Apr 72 minTomorrow, and Tomorrow and TomorrowTomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Opening: Friday, April 15th, 6pm – 9pm. Open hours Saturday, April 16th, 10am – 5pm. Design Museum of...
Feb 171 minArtist Talk: Kirsten Leenaars & Whitney Bradshaw: Embodiments in TimeKirsten Leenaars & Whitney Bradshaw: Embodiments in Time Public (Virtual) Lecture, Tuesday, January 25th: Zoom webinar. When: Jan 25,...
Jan 101 minExhibition: Body, Mind, Spirit: Embodiments in TimeMoreau Art Galleries at Saint Mary's College present: Body, Mind, Spirit: Embodiments in Time -- a collaborative project and gallery...
Sep 21, 20212 minOn 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 20, 20211 minArt Advancing Justice AuctionChicago API Artists United is raising money to support @advancingjusticechicago
Jul 20, 20215 minMSU Broad Art Museum prioritizes inclusion and equity in 2021 acquisitionsMSU Broad Art Museum prioritizes inclusion and equity in 2021 acquisitions
Jul 20, 20212 min"The Broadcast" video project acquired by Broad Museum of Art MSU"The Broadcast" video project acquired by Broad Museum of Art MSU.
Jul 20, 20211 minInterviews with the Artists, Round OneJoin 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 20, 20214 minFive Artists Rewarded Artist Response GrantArtist Response Program is going to five individual artists and artist teams in project-related grants
Jul 20, 20215 minFive 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 20, 20212 minKirsten Leenaars awarded Artist Response Grant ($100,000) by the City of ChicagoKirsten Leenaars awarded Artist Response Grant ($100,000) by the City of Chicago.
Feb 19, 20212 minButler 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 minOpening: The Long Dream at the MCA, ChicagoAgainst the backdrop of a global pandemic and a renewed reckoning over racial justice and inequality, trough the eyes of 70 local artists.
Oct 23, 20201 minArtist Talk: The Politics of ImaginationArtist talk: The Politics of Imagination with Kirsten Leenaars
Oct 23, 20201 min(Re)Housing The American Dream: Freedom Principles showing at Luminocity by Kamloops Art GalleryLuminocity returns this fall for its fourth biennial iteration. A week-long video art exhibition
Oct 9, 20201 minLit&Luz Live Magazine Show, Friday Oct 9, 7pmThe annual edition of the Lit & Luz Festival culminates in a world premiere of the festival’s first virtual Live Magazine Show.
Sep 20, 20201 min60 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 minWatch the recording of the MCA Virtual Studio Visit: in conversation with Kirsten LeenaarsChicago artist Kirsten Leenaars uses collaborative techniques to create artworks that investigate our media landscape and encourage critical
May 28, 20201 minCleve Carney Museum of Art: Stuck in the Studio: Kirsten LeenaarsAs 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 minRelease 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 12, 20201 minImaginary Homelands Video Project: Open CallThis new documentary project by artist Kirsten Leenaars, structured as a series of video portraits across the US, traces stories of belongin
May 12, 20202 minMuseum of Contemporary Art Virtual Studio Visit: Kirsten Leenaars Tue, May 12, 2020, noon –12:30 pmJoin Leenaars to as she discusses her artistic practice and the latest evolution in her video-based work The Broadcast in conversation with
Apr 24, 20201 minPerformance Writing the Truth: 5 Difficulties @COVIDTV, April 26THE 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 20, 20201 minFollow and watch The Broadcast episodes online!Watch new episodes of The Broadcast every other day: https://www.instagram.com/kirstenleenaars_thebroadcas
Feb 20, 20202 minThe Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art, MSU, East Lansing showing until April 5The Broadcast Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University November 10, 2019–April 5, 2020
Feb 20, 20201 minExhibition at Chicago Cultural Center: In Flux: Chicago Artists and ImmigrationExhibition In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration
Nov 26, 20193 minThe State News: New Broad Art exhibit features multimedia and local studentsMichigan State University’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will be previewing their new multimedia exhibit titled “The Broadcast."
Nov 26, 20192 minOpening: The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art MSUOpening: The Broadcast at the Broad Museum of Art MSU.
Nov 26, 20191 minOpening: Living Architecture at the Lubeznik CenterLiving Architecture invites viewers to consider the ongoing impact and influence that immigrants have on art, design, labor and innovation.
Nov 26, 20192 minARTSY: 6 Artists Imagine What a World without Prisons Looks LikeOver the past two years, Chicago artists and locals have turned to art to consider criminal justice reform.
Sep 19, 20191 minFall Exhibitions Reception at Sullivan GalleriesFriday September 20th. Fall Exhibitions reception at Sullivan Galleries. 6-9 pm
Sep 10, 20191 minNew Drawings at Faculty Projects ExhibitionFaculty Projects Exhibition Public Reception: Friday September 20, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. August 23, 2019–October 19, 2019 Sullivan Galleries
Sep 3, 20191 minLocal artists take on the criminal justice system in new exhibit Local artists take on the criminal justice system in new exhibit
Aug 4, 20191 minOpening Envisioning Justice: An ExhibitionEnvisioning Justice: An Exhibition is curated by Alexandria Eregbu and Danny Orendorff together with Illinois Humanities, opening: August 6
Jul 22, 20191 minThe Broadcast in productionThe Broadcast is a video project commissioned for the BroadMSU Museum in East Lansing (MI) and part of subsequent show at the museum.
May 6, 20191 minUnveiling 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
Mar 3, 20192 minCOCO 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
Feb 13, 20192 minIllinois Humanities, Envisioning Justice CommissionIllinois Humanities to award seven commissions at February 13 event Illinois Humanities is commissioning seven artists to create works...
Jan 31, 20191 minResidency at Ragdale FoundationThe Ragdale Foundation is one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Each session, 13 artists-in-residence...
Jan 31, 20191 minEveryday, Everyday, Everyday, Everyday Freedoms | OpeningEveryday, Everyday, Everyday, Everyday Freedoms February 1 - March 17, 2019 MICA Meyerhoff Gallery 1303 W. Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore,...
Jan 17, 20191 minLiving Architecture Exhibition ExtendedLiving Architecture is a large-scale, multidisciplinary exhibition at 6018 North, Chicago, with public programming including...
Jan 17, 20191 minThe I and the We publicationSo excited to be part of this publication and upcoming show at Videographe in Montreal curated and publication edited by Zoe...
Dec 19, 20181 minThe I and The We, Exhibition at Videographe, MontrealThe I and the We EXHIBITION January 31 - March 2, 2019MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) OPENING Thursday, January 31, 2019 5pm Curator:...
Dec 18, 20181 minVisiting Artist at Academy Of Fine Arts, PragueVisiting artist at the Media Department, chaired by Dr. Anna Daucikova at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, December 16 - December 19,...
Dec 7, 20181 minUpdated 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...
Dec 7, 20181 minExhibition Catalog (Re)Housing the American Dream, 2018View Exhibition Catalog Design: Sonia Yoon Essay by Steven L. Bridges, associate curator at Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan...
Dec 7, 20181 minExhibition 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,...
Dec 7, 20182 minOpening 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...
Dec 7, 20181 minLiving Architecture: Opening Celebration, September 3, 2018, ChicagoMonday, September 3 // 3-7 PM at 6018 North Kenmore Avenue Living Architecture is a large-scale, multidisciplinary exhibition focusing...