[MEBUYAN note: Dan Godston invited Geejay Arriola as Artistic Director of Mebuyan to participate in Chicago Arts Calling. Deepening discussions conducted online led to the collaboration with Renee Baker who initially chose two of Geejay's compositions but ended up choosing to work on Geejay's co-musician Paolo Sisi's award-winning "Mag-iban Kita." This "last-minute" change was not reflected in the press release below and the Chicago Arts Calling website, but Geejay mentioned this in the live phone call during Renee's performance.]
EVENT:
U.S. and abroad. These collaborations will be prepared or improvised, and some performances will involve live feeds between Chicago and elsewhere.
Among the scheduled projects are: a Chicago-based musician/composer collaborating with a composer from the Philippines, and a Chicago-based musician collaborating with a British visual artist. Venues for CCAF3 include Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery, The Velvet Lounge, Black Rock Pub & Kitchen, Heaven Gallery, Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, WNUR (Northwestern University), Peter Jones Gallery, 32nd&Urban Gallery, AV-aerie, Café Mestizo, and other locations.
ARTISTS:
Artists involved with CCAF3 work in a wide range of media, including music, painting, video, poetry, dance, and other art forms. CCAF3’s participants will include Lisa Abbatomarco, Tom Abbs, Josh Abrams, Jeff Albert, Jesse Alexander, Fred Anderson, Geejay Arriola, Ian Ash, Chris Avgerin, Dave Awl, George Bailey, Regina Baiocchi, Renée Baker, Steve Barsotti, John Beer, Ben Billington, Jeb Bishop, Chuck Bontrager, David Boykin, Brianna, Alpha Bruton, Jerome Bryerton, Orin Buck, Elizabeth Louise Burch, Julie Caffey, Rob Cambre, Dave Cappello, Vittorio Carli, Alice Hui-Sheng Chang, Chicago Phonography, Insook Choi, Chad Clark, Clean Boys, Barry Cole, Boo Cook, Stephen Crall, Eric Cressley, Noé Cuéllar, Tim Daisy, Leonard de Montbrun, Steve Dalachinsky, Tomás Diaz, Christian Dillingham, Eric Elshtain, Robert Klein Engler, Michael Erzen, Karl A. D. Evangelista, Sally Evans, Marcus Evans, Douglas Ewart, James Falzone, Gregory Frazer, Ray Garman, Carol Genetti, Rachel Thorne Germond, Paul Giallorenzo, Dan Godston, Jon Godston, Judith Goldman, Matthew Golombisky, Elizabeth Harper, Akiko Hatakeyama, Annie Heckman, Kelly Heldt, Jeffrey Helgeson, Christopher Hemann, Caryl Henry Alexander, Alan Emerson Hicks, Kenneth Hillard, Anni Holm, Jason Hoopes, David Harrison Horton, Hamadal Issoufou, Fred Jackson, Rachel Javellana, Jaymee, Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Allan Johnston, Wayne Allen Jones, Aaron Kahn, John Kannenberg, Jennifer Karmin, Kevin Kilroy, Donna Kiser, Dale Konstanz, J. C. Kuhl, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Eric Leonardson, Amanda Lichtenstein, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Debra Lottman, Bill MacKay, Joshua Manchester, Rona Mark, Elizabeth Marino, Dave Marsalek, Jeff Marx, Steve Maxwell Jr., Curtis McKinney, Adam Meora, Rachel Michaels, Mike, Jayve Montgomery, Ira Murfin, Shelley Nation, Bruce Nelson, Charlie Newman, Lindsay Obermeyer, Erin Obradovich, Mayi Ojusua, Donna Pecore, Irene Pérez, Divik Ramesh, Bob Rashkow, Mike Reed, Matthias Regan, Dave Rempis, Eric Glick Rieman, Joe Roarty, Ed Roberson, Dennis Sagel, Larry Sawyer, Seattle Phonographers Union, Karl E. H. Seigfried, Fluffy Singler, Christopher Skebo, Mark Smithivas, Michael Springate, Stagebridge, Staajabu, Laura Evonne Steinman, Lamont B. Steptoe, Katherine Stubbins, Craig Taborn, Hanah Jon Taylor, Susan Taylor, Erin Teegarden, Jamie Topper, Suree Towfighnia, $2 Cockroach, Shoshanna Utchenik, Duane Vorhees, Alex Vittum, Joel Wanek, Ann Ward, Della Watson, Stan West, Matt Weston, Glenn Weyant, Williwaw, Alex Wing, Jodee Winship, Paul Wood, The World Listening Project, Dave X, Sid Yiddish, David Young, Saalik Ziyad, Taalib-Din Ziyad, and others.
ORGANIZERS:
CCAF3 is being organized by the Borderbend Arts Collective, a not for profit organization. Borderbend’s mission is to promote the arts, to create opportunities for artists to explore new directions in and between art forms, and to engage the community. CCAF3 is sponsored by Poets & Writers, ESP-Disk’, and WNUR, and CCAF3 is partnered with The Chicago Independent Radio Project.
CHICAGO ARTISTS MONTH:
Chicago Calling is part of Chicago Artists Month, the thirteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community. In October, more than 200 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. For more information, call 312.744.6630 or visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org. Chicago Artists Month is coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is sponsored by the Chicago Office of Tourism with additional support from 3Arts.
Wednesday, October 8, 8 p.m.
Peter Jones Gallery
1806 W. Culyer Street, 2nd floor
Chicago, IL 60613
www.peterjonesgallery.com, 773.472.6725
$10 suggested donation
1st set
Glenn Weyant (invented instruments), Matt Weston (drums), Michael Erzen (artbot), & Eric Leonardson (springboard)
2nd set:
Renée Baker Project 6
Katherine Stubbins — trombone
Chuck Bontrager — electric violin
Christian Dillingham — bass
Bruce Nelson — vibes & percussion
Chris Avgerin — drums
Renée Baker — violin & viola
This performance involves a collaboration with Geejay Arriola.
3rd set:
Eric Glick Rieman — prepared Rhodes electric piano
Jeff Albert — trombone
Dan Godston — trumpet
Joel Wanek — upright bass
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