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artINcorporators
336 Harrison Street West Chicago, IL 60185 artxposium@gmail.com
http://artxposium.org

Contact Person: Anni Holm, Founder & Curator
Company Name: artINcorporators
Telephone Number: 847.436.2664
Email: artincorporators@gmail.com
Website: http://artxposium.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
West Chicago (IL 60185), August 9, 2008

artXposium 2.0

On September 19, 2008 the former home of Grobe’s True Value located at 103 W. Washington St. in West Chicago will once again open the doors to: artXposium, a 3-day multimedia art experience, involving more than 80 artists.* Local, national and international talent will come together to display a variety of art work ranging from traditional painting and sculpture, to interactive and multimedia installations. Besides the “Grobe’s” location, artXposium 2.0 events and exhibitions will take place at Gallery 200, West Chicago City Museum, West Chicago Public Library District, and Orleans Street Gallery (last mentioned located in St. Charles).

The program will offer a grand opening event on Friday, September 19, with performances by Alison Rhoades, Core Project, and Wiener Girls, a fashion show by Kreatia, a book launch by StepSister Press, music from DJ T-Solo, food and drinks, and not to forget a extraordinary silent auction. The rest of the weekend will feature: Gallery 200 Artist Demonstrations, a Curator’s Tour by Anni Holm & Irene Pérez, an Artist Salon lead by Danish artist in residence: Gudrun Hasle and local artist Anni Holm, Artist Talks by Gudrun Hasle, Christian Arrecis and Alysia Kaplan, a Spiderbug Film Screening, a networking brunch, the book exhibition A Book of Its Own, a Book Binding Demo by Julia Stotz, along with Creative Interactive Projects for all ages by Imagine Arts Studio (full detailed program available online).

artXposium is the brainchild of local resident and internationally shown artist Anni Holm and former Registrar of the West Chicago City Museum, Brian Reis. The ultimate goal of the 2007 edition was to develop an International Artists Residency in the city of West Chicago. The goal was successfully achieved and artist Gudrun Hasle from Copenhagen, Denmark will be participating as the first Residency Artist from September 1-30, 2008 with her project Demonstrating Dreams.

artXposium Hours: Friday 6-11pm, Saturday 12-11pm, Sunday 11-4pm. This event is open to the general public and free (suggested donation $2).

*A list of all exhibiting artists and images are available on the website. High-resolution images for publication purpose are available upon request.