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Art Loop is back for another summer filled with exciting displays throughout the downtown area. A big part of  this year’s event is Pop Up Art Loop, which transforms empty storefronts in the Loop into a movable feast of public art galleries, exhibits and studios.  Enjoy photography, sculpture, 2D art, video and new media, installations and more. Don’t miss Tony Tasset’s latest EYE piece on permanent display at Pritzker Park as well.

We will be distributing CLA’s brochures on Art Loop throughout the city. Each brochure has a list of attractions, events, and maps of locations for key points of interested for Art Loop.  Be sure to grab one for yourself and plan your visit today.

Art Loop 2010 runs through October. Please visit www.chicagoloopalliance.com for more information.

Everyone knows that Lillstreet Art Center is the place to go for all your artistic endeavors.  But, they also offer great classes and camps for kids!  Offering everything from clay, to painting and drawing, Lillstreets is the perfect launch pad to launch your youngster’s creative talents.

We love working with Lillstreet, and are in the middle of distributing catalogs for their Kids Camp courses.  These catalogs list the complete schedules and times for camp courses, so be sure to pick one up, and enroll your child today!

Please visit www.lillstreet.com for more information.

In this exhibition, contemporary Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates Jr. explores the history and legacy of Dave Drake aka Dave the Potter. A slave in antebellum South Carolina, Drake produced stoneware pottery and famously adorned his pots with poetic couplets. Though art historians have explored Drake’s career in detail, Gates is the first artist to reinterpret his work and to make it pertinent to a broader set of concerns about the place of labor and craft in present-day America.

We worked with MAM last month promoting their Raphael: The Woman with the Veil, and ae excited about their latest exhibit which will be in place throughout the summer. Be sure to check it out.

Theaster Gates’ exhibition will be at the Milwaukee Art Museum through August 1st. Please visit www.mam.org for more information.

Rahael’s La Donna Velata (The Woman with the Veil) makes it’s way to Milwaukee for a very rare appearance. Responding to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Raphael developed in this portrait his own idea of female beauty and deportment. Art historians have variously identified this beautiful woman as a patron’s bride and as the artist’s lover and muse; she appears as a model in many of Raphael’s most important works.

It’s been a while since we have worked with our friends at the Milwaukee Art Museum, so needless to say, we are very excited to be part of this project. We’ll be distributing promotional materials in Chicago in support of the exhibit. Be sure to take advantage, and check out Raphael’s masterpiece while you can.

Raphael: The Woman with the Veil is at the Milwaukee Art Museum through June 6th. Please visit www.mam.org for more information.

The 2010 Creative Chicago Expo at the Chicago Cultural Center is a highly successful event that connects artists and art organizations in all disciplines. The Creative Chicago Expo is free and open to the public. Last year, over 5,000 people connected with vendors, workshops, and consultants, taking advantage of Chicago’s top resources, services and expertise for individuals and organizations in all the arts.

Not only will direction tour marketing be promoting the 2010 expo, but we will have a booth as well! We’ll be checking out tons of booths of clients and friends. Be sure to come by our table and say hello !

The 2010 Creative Chicago Expo is at the Chicago Cultural Center on April 10th. Please visit www.chicagoartistsresource.org for more info.

Two years ago, seven of our country’s most eminent Asian-American playwrights were invited by Chicago’s Silk Road Theatre Project to take a voyage through their own pasts, via a simple test of their DNA. The results of those journeys, and the questions that arose concerning heritage, ancestry, identity and the perils of such explorations, are the basis of a fascinating evening of new short plays.

We’re very excited to be a part of this very original production, and are working with the Silk Road Theatre Project in conjunction with the Goodman Theatre distributing promotional materials as part of our street marketing campaign. Be sure to get your tickets for these exciting events!

The DNA Trail is at Pierce Hall at the Historic Chicago Temple Building March 2nd through April 4th. Please visit www.srtp.org and www.goodmantheatre.org for more information.

Celtic Woman makes its way to the Rosemont Theatre next month for two live performances of Songs From the Heart. Join musical director David Downes and the cast as they perform selections from the acclaimed CD/DVD.

Last year, Celtic Woman performed two shows at the Chicago Theater. Those in attendance were treated to amazing performances, and are surely looking forward to the latest tour. We are doing our part to help spread the word on the upcoming performances by distributing handbills and posters to Irish neighborhoods and locations in Chicago. If you have the album, you’ll surely want to get your tickets to the real thing before they are gone!

Celtic Woman is at the Rosemont Theatre April 9th and 10th. Please visit www.celticwoman.com for more information.

We can’t say enough great things about Lillstreet. They offer adult classes and workshops for all skill levels in ceramics, metal works, jewelery, painting & drawing, printmaking, textiles, and glass. Each department offers first time artist classes that help beginners to explore a new medium in a relaxed environment. They also offer camps and classes for children of all ages.

Spring classes for Lillstreet start up at the end of March, so you should be sure to pick one of their brand  new course catalogs! We are set begin bringing these to all corners of the city. If you have ever wanted to learn an artistic craft, or hone your already developed artistic abilities, now is the time to sign up!

Spring classes begin March 22nd. Please visit www.lillstreet.com for more information.

Our friends at the Old Town School of Folk Music are very excited to bring this year’s Spring Festival of African Music to life!  Starting this month and running through April, the festival will bring some of the finest talent to the city of Chicago.  Acts include Baaba Maal, Tinariwen, and Bela Fleck’s The African Project.

We’ll be executing a special distribution in support of the festival bringing brochures and posters to various neighborhoods in the city. Be sure to pick one up to find out more about other shows coming up, in addition to all that the OTSFM has to offer!

Please visit www.oldtownschool.org for more information.

New York based performance artist Koosil-ja Hwang will present a new multimedia performance piece at The Dance Center of Columbia College. Using dance, electronic music, and live camera work, Blocks of Continuality/Body, Image, and Algorithm tells three simultaneous stories simulating the coexistence of the digital and flesh worlds. Koosil-ja Hwang will only be giving 3 performances at the Dance Center, so be sure to reserve your tickets right away. This is an exciting performance you won’t want to miss.

Koosil-ja Hwang is at the The Dance Center of Columbia College February 4th, 5th, and 6th. Please visit www.colum.edu/dance_center/performances/ for more information.