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Sep 17, 20241 min read
De Oversteek podcast: being a Dutch artist in Chicago
De Oversteek podcast: being a Dutch artist in Chicago


Sep 17, 20241 min read
Opening: Practices in Proximity, September 27
The Practices in Proximity: Learning and Unlearning from Pedagogical Experiences opening Friday 09-27-24


Jan 22, 20242 min read
Online Panel Discussion: Documentary as Social Practice
Online Panel Discussion: Documentary as Social Practice

Jan 22, 20242 min read
Opening: Let the real world in, Richmond Art Gallery
Opening: Let the real world in, Richmond Art Gallery


Dec 7, 20233 min read
Essay by Luis Felipe Fabre: A Letter to the City: "jail is not my home"
A Letter to the City: "jail is not my home,” 2021 Three-channel video / Video en tres canales, 1:04:05 EN: Last night I set about reading...

Nov 27, 20232 min read
Screening 'Interlude' Eye Film Museum Amsterdam, November 28
Screening 'Interlude' Eye Film Museum Amsterdam, November 28

Oct 9, 20231 min read
PANEL Thu Oct 18: Reflections on Collaboration: 10 Years of the Lit & Luz Festival
PANEL Thu Oct 18: Reflections on Collaboration: 10 Years of the Lit & Luz Festival

Oct 9, 20231 min read
Opening October 13: REENCOUNTERS/REENCUENTROS
REENCOUNTERS/
REENCUENTROS
Opening night: Friday, October 13, 2023, 6:00 PM 10:00 PM


Dec 23, 20225 min read
Best Chicago art exhibitions of 2022
Best Chicago art exhibitions of 2022: ‘Tea, Torture & Reparations’ at DePaul, an outdoor ‘Flourish’ and a big year for the Cultural...


Dec 23, 20222 min read
A Review: What does freedom look like?
Chicago Reader Review: A Review: What does freedom look like?


Dec 23, 20221 min read
December 16: Screening Documentary A Letter to the City: "jail is not my home"
Dec 16: Screening Documentary A Letter to the City: "jail is not my home"


Dec 23, 20221 min read
December 9: Premiere Documentary A Letter to the City: "jail is not my home"
December 9: Premiere Documentary A Letter to the City: "jail is not my home"


Oct 23, 20223 min read
Opening Oct 14: Can You See Me?
Can you see me?
Opening: October 14, 5-7pm
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 North Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Exhibition run: Oct 14 - Dec 17


Oct 23, 20225 min read
AIC Blog: An Exercise in Empathy and Trust: Collaborating with Lions
AIC Blog: Kirsten Leenaars and Joan Podkul: An Exercise in Empathy and Trust: Collaborating with Lions


Sep 9, 20227 min read
Review Newcity Art: A Lion for Every House
Review Newcity Art: A Lion for Every House


Jun 25, 20222 min read
June 25: Boulevard Dreamers on the Beach!
Water Music on the Beach Boulevard Dreamers Saturday, June 25 from 4-7 PM Lane Beach, 5915 N Sheridan Rd Join us this Saturday for Water...


Jun 23, 20224 min read
Boulevard Dreamers on WBEZ: A weird, wonderful variety show pays tribute to Chicago culture
You’ll find a little bit of everything in Water Music on the Beach: Boulevard Dreamers, where every performer gets equal pay and stage...


Jun 8, 20222 min read
Opening June 11: A Lion for Every House, Art Institute of Chicago
A Lion for Every House opens on Saturday, June 11th, at the Art Institute Chicago. The opening is from 11am-2pm at the museum. Michigan...


Apr 28, 20222 min read
Publication: Till My Feet Hit the Warm Concrete: Letters from Young People Incarcerated
A Letter to the City: “jail is not my home”, the second project of collaborators artist Kirsten Leenaars and restorative justice...


Apr 6, 20222 min read
Opening: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Opening: Friday, April 15th, 6pm – 9pm. Open hours Saturday, April 16th, 10am – 5pm. Design Museum of...


Feb 16, 20221 min read
Artist Talk: Kirsten Leenaars & Whitney Bradshaw: Embodiments in Time
Kirsten Leenaars & Whitney Bradshaw: Embodiments in Time Public (Virtual) Lecture, Tuesday, January 25th: Zoom webinar. When: Jan 25,...


Jan 9, 20221 min read
Exhibition: Body, Mind, Spirit: Embodiments in Time
Moreau Art Galleries at Saint Mary's College present: Body, Mind, Spirit: Embodiments in Time -- a collaborative project and gallery...


Sep 20, 20212 min read
On the set!
Filming this week our documentary, funded by the DCASE Artist Response Grant A Letter to the City: “Jail is not my home” Circles &...


Jul 19, 20211 min read
Art Advancing Justice Auction
Chicago API Artists United is raising money to support @advancingjusticechicago


Jul 19, 20215 min read
MSU Broad Art Museum prioritizes inclusion and equity in 2021 acquisitions
MSU Broad Art Museum prioritizes inclusion and equity in 2021 acquisitions


Jul 19, 20212 min read
"The Broadcast" video project acquired by Broad Museum of Art MSU
"The Broadcast" video project acquired by Broad Museum of Art MSU.

Jul 19, 20211 min read
Interviews with the Artists, Round One
Join Lit & Luz Wednesdays, May 12, at 7:30PM CT as we revisit the amazing, collaborative videos created for last fall's Lit & Luz Festival.


Jul 19, 20214 min read
Five Artists Rewarded Artist Response Grant
Artist Response Program is going to five individual artists and artist teams in project-related grants


Jul 19, 20215 min read
Five Chicago artists and artistic teams have been awarded $100,000 grants from DCASE.
Five Chicago artists and artistic teams have been awarded $100,000 grants from DCASE.


Jul 19, 20212 min read
Kirsten Leenaars awarded Artist Response Grant ($100,000) by the City of Chicago
Kirsten Leenaars awarded Artist Response Grant ($100,000) by the City of Chicago.


Feb 19, 20212 min read
Butler University JCA SIGNATURE SERIES: Kirsten Leenaars
Who gets to imagine what? The act of imagining itself is not a fair, objective, thing. What happens when you follow 24 young people?


Oct 25, 20201 min read
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.


Oct 22, 20201 min read
Artist Talk: The Politics of Imagination
Artist talk: The Politics of Imagination with Kirsten Leenaars


Oct 22, 20201 min read
(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


Oct 9, 20203 min read
Newcity Film 50, 2020: Chicago's Screen Gems
Film 50 2020: Chicago’s Screen Gems


Oct 9, 20201 min read
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.


Sep 19, 20201 min read
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


May 28, 20201 min read
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


May 28, 20201 min read
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

May 23, 20201 min read
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."


May 11, 20201 min read
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


May 11, 20202 min read
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

Apr 23, 20201 min read
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

Feb 19, 20201 min read
Follow and watch The Broadcast episodes online!
Watch new episodes of The Broadcast every other day: https://www.instagram.com/kirstenleenaars_thebroadcas


Feb 19, 20202 min read
The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art, MSU, East Lansing showing until April 5
The Broadcast
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University
November 10, 2019–April 5, 2020


Feb 19, 20201 min read
Exhibition at Chicago Cultural Center: In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration
Exhibition In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration


Nov 26, 20193 min read
The State News: New Broad Art exhibit features multimedia and local students
Michigan State University’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will be previewing their new multimedia exhibit titled “The Broadcast."


Nov 26, 20192 min read
Opening: The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art MSU
Opening: The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art MSU.


Nov 25, 20191 min read
Opening: Living Architecture at the Lubeznik Center
Living Architecture invites viewers to consider the ongoing impact and influence that immigrants have on art, design, labor and innovation.


Nov 25, 20192 min read
ARTSY: 6 Artists Imagine What a World without Prisons Looks Like
Over the past two years, Chicago artists and locals have turned to art to consider criminal justice reform.
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