Arts

"If artists want to stay in a community, they have to buy property," many said when the subject of artists being priced out of a neighborhood heated up.

Janusz Przybylski (1937-1998) felt that the artistic process was an emotional process, according to Patrycja Wierzba at The Society for Arts, 1112 N. Milwaukee Ave., where an exhibition of Przybylski's work will be viewable thru the end of March.

Under a blackened sky in frigid temperatures with the occasional El train rattling overhead, snow occasionally falling (at one point infused with white feathers) and the pulsating sounds created by one of Non Grata's performance team members, a bus load of people viewed and/or participated in

An exhibit of the work of Volodymyr Voroniuk, renowned Ukrainian artist and member of the National Society of Artists in Ukraine opened at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago on Feb. 3. The exhibition will be run through Feb. 26, 2249 W. Superior St., hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday thru Sunday.

In celebration of the completion of Orange Mural Project six murals throughout the Wicker Park and Bucktown area, the WPB (SSA #33) held a reception in Collaboraction's space in the Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. on Dec. 2.

The tease of light and shade connected together in perfect union by interlocking tones of color are what makes landscapes a favorite focus for Polish artist Kinga Legg.

While Baltazar Castillo grew up in the Austin area, his parents originally settled in Wicker Park when they came to this country.

"Built is the coolest thing I could think of doing within my budget," says Tristan Hummel the organizer of an eighty artist colony that will create a city out of shipping containers in the parking lot at 1767 N. Milwaukee Ave., opening to the public on Aug. 12, 5 - 10 p.m. and Sat. Aug. 13, noon. - 10:00 p.m.

By participating in a newly launched short survey from the privacy of their own computer, people doing arts business in Wicker Park or living in the neighborhood can provide information that will help themselves and the  community as a whole. Those targeted are artists, arts organizations, creatives, arts business, producers and venues.