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Carrie Schneider @ the MCA!

biggie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:52:23 +0000

While I am trying to keep this blog strictly Biggie-related, I just have to post something about my friend, Carrie Schneider. You see, she is an amazing artist (my other post about her is here), and has her latest work for viewing at the MCA in Chicago. She is the featured artist for this month’s 12 x 12 exhibition!

Read a bit here. Then go!!

Art vs. Craft is tomorrow, people!

biggie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:03:15 +0000

Yes! Join me and a gaggle of other crafters tomorrow, Saturday the 28th, at Art vs. Craft in Milwaukee for some handmade shopping! One day only!

Here is this year’s flyer, designed (as always) by The Little Friends of Printmaking:

And be sure to pick up a limited edition Art vs. Craft deck, either at the show or at Sky High in Milwaukee (while supplies last)…

Vote!

biggie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:40:36 +0000

The election is about a week away, and I just wanted to remind all of you lovelies to vote! (if you haven’t already)

And so you can remind others to vote, order yourself a free poster by artist Nikki McClure from buyolympia.com!

buyolympia.com explains it:

Why Are We Giving Away Posters?

We love working with Nikki McClure, and have always loved this image—people raising their hands, letting their voice be heard—and wanted to make a poster of it.

When we talked about doing it, we quickly realized this isn’t something we wanted to charge for. This isn’t about money. We want people to be heard, and thought this might be a good way to make that happen.

We included the blank space so people could add their own message. Where to register to vote. Where to vote. Who to vote for. It’s up to you. We want people to be involved.

So we’ve printed 20,000 posters and are giving and mailing them to anyone who asks. Use them as you like, but let your voice be heard.

Handmade Nation Book

biggie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:31:01 +0000

Last night we hopped up to Milwaukee to meet friends for dinner then stopped by Cafe Lulu in Bayview. Lulu was hosting a book release party for Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design. Co-author Faythe Levine is very active in the craft community – organizing Art vs. Craft, running her shop Paper Boat Boutique and finishing up her documentary (which the book is based on and due to be released next year).

The book discusses the ‘new wave of craft’ with interviews from artists and crafters across the country. I haven’t read it from front to back yet, but I am very impressed so far. Oh, you can purchase it here!

Carrie Schneider @ moniquemeloche gallery

biggie — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:59:41 +0000

My friend Carrie is an amazing artist and has a solo show opening this Friday. I’m so excited! Hope to see you at the reception…

Queen of This Island (Utö) 2008 c-print 42 x 33 inches

Carrie Schneider
How Not To Fall
October 17 – December 6, 2008

*Opening reception for the artist Friday, Oct 17th, 6-9pm! Please stop by!

moniquemeloche
118 N. Peoria
Chicago IL 60607
312.455.0299
www.moniquemeloche.com

WE (Blatic Version) 2007 c-print 58 x 76 inches

After a year-long Fulbright Fellowship to the prestigious Finnish
Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Carrie Schneider returns to Chicago
with a body of new work for her first solo exhibition with
moniquemeloche gallery. Schneider sets up impossible scenarios that
pit a character (usually herself) against some force of nature.
Through a complex web of personal mythologies, Schneider throws
herself into fantasies of escape and concealment, creating uneasy
resonances with simple juxtapositions. The result is a series of
large-scale photographs and two 16mm films that continue to heighten
the familiar to a level of precarious strangeness.