This creative endeavor is combined with island exploration and the opportunity to learn from mentors, educators, and peers. Removed from the familiar routine and the hustle of city life, students are given the freedom to test their limits as they delve into the wonderful world of nature on this art making adventure.

In the past, over 72 students have participated in the Artward Bound Maine program and all have come back inspired and empowered by this unique art making experience.

Congratulations Antonia!

A packed house of 300 arts, business and foundation leaders joined The Arts & Business Council of Chicago on Thursday, June 15 to recognize the extraordinary achievements of individuals and organizations behind the scenes in the arts at The 2006 ABBY Awards. The Ballroom at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago provided a beautiful backdrop for the evening's festivities.

As co-writer of the charter and mission of Marwen, Antonia Contro has guided the growth of an organization where more than 1,000 students from all over Chicago come free of charge
each year to participate in arts education, college planning and career development programs. Executive Director since 1993, Antonia brought the original vision for the organization to a reality, providing disadvantaged youth from grades 6-12 with an enriching after-school art program that helps to transcend barriers—whether economic, racial, educational or social—and prepares them for a successful future.

Marwen’s diverse student body finds encouraging mentors everywhere they turn—among artists, teachers, alumni and staff. This is a reflection of Antonia who, in addition to serving as an outstanding administrator, is a celebrated artist and educator herself. In 2004, with co-author Philip Yenawine, Antonia wrote and published Fuel: Giving Youth the Power to Succeed, an extraordinary exercise in disseminating the “Marwen method” to colleagues in the fields of youth development and arts education.

In 2000, Marwen purchased and renovated a wonderful new facility, and in this period of growth and success, Antonia always kept an eye on the bottom line. In fact, in Marwen’s nearly 20 year history, the organization has never carried a deficit. As a result of her strong leadership, Marwen has been awarded with several honors, including the 2003 “Coming Up Taller Award” from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Antonia is an accomplished artist and an exemplary manager, nurturing a financially sound, socially responsible organization where no idea is discounted and new ideas are always encouraged from staff and students alike.

For more information on Marwen, visit: www.marwen.org.

[Ripped From] the ABBY Program Book
[URI] hyperlink