Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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New Art from Lajuana Lampkins: The Gifted
Last November, back when we could go places and people could aspirate in rings, I was walking home from fight night at Soho House. I was on Milwaukee Avenue south of Division when I saw a poster laying on the ground. I picked it up and saw that it was a gun range target.
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Calling All Artists Who Work Outside: I want to interview you for a book about what the Stay At Home order is like for an artist whose canvas is outside the home.
Chicago is well-known as a place where artists work outside. Slaps, posters, wheatpaste, wood installations. Artists on State Street making and selling, creators who offer their work face-to-face on Milwaukee Avenue. It’s a vibrant scene with decades of history, and it’s connected to hubs of artists all over the world. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and…
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Visual Index of Statewide Stay At Home Order PDFs
All states implemented “Stay At Home” orders during the global pandemic. This is a visual index showing the paper that drives policy.
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Arte Agora in Pandemic
Recently, just before the official start of the Illinois Stay-At-Home order, I was chatting with my friend Lajuana Lampkins on Facebook messenger. We were talking about a project we’re working on and decided it would be good for her to have a laptop. We ordered a refurbished Chromebook from this third party seller on walmart.com…
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Me & NYT
I’ve used the NYT as a source for my art for over 30 years, and John F. Burns was its greatest poet.