Urban Camo Santa @ artXposium 2.0, Sept 19th - 21st
Monday September 15, 2008
Urban Camo Santa our newest sculpture will be premiered as part of artXposium 2.0
On September 19, 2008 the former home of Grobe’s True Value located at 103 W. Washington St.
in West Chicago will once again open the doors to: artXposium, a 3-day multimedia art
experience, involving more than 80 artists*. Local, national and international talent will come
together to display a variety of art work ranging from traditional painting and sculpture, to interactive
and multimedia installations. Besides the “Grobe’s” location, artXposium 2.0 events and exhibitions
will take place at Gallery 200, West Chicago City Museum, West Chicago Public Library District and
Orleans Street Gallery, (last mentioned located in St. Charles).
The program will offer a grand opening event on Friday, September 19 with performances by
Alison Rhoades, Core Project and Wiener Girls, a fashion show by Kreatia, a book launch by
StepSister Press, DJ T-Solo, food and drinks, and not to forget a extraordinary silent auction. The
rest of the weekend will feature: Gallery 200 Artist Demonstrations, a Curator’s Tour by Anni
Holm & Irene Pérez, an Artist Salon lead by Danish artist in residence: Gudrun Hasle and
local artist Anni Holm, Artist Talks by Gudrun Hasle, Christian Arrecis and Alysia Kaplan, a
Spiderbug Film Screening, a networking brunch, the book exhibition A Book of It’s Own, a Book
Binding Demo by Julia Stotz, along with Creative Interactive Projects for all ages by Imagine
Arts Studio (full detailed program available online).
artXposium is the brainchild of local resident and internationally shown artist Anni Holm and former
Registrar of the West Chicago City Museum, Brian Reis. The ultimate goal of the 2007 edition was
to develop an International Artists Residency in the city of West Chicago. The goal was successfully
achieved and artist Gudrun Hasle from Copenhagen, Denmark will be participating as the first
Residency Artist from September 1-30, 2008 with her project: Demonstrating Dreams
artXposium Hours: Friday 6-11pm, Saturday 12-11pm, Sunday 11-4pm. This event is open to
the general public and free (suggested donation $2).
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