February 2012
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Meet our intern! Lilly Kustec
Lilly Kustec is finishing her senior year in high school and actively taking studio courses at Marwen. Currently, she interns at the Field Museum within the Youth Design program. She has also interned in Family Programs at the Art Institute of Chicago and Grip Design. As an artist she focuses on watercolor painting, drawing and photography.
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Meet our intern! Emily Souers
Emily Souers is finishing her senior year of high school and actively taking studio art courses at Marwen. She works in a variety of mediums, such as sculpture, painting, drawing, fiber and printmaking. She is an intern in Family Programs at the Art Institute of Chicago and partakes in several art related activities around the city of Chicago, such as hanging out at the MCA and organizing art...
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Contributors: Kelly Parsell
Kelly Parsell is a Chicago-based artist and writer. She received her M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College in 2010 and her B.A. in Psychology and Studio Art from Albion College in 2007. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and can be found in numerous libraries and collections, including those of Yale, Indiana, and Duke universities. She...
January 2012
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Contributors: Enzo Moscarella
Enzo Moscarella is a Chicago-based artist from Miami, FL. He received his BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. He is also part of the CASUALIVING collective.
http://enzocl.tumblr.com/
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Contributors: Etta Sandry
Etta Sandry grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota. She currently lives in Chicago where she is a full-time student seeking her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in interdisciplinary fine arts. She is one of the residents and organizers of the Plaines Project, a collective living and exhibition space in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, IL.
http://ettasandry.wordpress.com/
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new contributors, new format, new content.
January 14th, 2012 we held our very first, very official Make Space meeting. We discussed everything we possibly could about where Make Space is going and how it will get there. It was exciting to hear various perspectives and voices. As a result, we have added 6 new contributors to the site!! (Contributor introductions will be coming next week.)
February 6th, we will begin posting Monday to...
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December 2011
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Contributors: Lynnette Miranda
Lynnette Miranda, originally from in Miami, FL, currently works in Museum Education at The Art Institute of Chicago and as a Teaching Assistant for Marwen, a nonprofit organization offering free, arts-based youth development programs. She received her BFA in studio art, with concentrations in Fiber/Material studies, Video and Photography, at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010.
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Contributors: Kristi O'Meara
Kristi O’Meara is a Chicago-based artist specializing in textile and surface design. She received her BFA from the painting department at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2009, and currently works as a studio assistant for fiber artist, Nick Cave. She is the founder of The PatternBase, which is an artist collective dedicated to inspirational textile design, fibers-related artwork, and the study...
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Contributors: Jason Judd
Along with contributing to Make Space, Jason Judd is an art writer for Bite Magazine and the co-founder of The Jackalope Art Conference. While pursuing his MFA in Time Arts and Museum Studies at Northern Illinois University, he teaches video art and critical topics in art and time. Through video, photography, and installation Jason’s work tends to suggest a kind of existential posturing...
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Changing and Evolving
Back in December 25th, 2010, I decided to start Make Space with hopes it would evolve into a platform to explore the practices of a variety of artists. This past year has been a great foundation for future projects and goals. As we move forward, we are more committed to delivering in-depth content about art, the artist and all related discussion. This task isn’t easy but thankfully we have a...
Contributor bios coming soon.
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Coming Soon...
Make Space (Projects) is dedicated to providing a space for specific projects, constant updates and discussions related to the mission of Make Space. This site is meant to engage and encourage the reader to participate in art making or discussions based on the specific art making processes we examine on Make Space. The goal is to encourage readers of all ages and backgrounds to make art. For the...