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Opening: The Long Dream at the MCA, Chicago

Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and a renewed reckoning over racial justice and inequality, trough the eyes of 70 local artists.

Artist Talk: The Politics of Imagination

Artist talk: The Politics of Imagination with Kirsten Leenaars

(Re)Housing The American Dream: Freedom Principles showing at Luminocity by Kamloops Art Gallery

Luminocity returns this fall for its fourth biennial iteration. A week-long video art exhibition

Newcity Film 50, 2020: Chicago's Screen Gems

Film 50 2020: Chicago’s Screen Gems

Lit&Luz Live Magazine Show, Friday Oct 9, 7pm

The annual edition of the Lit & Luz Festival culminates in a world premiere of the festival’s first virtual Live Magazine Show.

60 WRD/MIN ART CRITIC Review: The Broadcast

The Broadcast proposes that the youth of this country have voices that badly need to be heard amidst the noise and chaos of our media landsc

Watch the recording of the MCA Virtual Studio Visit: in conversation with Kirsten Leenaars

Chicago artist Kirsten Leenaars uses collaborative techniques to create artworks that investigate our media landscape and encourage critical

Cleve Carney Museum of Art: Stuck in the Studio: Kirsten Leenaars

As part of Cleve Carney Museum of Art Create's ongoing series 'Stuck in the Studio' CCMA curator Justin Witte talks with Chicago-based video

Release Party: “The World’s Worst: A Guide to the Portsmouth Sinfonia”

join us via Lumpen Radio's twitch stream to celebrate the official release of "The World's Worst: A Guide to the Portsmouth Sinfonia."

Imaginary Homelands Video Project: Open Call

This new documentary project by artist Kirsten Leenaars, structured as a series of video portraits across the US, traces stories of belongin

Museum of Contemporary Art Virtual Studio Visit: Kirsten Leenaars Tue, May 12, 2020, noon –12:30 pm

Join Leenaars to as she discusses her artistic practice and the latest evolution in her video-based work The Broadcast in conversation with

Performance Writing the Truth: 5 Difficulties @COVIDTV, April 26

THE FRANKLIN is proud to present artists and friends in action. Over 20 Chicago artists will be connecting LIVE for a 14-hour Instagram LIVE

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