Cobalt Studio mentioned in Contratiempo

Contratiempo NFP started as a monthly Spanish-language magazine conceived in April 2003 by a group of Latino writers living in Chicago, and it is now a 501(c)3 tax exempt literary and publishing center whose mission is to preserve and highlight the cultural identity and contributions of the Spanish-speaking Latino population of the United States.
Contratiempo fulfills its mission by publishing revista contratiempo, conducting creative writing workshops, promoting Spanish-language literature written in Chicago through its Ediciones Vocesueltas imprint, and working collaboratively with other educational, literary and cultural organizations to present events relative to this mission.


Read more online:

contratiempo.net

Here is a link to the issue:

http://issuu.com/contratiempo/docs/contratiempo127

GAG gig: CLOSING RECEPTION

GAG gig Closing Reception

November 7th
6-10pm

FREE

Open to the public. Last chance to see this exhibition.


GAG gig explores humor in various contexts, presenting it in darkness and in light. The pieces in this show look at the merit of so-called "funny art" within the broader art world. They delve into more abstract concepts about emotion, the body, and criticism.

GAG gig at Cobalt Studio Oct 9

Matt Geer: Neo Minimalist Portraits

Matt Geer, a Chicago artist for over a decade. A self described ''Artopuss" with tentacles coiling around various styles, utilizing different mediums. His work is often broken up into separate series of works, allowing him to explore each obsession to its end.

Cobalt is proud to exhibit Geer as part of our First Friday Series.
https://www.facebook.com/artfirstfridaysinpilsen?fref=ts

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Opening Reception
Friday, August 7 at 6:00PM

Fundraiser Concert at Cobalt

Enjoy some music and help support local lil people. Proceeds of the event will go to a Yollocalli Arts Reach to help the chillun.
http://yollocalli.org/
June 20, 2015
 5$ suggested donation at the door. Doors open at 8pm.

Featuring:

Kevin and Hell
https://kevinandhell.bandcamp.com/album/kevin-and-hell
...
Donkey Hotel
https://donkeyhotel.bandcamp.com/

Bog Light
https://soundcloud.com/bog-light

Pastel Fractal
https://pastelfractal.bandcamp.com/

Collage Installation by Victoria Martinez

Cobalt is proud to present an artist whose outdoor installations have graced the Pilsen community over the past few years. A featured part of the First Fridays on 21st St., Art Walk, Victoria Martinez.

Victoria Martinez is an interdisciplinary artist and educator who explores installation, site-specific intervention, collage, and textiles. She will be responding to Cobalt Studio’s brick wall by creating an installation with local Pilsen materials, which include fabric, paper, super market signs, tarps, and found objects granted by the urban environment. The project will be led by intuition and present an abstract version of sweets such as cake or pan dulce.


The Installation will be unveiled Friday, June 5, 2015 on the Cobalt Studio wall facing 21st Street.




Also that evening as part of Cobalt's contribution to the 1st Friday on 21st Street Pilsen Art Walk join us for a reception of HOT for O.S.  at 6pm in the Cobalt Studio exhibition space.

The Price is Right

Cobalt Studio presents: The Price is Right.
This exhibition explores alternative art exchange and sales strategies that support artists and collectors, and expose the loss of artist agency and intervention in the marketplace.
Reception

Friday, July 3

at 6:00pm - 10:00pm

 Artists and gallerists are excited to show art, but need money to survive. Join us for an exhibition centered on barter, bidding, and dialogue that empower artists and gallery goers to make choices about the sales process. Featuring artists John Behnke, Sonia Cheng, Marcellus Eli, Carlos Esparza, Duk Ju L Kim, Marcellous Lovelace, Antonio Martinez, Kate Perryman, Ken Hirte, Al Pocius, Mike Pocius, Jeremy Steffen, and Melody Williams. Curated and facilitated by Mike Pocius and Melody Williams.

Cobalt Studio
1950 W. 21st Street
Chicago IL 60608

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Hot for O.S.

 

 

Hot for O.S.

Jon Cates
Patrick Quinn
Paul Hertz
Jon Satrom
Jeff Kolar
Amelia Winger-Bearskin
Amanda Gutierrez
Huong Ngo
Patrick Lichty
Brett Ian Balogh...
Sam Lavigne
David Tracy

Curated by Miguel Cortez

Opening Friday June 5, 2015 from 6pm-10pm

Cobalt Studio
1950 W. 21st St.
Chicago, IL 60608
http://cobaltartstudio.blogspot.com/

Hot for O.S. is a tongue in cheek title for a show with artists who work with new technology. While we all are staring at our phones and tablets during our bus or train trips, these artists use new media and create artwork that is unique and challenge the norms of how we experience art.

Regarding the title, O.S. or Object Sexuality is a sexual fetish for people who fall in love or feel strong feelings of attraction to inanimate objects. Although these artists are not necessarily in love with their objects(or are they?), they do have a passion.