Chicago Artists Month Will Keep You Busy

Tired of the same old thing? October is Chicago Artists Month so there are exhibits, open studios, screenings and more.

There are 30 or so events or galleries open every day. A sample of Sunday ‘s includes a walk with artists who will make souvenirs along the way and an eclectic video screening. Search the events calendar to create your custom art itinerary by the day or week.

Here are a couple of today’s events that caught our eye:

Artists Liene Bosquê and Nicole Seisler will be easily identifiable by their official uniforms, hand-fabricated steel cart and large blocks of wet clay. Walk and talk with them as they hunt for signature details, such as architectural ornamentation, signage, textures and other elements unique to Michigan Avenue. While you watch, Liene and Nicole make direct impressions in wet clay. Anyone walking with them is invited to join in this alternative to taking snap shots, as a way of capturing both history and discovery.

Today’s walk begins at the Wrigley Building and ends at the Hancock Center. Join this odyssey on Sunday, Oct. 3 from 12 to 4 p.m.

Tonight, join Cinema Minima Film/Video, part of the Life in Progress series, to see some short videos and film that include video art, performance and documentary from 10-15 artists/filmmakers/videographers. Called AnyVision, the video screening on Sunday, Oct. 3 from 7:30 – 10 p.m. will be at Cole’s Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave., in Logan Square.

The shorts are a mix of styles, from Joy Whalen’s work in my loneliness is a lazy prostitute, to Ines Sommers’ informative short documentary on participatory budgeting in Chicago’s 49th Ward, to Michael Bolsinga’s time-lapse videos of his progress of creating Americanadia. Part of AnySquared Projects’ LIP (Life in Progress) art and video series for Chicago Artists Month, AnyVision highlights the personal, the political, the atmospheric, and the emotional with answers to the question “What is progress.”