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		<title>Public Art is Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This mural is at Addison and Lincoln, very close to the Cornelia Arts Building. I had been considering asking the Alderman if we (local artists) could reclaim the wall and make it representative of the neighborhood and local artists  (it had become fairly decrepit and peel-y) but the Chicago Mural Works did a really good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=399&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;2-Story City,&#8221; a collaborative exhibit for Chicago Artists&#8217; Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October is Illinois Humanities Month and also marks the annual celebration of Chicago Artists&#8217; Month. Coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the month-long event features hundreds of neighborhood art walks, art exhibits and happenings across the city. 2-Story City Emily Rapport and Andrew Steiner are two Chicago artists who have joined forces in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=330&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Branded: The Rise of the Artrepeneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1991, when I entered Art College, students used hand-held devices called books and wrote research papers on electric typewriters. Artists didn&#8217;t have personal websites and our imagined lives after school were murky, undefined careers that involved belonging to a stable of artists with a reputable gallery. In this age of innocence there was no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=298&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art Meets Reality (Television), or, A Supreme Victory for Capitalism!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to postulate that the artists who attended the Bravo auditions are motivated most simply by a desire to be liked. Fame and worldly success are not peripheral or shallow ambitions in this culture. The pursuit of capitalist values is typically rewarded with more of the above. In fact, from the gold rush to reality television, beating the odds and competing against your neighbor is synonymous with the American Dream...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=242&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Artists need studios &#8211; will they fight to keep their spaces and communities?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eatpaintchic09</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an emerging artist, my studio is the core of my creative development. In August of 2007 the &#8220;Chocolate Factory&#8221; building where my studio was located, and another building belonging to Central Services, LLC, were sold. I could not afford to pay a 30% increase in rent or find another space and so I must [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=216&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tales of ArtWalkRavenswood: Rocking the Boat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Update Once upon a time, before the official arts tour now known as &#8220;Ravenswood Art Walk&#8221; began, artists managed their own open studio events and created group shows in designated buildings and shared spaces in the Ravenswood and Addison Industrial Corridors. As early as 1987 there was a self-organized tour of existing art studios [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=193&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>October is Chicago Artist&#8217;s Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally Published: June 06 2008 I know that October is a long way away. It&#8217;s only June, Summer is just beginning, so why would I want to even think about October? I guess you could call it the Hillary Clinton syndrome. I just can’t let it go. This year will be the 13th October Artist’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=191&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Peter Jones Gallery says &quot;good-bye&quot;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Grand Goodbye&#8221;, the final exhibition at The Peter Jones Gallery (ending its 20+ year tenure in Ravenswood), will open this (correction) Saturday, June 6th, from 6 &#8211; midnight.  The grand finale exhibition &#8220;will showcase the diverse talent of artists whose paths have crossed through Peter Jones&#8217; Gallery and studios over its twenty plus years of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=138&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fine Art of Self-Promotion</title>
		<link>http://artvsmediocrity.com/2009/02/27/the-fine-art-of-self-promotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eatpaintchic09</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A deluge of  &#8220;promotional&#8221; artist newsletters, possibly spawned by the 2009 Artist&#8217;s and Graphic Designer&#8217;s Market Guide, have recently inundated my in-box. A few important tips for artists and creative professionals: Research your mailing list. Introduce yourself and explain why you thought I should be on you mailing list in 2 &#8211; 3 sentences. Make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=62&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Turn Your Art Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs regularly hosts and coordinates panel discussions, workshops and events for Chicago artists. The event written about here was a panel discussion called, &#8220;How to turn your art into a successful career.&#8221; A podcast of the discussion should be available on the CAR website soon. For the most part, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artvsmediocrity.com&blog=8268995&post=46&subd=artvsmediocrity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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