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Andrew Bae Interview, Richard Park
Andrew Bae Interview, Richard Park
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Bio: While Andrew Bae is situated in Chicago, he has clients from all over the globe. Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Andrew Bae picked up on the business of galleries after attending school and studying chemistry and worked as a chemist for several years. Although his gallery is in one of the more desirable locations of River North, he doesn't seem to carry that many artists. He prefers a limited selection of artists (around 10) as he feels there is more personal connection with his artists especially as a gallery owner. Though the business is changing, Andrew Bae …
Kompha Seth Interview About The Cambodian Association Of Illinois, Matthew Mrozinski
Kompha Seth Interview About The Cambodian Association Of Illinois, Matthew Mrozinski
Asian American Art Oral History Project
About the Organization:
“Founded in 1976, the Cambodian Association of Illinois (CAI) serves some 5,000 Cambodians in Illinois via senior health intervention; child and youth services; family health, citizenship and employment. CAI enables refugees and immigrants from Cambodia residing in Illinois, especially those in metropolitan Chicago, to become self-sufficient, productive participants in American society while preserving and enhancing their cultural heritage and community.”
About the co-Founder:
“Kompha Seth, co-Founder and Executive Director of CAI since 1981. He was a Buddhist monk in Cambodia for 23 years before emigrating to the U.S. in 1975. He has received numerous national, state and …
Dan S. Wang Interview, Katy Canzone
Dan S. Wang Interview, Katy Canzone
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Artist Bio:
Dan S. Wang is a writer, artist, organizer, and printer who was born in the American Midwest in 1968 to immigrant parents. Dan’s constant concerns are the relationships between art + politics, critical reflection + social action, place + history. His research includes inquiries into the postindustrial cultural politics of the Midwest, letterpress printing as an archaeology of obsolescence, race and difference in the theater of crisis capitalism, and the cultural landscape of postsocialist China.
As a print media artist he primarily uses letterpress printing and hand set typography but avails himself of other media as words and …
Joanne Aono Interview, Charlie Lacke
Joanne Aono Interview, Charlie Lacke
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Bio: Joanne Aono is a Japanese American Sansei artist, born in Chicago. She received a BFA from Drake University with post graduate classes through the SAIC.
Solo and two person exhibitions of her paintings and drawings include South Shore Arts, Images Gallery, Eyeporium Gallery, Dayton Street, and 303 Erie Artspace, with an upcoming solo show at the Lee Dulgar Gallery. Joanne has shown in numerous group exhibitions including Julius Caesar, Contemporary Art Workshop, Governor’s State University, Woman Made Gallery, Beverly Art Center, Northern Illinois University, and Art Chicago International. She has received City of Chicago Arts grants in addition to …
Hamza Salim Interview, Julian Coleman
Hamza Salim Interview, Julian Coleman
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Bio: Hamza J. Salim is a Palestinian artist, architect, and community based activist from Chicago, Illinois. He earned his masters in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago and his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in New York, Chicago, Los Angels, London and Dubai. He is currently serving as the Project Director of the 12th Chicago Palestine Film Festival and is the Immigrant Community Coordinator at a non-for-profit social service agency, Arab American Family Services.
Bio from facebook.com/HamzaJSalimStudio/info
See also: http://www.hamzajsalim.com/
Technical Direction Of Chicago, Joseph Jerome Skala
Technical Direction Of Chicago, Joseph Jerome Skala
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
This document provides a detailed and comprehensive record of Joseph Skala's process for the technical direction of Chicago, written by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse. It is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from Minnesota State Mankato. This thesis traces the technical director's process beginning with a preproduction analysis of the scenic design. It includes a historical and critical analysis of the production, a journal detailing the technical director's process, post production analysis and an analysis of the technical director's process development. Appendices and works cited are …