Opening Saturday, March 16th
6:00 pm to 11:00 pm

After two years of dormancy, Home gallery is being reopened!

To celebrate its return, enliven its quietness and tend to its neglect, Laura Shaeffer and her family have decided to invite 15 Chicago-area artists to disrupt, displace, rearrange, harmonize, or otherwise intervene in the everyday rhythms, patterns and routines of their private family life.

By giving their fragile space into the hands of resourceful and unconventional artists they hope for a utopic model to arise that can then be opened and shared with the public.

Building on SHoP’s former exhibit “This House is Not a Home” we continue to explore the concept of home “as a place and a mindset, a psycho-geography, a set of relationships with things and people, within the home, and surrounding the home, a stage set with social and material parameters, an idea that is perhaps never realized, a story that we tell ourselves and others that is both documentary and fiction…” John Preus.

*Participating Artists:

* Alberto Aguilar * Kayce Bayer * Marissa Lee Benedict * Jim Duignan * Paul Durica * Mejay Gula * Rachel Herman * Samantha Hill * Chris Lin * Jorge R. Lucero * John Preus * Kevin Reiswig * Norman Teague * Hui-min Tsen * Hoyun Son *

Featuring original compositions by Fluer De Lune and other surprise musical guests!

Wednesday, November 21st at 8:15pm

Sunday, November 18th from 6-9 pm.

Chef Samm Petrichos of Spice and SHoP’s very own David Durstewitz are putting together a street food themed dinner featuring local foods and sustainable practices to be served throughout the Fenn House in a five-course progressive meal.

Theatrical and musical performances will embellish the night, more information to be announced.

Saturday, November 10th from 1-4 pm at SHoP

Join Collective Cleaners Tyler, Tia, and Francesca in a workshop dedicated to DIY body care and cleaning products made with all natural ingredients, and ending with some delicious treats.

From your participation, you will walk away with homemade skin and lip salve, a brown sugar body scrub, essential oil conditioner, and an instruction booklet with many more recipes, as well as the knowledge to create a number of all-natural cleaning products.

The process will result in some by-products which will be used to cook up some homemade organic soy milk and veggie burgers.

$5-10 donation for material costs and venue.

RSVP on facebook.

Ever wonder how the Collective Cleaners make those groovy rags you can sign out in the Collective Cleaners HQ? Well now you can learn!

The Collective Cleaners hand-weave each rag they use and give away on simple frame looms, and they’re going to teach you to do the same this Sunday, October 28th at 7:30 pm, after the SHoP monthly community potluck.

Materials Provided:
Looms for weaving (varying dimensions, all around 8-12″ squares)
White Yarns
White Recycled Fabrics

While the Collective Cleaners always weave in white to create canvases for the display of collective dust & dirt while cleaning, you are welcome to bring any materials you’d like to weave into rags, but be aware that fine yarns will take a very long time to weave into a full cloth!

Wednesday
October 24th
Children’s Theater
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Writer’s Circle
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Friday
October 26th
David Boykin: a trio performance with piano bass and drums
8:00 -10:00 pm
$7 donation for the band at Door

Saturday
October 27th
Tag Sale
12:00 – 3:00 pm
One of many over the next two months, each week we will feature art, collectibles, kitchen things, textiles, books etc., in an attempt to liquidate all SHoP things and raise funds for the future move.

Samantha Hill: An Anthology of Kinship Stories
Open Recording Session
3:00 – 6:00 pm
Do you like to tell family stories? Be a part of this interactive art project! “A Jeli’s Tale: An Anthology of Kinship” is an experimental audience participation project. The goal of this project is to collect family photos & stories of SHoP visitors in order to build an ethnographic record of Chicago. Project participants will be asked to share stories about memorable life events which occurred within their family. Types of stories for the anthology collection: Childhood stories, memorable events, funny life stories, ancestral stories, anything else they wish to share. Would you like to have your family pictures included in the photography installation in SHoP mansion? Participants can bring family photos to be copied & re-printed at SHoP during the Open Recording Session. For more information about this event, please contact Samantha Hill at kinshipcollection (at) gmail.com.

“Secretos” An evening of contemporary Dance performance
8:00 – 10:00 pm
Choreography/performance: Silvita Diaz Brown
Music/poetry: Rich Logan
“Secretos” is an exploration in the divergent psyche and the conflict it creates with our desires and the expectation that we behave in directed ways in society.

Suggested donation $7

Sunday
October 28th
Potluck
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Everyone brings a dish!

Home Economics: Radical Mending with Eleanor Ray
3:00 – 6:00 pm
“Home Economics: Radical Mending” is a workshop to teach and learn about mending clothing, and an ongoing research/informational project on the cultural history of textile repair, the global textile industry, and its impact on labor and the environment. Bring clean clothing, knitwear, or domestic textiles that are in need of some attention, and be ready to share your mending know-how (or gain some). This is an art project, so please note that repairs may be artistic. A sewing machine and some materials for patching etc. will be provided, but feel free to bring your own scraps.

Rag Making Workshop with the Collective Cleaners
7:30 – 8:30 pm
Learn to weave rags with the collective cleaners.

Tuesday
October 30th
Deck the Fenn house with webs and folly!
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Pre-Halloween decoration party and haunting of the old Fenn House mansion! Ghost Story telling in the soft SHoP!
Pizza and beverages provided, RSVP please.

Please take a look at our calendar for our regular scheduled classes – Shambhala Meditation every Monday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, Writer’s Circle every Wednesday, 7:00 to 9:00 pm. NEW Ashtanga yoga (Mysore) every morning from 6:30 to 11:00 am with Terri Roback as well as monthly community potlucks beginning October 14th! We will soon have sewing for kids and after school programming, coming soon!

ONGOING
Toward a Union of Public Artists Programming

Pastel Art Gallery: an open invitation for collaboration
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 5:00 – 10:00 pm
Saturdays: 2:00 – 6:00 pm

Open Screen Printing with Sean Hernandez
Mondays: 6:00 – 10:00 pm
SHoP resident artist Sean Hernandez will be available to assist with screen printing.
Call Sean to schedule a time at 520-269-2086 or e-mail him at waxwingzines@gmail.com.

Hoyun Son: Map of the Heart, Chicago
Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays:
2:00 – 7:00 pm

Toward a Union of Public Artists
Conversations on the Public Artist: an experimental look at thinking, learning, and working publicly
Organized by Jim Duignan, John Preus, and Laura Shaeffer

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Alberto Aguilar, Simon Allen, Mikel Avery and Everypeople Workshop, Sean Ballarin, Keith Brown, Collective Cleaners, Conclusionary Practices, Alex DeGraaf, DePaul University students, Krystal Difronzo, Jim Duignan, Isaac Fosl-van Wyke, Hannah Givler, Samantha Hill, Regin Igloria, Nikki Jarecki, Jeff Kowalkowski, David Lakein, Faheem Majeed, Michael Morrison, Thea Liberty Nichols, Caroline Picard, North Lawndale College Prep High School Students, Lavie Raven, Eleanor Ray, Susan Sarandon, Alexa Tamar Smith, Hoyun Son, Bert Stabler and his students, Norman Teague and Tac’s Lounge, University of Hip Hop, Yefeng Wang. Please consult the calendar for more information.

The month of October will be one of exploration on the nature of artistic independence and community interdependence, dedicated to informal education and an investigation of the Public Artist. Artists in this exhibit have scheduled themselves this months to collect stories, mend things, perform, practice, teach, and make things and invite the community in to participate! Please come by and visit us often and check our schedule for open studio hours!

If you wish to visit please contact Laura by e-mail at laura.shaeffer at gmail.com or call 773-710-5464 for appointment.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Yours,
Southside Hub of Production
5638 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL
60637
southsidehub.org

Mondays 6:00 – 10:00 pm

*by appointment*

Screen Printmaking is a art medium that uses a system of stenciling and photo stenciling to make multiples. The class will discuss and practice beginning design, poster making, tee-shirt production, and multi-color stenciling. Screens, emulsion, and inks are included in with sign-up.
Please email Sean at waxwingzines@gmail.com or call 520-269-2086 for Scheduling

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⫷ Toward a Union of Public Artists ⫸

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organized by Jim Duignan, John Preus, and Laura Shaeffer 

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⟢incidental music and text by New Material⟣

⟢Red Flags Hostess-Patience Williams from Tac’s Lounge⟣

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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS 

Alberto Aguilar, Simon Allen, Mikel Avery and Everypeople Workshop, Sean Ballarin, Keith Brown, Collective Cleaners, Conclusionary Practices, Alex DeGraaf, DePaul University students, Krystal Difronzo, Jim Duignan, Isaac Fosl-van Wyke, Hannah Givler, Samantha Hill,Regin Igloria, Nikki Jarecki, Jeff Kowalkowski, David Lakein, Faheem Majeed, Michael Morrison, Thea Liberty Nichols, Caroline Picard, North Lawndale College Prep High School Students, Lavie Raven, Eleanor Ray, Susan Sarandon, Alexa Tamar Smith, Hoyun Son, Bert Stabler and his students, Norman Teague and Tac’s Lounge, University of Hip Hop, Yefeng Wang.

Many more artists will be involved as the month progresses.  Please consult the calendar for more information

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The month of October will be one of exploration on the nature of artistic independence and community interdependence, dedicated to informal education and an investigation of the Public Artist.

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Public Artist-one who acts, thinks, and/or learns publicly and in some way exhibits his/her performance of daily life, or entangles it with public life. The Public Artist might be one whose daily endeavors, say, seeking studio space, finding a place to live, eating dinner, raising children, seeking education for himself or her children… all become endeavors that are shared, informed by broader needs than ones own, and pursued with some degree of aesthetic or poetic sensibility.

Saturday September 22nd
12:00 – 3:00 pm

To introduce the house to those who may not have seen it or those who need to revisit, the Southside Hub of Production is opening it’s doors this Saturday from 12:00pm – 3:00 pm and Sunday 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm to welcome any and all artists interested in participating in our upcoming show: Toward a Union of Public Artists. See the official call here.

We invite you to propose ideas to activate spaces within our 16 room mansion with installations that can be programmed or act as autonomous zones. Each room can be altered, modified, and utilized in ways we may not even be able to imagine. Come spend some time, sketch, photograph, measure, and imagine the possibilities. Proposal deadline has been extended to September 29th, 2012

If you can’t make it to the Open House, we will also be hosting private tours throughout the week. Please contact Francesca Dana at fdana at saic.edu or Laura Shaeffer at laura.shaeffer at gmail.com to coordinate your tour.

Saturday, September 22nd
Sunday, September 23rd
7:00 pm

Join us for a comic, road-trip odyssey by Bat Honey, an artistic duo from Portland Oregon.

“Ironwill Tate” is a fantasy-filled puppet extravaganza for adults. The show features over 40 handmade puppets utilizing ancient and modern puppetry styles. In “Ironwill Tate” we follow a family on the last leg of their cross-country road-trip. At the wheel is Tate, the father and fanatical schedule keeper who decides what they will and will not stop for. Drunken zoo animals, dying wizards, and giant robots vie for the family’s attention, but Tate will stop at nothing to keep that pedal down. This main narrative is the springboard for a series of vignettes woven throughout. It gets strange, folks.

Bat Honey is comprised of Britt Juchem and Ariel Gregory. Britt and Ariel began their career as stop motion animators. Veteran Los Angeles model makers for film and television, they have been collaborating for over ten years.

The show will start at 7:00 pm on two nights, Saturday, September 22nd and Sunday, September 23rd.

Drinks available at Red Flags Salo(o)n
Donations welcome

***Please Note*** This event is recommended for adults! Contains mature language.