PRINSTAGR.AM
Instagram has been taking the social media world by storm. For me, I have to confess, there’s not a day I don’t use instagram, checking out my friends most recent and “artsy” pictures as I procrastinate. Now there’s a new way to display and show off your best instagram shots through the help of a...
PAPER SOURCE
Paper Source. I’m obsessed. I’ve spent hours in this store. I’ve thrown tantrums like a two year old when I couldn’t go in. And I’ve decorated my dorm room with the plethora of goodies and gifts available from this upscale crafting store. Paper Source combines a fancier version of Michaels with the kitschy gift section...
STITCH INTERNATIONAL: A TASTE OF HOME WITH DIANE ARBUS
For my History of Photography class last week, we took an evening field trip to the Musée Jeu de Paume, a museum dedicated solely to photography in the heart of the Tuileries gardens. Having expected endless expositions of 19th century Parisian photography, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the focus of our trip was...
THE WEEKEND FORECAST
You’ve dried off from yesterday’s showers. Now it’s time to celebrate a rare weekend of clear skies, starting tonight! Get a head start by walking through the Chicago Arts District for Second Fridays Gallery Night. From 6pm to 10pm, thirty galleries on S. Halsted and 18th streets open their doors to the public for a...
PHILLIPS FEATURES LOHAN, GRASPS FOR FAME
I often wonder if the word “artist” is bandied about a little too often, used to describe people that create rather than looking at whether what they create is worth our while. And I know there is always the cliched retort, “but what is art?” but that never seems to answer anyone’s question. To me,...
AVANT-GARDE IN EVERYDAY LIFE AT THE ART INSTITUTE
An increasing number of people I know seem to be staying in the Chicago area for the summer – and lucky for them, the metropolitan center is teeming with tons of art and cultural activities once the weather gets nice! (Of course, it’s a great place all year round, but most Northwestern students are not...
DRAMATIC BALLGOWNS RULED THE COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA
As a culmination of the collaboration between the fashion and art worlds, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Gala celebrates the grand opening of a current fashion-related exhibition – as relevant as ever this spring with the exhibit featuring the work of late designer Alexander McQueen. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is on display...
MCQUEEN AT THE MET: SAVAGE BEAUTY
It’s a rare occurrence when art and fashion collide at a major art institution. Typically, fashion has its home on the runway, and art on the walls of the Met and other museums. Now I’ve always believed that fashion is art, but it takes a special designer to catch the eyes of a curator or...
CHANEL INVADES CHINA’S ‘CULTURE’
Slowly developing into one of the world’s most central capitals of fashion, China has emerged as the new target market for international luxury brands such as Chanel – who has set its sights on the country for its next endeavor of brand awareness and growth. Working with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai, the...
AN ARTISTIC HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
The holiday season is approaching, meaning it’s time to take advantage of the especially joyful atmosphere of the season in Chicago! There is no other time of year where, despite the cold that unfortunately dominates the city in the winter, people come together and are actually in the spirit of Christmas/Channukah/Kwanzaa (fill in your holiday...
FASHIONABLE FIBER ART
Things that characterize America in the 1950s: Elvis Presley, Suburbia, the Beat generation, and fashion becoming art. In the decade immediately after World War II, in a new twist fabric and textiles began being more incorporated into actual art instead of merely being used for clothing. With so many different types of fabric, from macramé...
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