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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
    • Apr 7
    • 2 min

    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...
    Artist Talk: Kirsten Leenaars & Whitney Bradshaw: Embodiments in Time
    • Feb 17
    • 1 min

    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,...
    Exhibition: Body, Mind, Spirit: Embodiments in Time
    • Jan 10
    • 1 min

    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...
    On the set!
    • Sep 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    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 &...
    Art Advancing Justice Auction
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    Art Advancing Justice Auction

    Chicago API Artists United is raising money to support @advancingjusticechicago
    MSU Broad Art Museum prioritizes inclusion and equity in 2021 acquisitions
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    MSU Broad Art Museum prioritizes inclusion and equity in 2021 acquisitions

    MSU Broad Art Museum prioritizes inclusion and equity in 2021 acquisitions
    "The Broadcast" video project acquired by Broad Museum of Art MSU
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    "The Broadcast" video project acquired by Broad Museum of Art MSU

    "The Broadcast" video project acquired by Broad Museum of Art MSU.
    Interviews with the Artists, Round One
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    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.
    Five Artists Rewarded Artist Response Grant
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    Five Artists Rewarded Artist Response Grant

    Artist Response Program is going to five individual artists and artist teams in project-related grants
    Five Chicago artists and artistic teams have been awarded $100,000 grants from DCASE.
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    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.
    Kirsten Leenaars awarded Artist Response Grant ($100,000) by the City of Chicago
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    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.
    Butler University JCA SIGNATURE SERIES: Kirsten Leenaars
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    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?
    Opening: The Long Dream at the MCA, Chicago
    • Oct 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    (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
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Newcity Film 50, 2020: Chicago's Screen Gems

    Film 50 2020: Chicago’s Screen Gems
    Lit&Luz Live Magazine Show, Friday Oct 9, 7pm
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    • Sep 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    • May 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    • May 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    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”
    • May 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    • May 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    • May 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    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
    • Apr 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    Follow and watch The Broadcast episodes online!
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Follow and watch The Broadcast episodes online!

    Watch new episodes of The Broadcast every other day: https://www.instagram.com/kirstenleenaars_thebroadcas
    The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art, MSU, East Lansing showing until April 5
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    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
    Exhibition at Chicago Cultural Center: In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Exhibition at Chicago Cultural Center: In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration

    Exhibition In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration
    The State News: New Broad Art exhibit features multimedia and local students
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    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."
    Opening: The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art MSU
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Opening: The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art MSU

    Opening: The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art MSU.
    Opening: Living Architecture at the Lubeznik Center
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    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.
    ARTSY: 6 Artists Imagine What a World without Prisons Looks Like
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    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.
    Fall Exhibitions Reception at Sullivan Galleries
    • Sep 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fall Exhibitions Reception at Sullivan Galleries

    Friday September 20th. Fall Exhibitions reception at Sullivan Galleries. 6-9 pm
    New Drawings at Faculty Projects Exhibition
    • Sep 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    New Drawings at Faculty Projects Exhibition

    Faculty Projects Exhibition Public Reception: Friday September 20, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. August 23, 2019–October 19, 2019 Sullivan Galleries
    Local artists take on the criminal justice system in new exhibit
    • Sep 3, 2019
    • 1 min

    Local artists take on the criminal justice system in new exhibit

    Local artists take on the criminal justice system in new exhibit
    Opening Envisioning Justice: An Exhibition
    • Aug 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    Opening Envisioning Justice: An Exhibition

    Envisioning Justice: An Exhibition is curated by Alexandria Eregbu and Danny Orendorff together with Illinois Humanities, opening: August 6
    The Broadcast in production
    • Jul 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Broadcast in production

    The Broadcast is a video project commissioned for the BroadMSU Museum in East Lansing (MI) and part of subsequent show at the museum.
    Unveiling DCASE Video Commission Public Library, Albany Park, Chicago,
    • May 6, 2019
    • 1 min

    Unveiling DCASE Video Commission Public Library, Albany Park, Chicago,

    The four permanent video works commissioned by DCASE /The Chicago Public Art Program will be unveiled at the Albany Park Branch Library
    COCO FUSCO, KIRSTEN LEENAARS TO TALK ART AND DESIGN AS PART OF MICA MIXED MEDIA SPEAKER SERIES
    • Mar 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    COCO FUSCO, KIRSTEN LEENAARS TO TALK ART AND DESIGN AS PART OF MICA MIXED MEDIA SPEAKER SERIES

    "Making Good: Big Questions in Art and Design" with Coco Fusco and Kirsten Leenaars as part of MICA Mixed Media Speaker Series
    Illinois Humanities, Envisioning Justice Commission
    • Feb 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Illinois Humanities, Envisioning Justice Commission

    Illinois Humanities to award seven commissions at February 13 event Illinois Humanities is commissioning seven artists to create works...
    Residency at Ragdale Foundation
    • Jan 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    Residency at Ragdale Foundation

    The Ragdale Foundation is one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Each session, 13 artists-in-residence...
    Everyday, Everyday, Everyday, Everyday Freedoms | Opening
    • Jan 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    Everyday, Everyday, Everyday, Everyday Freedoms | Opening

    Everyday, Everyday, Everyday, Everyday Freedoms February 1 - March 17, 2019 MICA Meyerhoff Gallery 1303 W. Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore,...
    Living Architecture Exhibition Extended
    • Jan 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Living Architecture Exhibition Extended

    Living Architecture is a large-scale, multidisciplinary exhibition at 6018 North, Chicago, with public programming including...
    The I and the We publication
    • Jan 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    The I and the We publication

    So excited to be part of this publication and upcoming show at Videographe in Montreal curated and publication edited by Zoe...
    The I and The We, Exhibition at Videographe, Montreal
    • Dec 19, 2018
    • 1 min

    The I and The We, Exhibition at Videographe, Montreal

    The I and the We EXHIBITION January 31 - March 2, 2019MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) OPENING Thursday, January 31, 2019 5pm Curator:...
    Visiting Artist at Academy Of Fine Arts, Prague
    • Dec 18, 2018
    • 1 min

    Visiting Artist at Academy Of Fine Arts, Prague

    Visiting artist at the Media Department, chaired by Dr. Anna Daucikova at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, December 16 - December 19,...
    Updated project website: (Re)Housing the American Dream
    • Dec 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    Updated project website: (Re)Housing the American Dream

    (Re)Housing the American Dream is an ongoing community based, performative documentary project which started in 2015. It provides a...
    Exhibition Catalog (Re)Housing the American Dream, 2018
    • Dec 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    Exhibition Catalog (Re)Housing the American Dream, 2018

    View Exhibition Catalog Design: Sonia Yoon Essay by Steven L. Bridges, associate curator at Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan...
    Exhibition York College Galleries: (Re)Housing the American Dream
    • Dec 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    Exhibition York College Galleries: (Re)Housing the American Dream

    September 6 – October 12, 2018, York (PA) (Re)Housing the American Dream at York College Galleries, York (PA), September 6 –October 12,...
    Opening Reception (Re)Housing the American Dream: Freedom Principles,
    • Dec 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    Opening Reception (Re)Housing the American Dream: Freedom Principles,

    Thursday Sept 20th, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee Invitation opening reception (Re)Housing the American Dream: Freedom Principles at...
    Living Architecture: Opening Celebration, September 3, 2018, Chicago
    • Dec 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    Living Architecture: Opening Celebration, September 3, 2018, Chicago

    Monday, September 3 // 3-7 PM at 6018 North Kenmore Avenue Living Architecture is a large-scale, multidisciplinary exhibition focusing...