January 10, 2006
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Karin Patzke (773) 343-9146
Third Annual Juventus
2006 Exhibit Featuring Student Artists Opens
March 3, 6-9pm
Chicago, Ill. -- The Young Friends of the Ukrainian Institute
of Modern Art are pleased to announce the opening of the third
annual Juventus 2006, an exhibit featuring twelve student and
recent graduate artists representing institutions from Canada
and the Midwest. The selections cover a wide range of styles
and mediums, from photographs and collages on glass to installation
and sculpture. Juventus 2006 is distinctive in that it gives
young artists at the very beginning of their career a unique
opportunity to be shown at an established institution, and at
the same time presents a cohesive display of the trends and
issues at the forefront of new art
creation.
Juventus was designed to highlight the diverse ideas, propositions,
and concerns currently engaging students and recent graduates
of studio art programs. Those submissions that best reflected
this diversity were selected to exhibit: Benjamin Funke, Sayre
Gomez, Mayuko Kono, Maria Burke, Nathaniel Smyth, Mariano Chavez,
Stacey Nemeth, Lauren Anderson, Dan Anhorn, Kristyna Comer,
Caitlin Wells, and Matthew Schommer. They were chosen by a panel
of jurors that included Youlia Tkatchouk, artist; Nicholas Sawicki,
faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and Anthony
Elms, critic and Assistant Director at Gallery 400. The exhibit
is curated by Karin Patzke, Chair of the Young Friends Committee.
The exhibit will open with a reception on Friday, March 3,
from 6-9pm. Food and refreshments will be served, and the artists
will be available throughout the evening for discussion and
to answer questions. Prizes will be awarded for the top three
pieces. This program is partially sponsored by a Chicago City
Arts Program Grant and the Illinois Arts Council.
The Young Friends of the Institute is a committee of UIMA that
sponsors events aimed to attract a younger and more ethnically
diverse public to the Institute. The Ukrainian Institute of
Modern Art was created to preserve and promote the knowledge
and appreciation of contemporary Ukrainian art and culture.
It serves as an artistic anchor in Chicago's West Town Community,
providing world-class art exhibitions, concerts, literary readings,
and educational cultural exchanges.
Located at 2320 W. Chicago Ave., UIMA is open Wednesday through
Sunday from noon to 4 pm. For more information, please call
773-227-5522 or visit www.uima-art.org.
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February 3, 2006
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Karin Patzke (773) 343-9146
Young Friends host party for filmmaker walking from Madrid
to Kyiv on February 23 at 7pm
Chicago, Ill. -- The Young Friends of the Ukrainian Institute
of Modern Art are hosting a launch party for filmmaker Lee Kazimir
before he leaves to start his documentary "More Shoes"
on a 2,500 mile walk from Madrid to Kyiv. The party takes place
in the main gallery of UIMA on February 23, 2006, from 7-9pm.
Kazimir will be speaking at 8:30pm about his plans, and the
trailer for his documentary will be screened.
Kazimir has taken up a challenge posed by writer and director
Werner Herzog, who stated that a person could learn more about
creativity and filmmaking by walking a great distance alone
than by sitting through five years of film school. Kazimir will
shoot his documentary as he travels through Paris, Berlin, Warsaw,
and the villages and towns between them, before ending his journey
in Kyiv. He hopes to create more than the typical travel film:
"I want to seek out the kinds of true and tiny images that
comprise our experience as travelers, which are exactly the
opposite of what goes into drug-store travel guides and holiday
brochures."
A unique program called "Fellow Travelers" is covering
travel costs. Kazimir is asking for 1,000 donations of $20.
Each donor will then be listed in the film credits and will
also receive a handwritten postcard from Kazimir during his
walk. Partygoers will be able to contribute during the launch.
The Young Friends are excited to host this event and partake
in the unique relationship between a gallery and an artist during
the creative process. Rather than looking at the documentary
as an end product, the group sees the work in progress as an
end in and of itself.
The Young Friends of the Institute is a committee of UIMA that
sponsors events aimed to attract a younger and more ethnically
diverse public to the Institute. The Ukrainian Institute of
Modern Art was created to preserve and promote the knowledge
and appreciation of contemporary Ukrainian art and culture.
It serves as an artistic anchor in Chicago's West Town Community,
providing world-class art exhibitions, concerts, literary readings,
and educational exchanges.
Located at 2320 W. Chicago Ave., UIMA is open Wednesday 12-4,
Thursday and Friday 12-7, Saturday and Sunday 11-5. For more
information, please call 773-227-5522 or visit http://www.uima-art.org.
For more information on "More Shoes" and the Madrid
to Kyiv project, call Lee Kazimir at 708-280-9781 or visit http://www.madridtokiev.com/.
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