Thursday, October 20, 2011

MDW Fair


Fresh off the success of their inaugural edition this past spring, the Midway Fair (MDW) is back again at the Geolofts in Bridgeport.  Featuring several floors of exhibitions and publications, this fall edition will focus more on solo and duo art shows curated by various collectives, curators, artists, and independent galleries from around the country.  There'll also be a publishers' area on the 3rd floor.  Check out this link for the floorplans, schedules, and map to the Geolofts.

List of participants includes:
2612 Space
65GRAND
ACRE
Alderman Exhibitions
antena
ANTIDOTE
Bad at Sports
Chicago Artists Coalition
BOLT Residency
Chicago Urban Arts Society
DEFIBRILLATOR
Devening Projects + Editions
Document
Drawn Lots
Green Gallery
Happy Collaborationists
Harold Arts
High Concept Lab
The Hills
Hinge Gallery
Hungryman
Iceberg Projects
Itsa_pony
LVL3
Trevor Martin
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Abr Gallery
North Branch Projects
Nudashank
Old Seoul
Packer Schopf Gallery
Peanut Gallery
Pentagon
portage ARTspace
Reference
Reuben Kincaid
Roots & Culture
Sixty Inches From Center
Small Space
Spudnik Press
threewalls
Uncle Freddy’s Treats
Linda Warren
Western Exhibitions
What It Is
Propeller Fund grantees 2010
Publishers and other organizations:
Alternative Press Center
AREA Magazine
CHI_art
Golden Age
Green Lantern Press
Klein Art works
Make Magazine
Neoteric Art
Proximity, Lumpen, Materiél
Quimbys
Soberscove Press

at the Geolofts
3636 S Iron St
Chicago, IL

Friday, October 21, 2011
from 8 to 11pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 22 & 23, 2011
from noon to 6pm
$5 admission

If you're taking public transportation an easy way to get there is to take the CTA Red Line to 35th St and then take the #35 35th st bus west to Iron St.  Or take the #8 Halsted bus to 35th st and walk several blocks west as well.  You can also get there from the Orange Line and from the Ashland bus.

There's free parking in the lot just south of the building.

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