Marika Shioiri-Clark, principal of SOSHL Studio will speak at Kent State University on Friday, May 31 at 5:30p.m. as part of AIA Cleveland’s Emerging Practitioner Lecture Series. Based in Cleveland, SOSHL Studio is dedicated to creating a social impact through architecture and design.
For more information on Marika Shiori-Clark and her lecture, visit Kent State University’s website.
Recently, Chicago Magazine ran a feature on Chicago based artist, Theaster Gates. With an eclectic background, Gates has risen to be an internationally known artist. Read the full article at Chicagomag.com.
Source: Chicagomag.com. Photo by Chris Strong.
Next time you are nearby the Chicago Music Exchange, make sure to stop by. This guitar shop gem has many notable musician fans including Jimmy Vaughn and Of Monsters and Men. Nicole Batch of Chicago blog, “Making it Lovely,” took this great photo of the shop. Make sure to head over to her blog to see the rest of the photo gallery.
Source: Making it Lovely
The simplicity of Gabi Campanario’s sketch is amazing. Campanario captures the essence of Duluth, Minn in a few rough lines. One can almost envision standing by the Aerial Lift Bridge on Lake Superior. See the rest of Campanario’s sketches on the Urban Sketchers blog.
Photo source: Gabi Campanario with Urban Sketchers
On May 31 and June 1, stop by “Light Up Livernois” at 19410 Livernois Avenue. The event will feature music, theater, fashion, art, and food to celebrate the kickoff of the Livernois Community Storefront project. The project will activate a vacant storefront and will turn it into a community hub.
Click here for more information.
Source: Livernois Community Storefront
Modern artist, Amalia Pica, explores communication and civic participation through her work.
Pica uses simple materials including photocopies, light bulbs, drinking glasses, beer bottles, bunting, cardboard, and other found materials to create work that is beautiful, yet addresses fundamental issues of communication.
The exhibit runs now through August 11, 2013. Visit the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s webpage for more information.
Source: The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Join a2Modern on Thursday, June 6th for “Threads,” an interactive presentation with graphic designer Steve Frykholm and writer Clark Malcolm, both employees at Herman Miller.
Frykholm and Malcolm will give a presentation on the history of design, ideas and people at Herman Miller. Audience members will choose which topics will be discussed.
The presentation will be at Three Chairs Co., located at 215 S Ashley St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. A reception starts at 6:30p.m. and the interactive presentation begins at 7:15p.m. The event is free. For more information and to R.S.V.P., please visit a2Modern’s website.
Just a little reminder courtesy of St. Lou Fringe. The 2013 St. Lou Fringe Festival is June 20-24 in Midtown St. Louis. Click here for more information.
Photo source: St. Lou Fringe
The exhibit “East Lansing Modern, 1940-1970” explores the city’s place in Michigan’s modern design heritage. On display now through August 18, 2013, the exhibit examines the post war housing boom and the influence it had in shaping the Modernist city.
Exhibit visitors will also see the furnishings, small appliances, tableware and other decorative arts which occupied the homes during this time.
For more information, visit Michigan State University’s website.
Source: Michigan State University
The Minneapolis-based American Craft Council released their first digital edition of American Craft magazine. Amongst the 25 artists featured, you can find numerous Midwest designers. To view the magazine online, click here.
Source: American Craft Council
Stop by the Art Institute of Chicago to see “Sharing Space: Creative Intersections in Architecture and Design” going on now through August 18, 2013. The exhibit looks at the permanent collection of the Department of Architecture and Design to expose common creative concepts and formal strategies across the fields of architecture and design. Click here to view more information.
Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
What do you get when you mix soup, entrepreneurship and crowdfunding? You get Detroit SOUP, a dinner where aspiring entrepreneurs share their ideas and the winner gets a portion of the proceeds from the evening. Head over to GOOD to view their full article on the event.
Source: GOOD
Get a sneak preview of the Langham Hotel in Chicago on Marina City Online. The hotel is situated in the old Mies van der Rohe-designed IMB Plaza. Mies van der Rohe’s grandson, Dirk Lohan, helped his grandfather on the original building and he is back helping to design the Langham Hotel.
Click here to see the full story from the Marina City Online.
Source: Marina City Online
This weekend is your chance to tour more than 70 N.E. Minneapolis art galleries, studios and buildings! Art a Whirl is happening:
Friday, May 17th – 5:00-10:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 18th – Noon-8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 19th – Noon-5:00 p.m.
Click here for more details and to view participating art locations.
Source: nemaa.org
The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative recently announced the launch of their initiative called, “COLD,” which stands for the Center for Outdoor Living Design. The center will encourage designers to engage more creatively with opportunities presented by winter weather in urban environments.
Designers can also enter a competition to submit design ideas on how to revitalizing cold climate urban environments COLDSCAPES: New Visions for Cold Weather Cities is accepting registration through May 24. Click here to learn more about COLD.
Source: COLD (Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative)
Make sure to mark your calendar on June 8 for Voltage, Minneapolis’ biggest rock and fashion event at First Avenue. For more details, visit MNfashion.org.
Source: MN Fashion/ Photo by Greg Jiracek.
Wondering what are the coolest small businesses in Detroit? Head over to the Business Insider and discover the best of Detroit.
Photo: Honor and Folly
Source: Business Insider
If you love art at night, keep June 8 open for the Northern Spark Art Festival in St. Paul. The all-night art festival is back for its third year. Click here for more information and for a full list of artists and activities.
Source: Northern Spark
Next weekend, get out to the Fresh Art Spring Tour in Wisconsin. This self guided tour brings you to 12 art galleries and studios in the Lake Pepin and Chippewa River Valley area of Wisconsin.
The art tour occurs on May 17, 18 and 19. Click here for more information.
Source: Fresh Art Spring Tour
For your daily eye candy, here’s some vintage 1960s fashion illustrations seen on the Minneapolis blog, Retro Love Affair. Wouldn’t it be fun to see this type of advertising again? Click here to see more fashions.
Photo source: Retro Love Affair
This weekend is the last weekend to enjoy “Jens Jensen: Celebrating the Native Prairie” at the Goldstein Museum of Design in Minneapolis. The exhibit, ending May 12, celebrates the leading 20th century landscape architect. Admission is free. Click here for more information.
Source: jensjensen.org
On Saturday, May 11 from 1:00-5:00, the Belleville Historical Society will hold a house tour of seven Belleville residences designed by Charles King. Architect Charles King, a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Architecture practiced in Belleville from 1949 to 1961 and designed in the Mid-Century Modern style.
For more information on the tour and to get tickets, click here.
Source: Belleville Historical Society
Urban Bean now open in downtown Detroit’s Capital Park area! Head over to Curbed Detroit to see pictures of the coffee shop’s Mid-Century Modern inspired interior.
Source: Curbed Detroit
Join Modern STL Sunday, May 19, for the Harwood Hills Home Tour. Harwood Hills is one of St. Louis County’s most endangered mid-century neighborhoods.
The self-guided tour features four open homes highlighting the subdivision and explains the importance of preserving this threatened mid-century neighborhood.
For more details, click here.
Source: Modern STL
Exciting news from The Butcher’s Daughter in Detroit! The contemporary art gallery is moving to The Auburn in Midtown later this May. Head over to Model D for the full story.
Source: The Butcher’s Daughter