December Projects

Converging Patterns Exhibition
at the Hyde Park Art Center

5020 S. Cornell Ave. 
Chicago, IL  60615
Phone: 773-324-5520

Opening Reception:
Friday,
December 8, 2006
5 - 8 pm


View the debut of my new series of concept designs for fashion accessories, developed with the future in mind. Designed to function without batteries or electricity, these items will be a trendy answer to the rising temperatures of our world.


--Remember it's not Global Warming,
it's "Climate Change."
Read more about this group exhibition below.









[Images: detail views,
"Climate Change Paper Fan Series" 2006,
concept design,
inkjet prints on paper]



December 8-17, 2006
Converging Patterns examines some contemporary ideas of advance design in extreme weather conditions. Featuring two and three-dimensional works by local and national professional artists as well as graduate and undergraduate students from the SAIC, Converging Patterns addresses the question of our future fashions in light of dramatic social and environmental changes taking place now.

When our climate and environment change in the next few decades, what will you be wearing? Will fashion aid our survival and protect us from infectious diseases or natural disasters? The products we use are shaped by the changes in our world. Our fashion patterns will have to be altered to converge style with utility in the years to come. If sustaining life will be the main goal of 21st century fashion, how will designers incorporate science and technology to improve style?

This exhibition presents a collaborative effort between artists and the School of the Art Institute’s Defining Twentieth Century Dress class. It is supported by The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Fashion, the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, and the Student Exhibition Group.

Located in Hyde Park, accessible by Metra train stop at 53rd St. and #6 bus. Cross street, East Hyde Park Blvd. For more information & directions visit The Hyde Park Art Center's website below (or click on "Converging Patterns" under links.)

http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/2006/12/converging_patterns.php
http://www.hydeparkart.org or call (773) 324-5520.


November Projects, Update

Opening Thursday, November 24, 2006
17:00 - 19:00
Merry-Beth Noble, "Paperwork" and
Hague Williams, New Prints
at Lessedra Gallery and Contemporary Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria


["World Girls" 2006, acrylic paint and graphite on paper, 12" x 14"]

Two concurrent solo exhibitions:
"Paperwork" will feature my new works on paper. The exhibit will include iconographic drawings and block prints derived from contemporary images of European & American culture such as national monuments, geographic locations and team sports.

Hague Williams will present handmade limited edition screenprints and block prints from his new "Headgear" series.
Please visit the Lessedra Gallery website for more information:
http://www.lessedra.com/gallery.php?d=current
(or click on Lessedra Gallery under links, and visit Current Exhibitions.)

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Thursday, November 18th
3rd Annual Apple Cider Screening at Heaven Gallery




1550 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Blue Line Stop, Damen/North Ave.
http://www.heavengallery.com/

Don't miss the public debut of "Animated Pages" a new digital video short I created while in Prague and Vienna this year. It is my 4-D answer to the sketchbook.

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Also
Be sure to visit the new "Paper Chase 2006" weblog and interactive forum.


http://www.paperchase2006.blogspot.com
(or click on Paper Chase under links)

This weblog shows images and describes the Paper Chase 2006 collaborative group project. The student project was designed to promote awareness of paper conservation and to address ideas of re-use and recycling. Offer your insight, comments and ideas as posts on the blog.


Part of the "Negotiated Localities" exhibition at the Betty Rymer Gallery,
at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
running from
November 17, 2006 - January 5, 2007
280 S. Columbus Drive
Chicago, IL 60603
312.443.3703
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday,
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
saic_brg@saic.edu
www.saic.edu/bettyrymer



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