ArtWalk 2011
The 10th Annual RAW Tour of Arts & Industry
Chicago’s biggest and longest running FREE Art Walk kicks off at 11am Saturday October 1st!
MAP Kids Activities
Artists By First Name: A-B C-E F-J K-L M-O P-R S-Z BIZ
Things to see and do this year….
More than 250 Artists in 50 venues!
Get started at the Central Gallery at 4021 N Ravenswood where you can see work from every artist in the ArtWalk. While there you can pick up an event map, hop on the free trolley or just start walking… there are hundreds of artists within blocks!
RAW Street Fair
On Ravenswood between Montrose and Sunnyside, a block filled with art, food and drink, live music and activities for adults and kids alike!
Main Stage Schedule:
Saturday October 1st
11:00am Lydia Landor
11:45am Wood Sugars
12:15pm Lethal Poetry w/ DJ Limbs
1:15pm John Sarantos
2:30pm Jared Grabb
3:30pm Jennifer Hall
4:30pm I Lost Control
5:45pm Descarga
7:00pm The Shams Band
Sunday October 2nd
11:00am Laura Joy
12:00pm The Film Society
1:00pm Ami Saraiya & the Outcome
2:00pm The Greenleaf Band
3:00pm Scarlet Monk
4:15pm The Minneapolis Henrys
5:30pm Brighton MA
Sponsored by ArtLab 123, Lillstreet, The Chicago Mosaic School, Mimi’s Organic Exchange, The Convergence Project
Located in the RAW Street Fair
Saturday, October 1st
11:00-7:00 - Creations to play on! - Liz Kantorski, Balance Boards & Beams
12:00 - Reading/Book Signing - “How to Be a Superhero for Planet Earth’ - Alix Gnoske, Author of Loui Save The Earth
Sunday, October 2nd
2:00-3:00 Group Painting Project (to be hung on the Peace Tower!) - Diane Ponder, The Convergence Project, MOE
11:00-6:00 Flag making - The Art Lab
12pm - Reading/Book Signing - “How to Be a Superhero for Planet Earth’ - Alix Gnoske, Recycle Me & Author of Loui Save The Earth
Kids Chalk will be available for kids of all ages (including the adults)! Supervised painting projects using brushes and latex paint are ready to go and waiting for the collaboration of beautiful colors.
Go HERE for more details on the Kids area!
Rooftop Music Lounge and Sculpture Garden
Atop the Airstream Building at 1807 Sunnyside
2 days of live performances, DJs, wine and art with a view!
Sunday
(weather permitting)
Presentation/Performance Venues
Saturday: JK Chicago 1800 W Cuyler Street 1st Floor
Sunday: Architectural Artifacts 4325 N Ravenswood Avenue
New to RAW this year are 2 venues dedicated to Lectures, Monologues, Panel Discussions, Performance, Film Screenings and more. You won’t want to miss this. See posted schedules around the ArtWalk for times and locations.
Saturday – JK Chicago
1:00 Author Presentation/Book Signing - “Twenty First Century Chicago” Dick Simpson
2:00 Comedy – Wood Sugars
3:00 Presentation/Screening -“Promoting Chicago Artists: The Making of Fear No Art” - Elysabeth Alfano
4:00 Dance Performance - Tango Demonstration - ArtTango
4:30 Storytelling - Traditional Storytelling - American Indian Center
5: 00 Film Screening –“Proceed and Be Bold” - Laura Zinger, 20K Films
6:00 (at LillStreet) Dance Performance – Hedwig Dances and Lillstreet Art Center
Sunday - Architectural Artifacts
12:00 Panel Discussion – “SM+ART Social Media and the Arts” Janice Bond & Panel
1:00 Author Presentation/Book Signing -“Edgar Miller And The Hand Made Home – Chicago’s Forgotten Renaissance Man” - Richard Cahan & Larry Zgoda
1:45 Architectural Presentation - “Tryon Farms – Architecture and the Community” - Ed Noonan
2:30 Dance Performance – Perpetual Motion
3:00 Dance Performance – Perpetual Motion
3:30 Film Screening -“Street Gallery RAW 2010”– Bianca & Michael Alexander
