Group Show for 18th Street Pilsen Open Studios
October 20-December 20, 2006
Opening reception: Friday, October 20 from 5 - 10 p.m.

Prospectus Gallery
1210 W. 18th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Tel: (312) 733-6132

From Centerstage: In a neighborhood of artist studios, Prospectus stands out as one of the few traditional galleries on the west side of Pilsen. Though there is nothing predictable about this space as it has featured emerging Mexican artists as well as established Chicago greats such as Roger Brown and Ed Paschke. Without a permanent collection, this space is all about the curated exhibition. Caveat: call ahead before a visit! Gallery hours vary.

For more information about 18th Street Pilsen Open Studios weekend October 21 & 22, please visit: http://www.subaltern.org/pilsen.html

Past Events

Crossing Boundaries: Visual Art by Writers
April 1 - May 28, 2006

Reception and Readings: April 1, 2006
Hamilton Club Gallery: 1:00 p.m.
32 Church St. at Ellison St., Paterson, N.J.
Paterson Museum: 3:00 p.m. - I'LL BE READING AT THIS TIME.
2 Market Street., Paterson, N.J.
(973) 684-6555 or (973) 321-1260

www.pccc.edu/poetry
www.thepatersonmuseum.com

Work by e.e. cummings, Clarence Major, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen
Ginsberg, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Jane Alberdeston Coralin, Rebecca
Villarreal and many, many more!

LISTEN IN, BE MOVED, BE GROOVED
FREE POETRY

WHAT: Rebecca Villarreal appears live on "The Lit Show"
DATE: Saturday, September 10, 2005
TIME: 1:30pm-2:00pm CENTRAL TIME (approximately)
HOW: WNUR 89.3 FM in Chicago

or tune in live online at www.wnur.org and
click on "listen online" in the upper right hand corner.

It's Rebecca's first Chi-town reading! Listen in, be moved, be grooved!

Pilsen Artists Open Studios
Sat. and Sunday October 22-23, 2005
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

The 3rd annual 18th St. Pilsen Open Studios will take place during Chicago Artists' Month this October. Over 30 spaces, 60+ artists from Carpenter to Western and from 16th St. to Cermak, will open their studios to the public. Maps will be available at all studios and there will be shuttle buses to take you from studio to studio.

Participating artists include well-known painters, muralists, sculpture, and installation artists and printmakers as well as emerging artists.

Pilsen has long been known for its murals and culture and dozens of artist's studios and homes are scattered throughout the Latin American and Mexican/Mexican-American neighborhood. This is the third years Pilsen Artists have opened their studios.

The weekend represents an opportunity to get new insight into art, the artist and a closer glimpse to the process of creating works of art. During the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd interested individuals will have an opportunity to share a unique experience with the artist(s) ask questions and discuss ideas with the artist. The space where art is created has a doorway to the past while the artists create in present time. To Gabriel Villa an oil painter and participating artist, “You get to see how an artist really works-you're in their environment. You get to see how an artist thinks.”

LOOK FOR STUDIO #31

Eufemio Pulido Studio
1164 West 19th Place
Artists: Eufemio Pulido and Rebecca Villarreal
Oil paintings, drawings, lino cuts and photography
Phone: 312/226-3965
Email: eufemio122@comcast.net, info@rebeccavillarreal.com

Dittmar Memorial Gallery at Northwestern University | October 20th-December 4th, 2005

“Telling Stories: Finding Home in Image and Verse” Poems and Photographs by Rebecca Villarreal

Dittmar Memorial Gallery
Norris University Center
1999 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois
(847) 491-2348

Opening October 27
5:30pm-8:00pm
with a poetry reading by Villarreal at 7:30pm

Stories free us to visit new places as ordinary as a friend's kitchen, or the proverbial far away land. No matter the location, the search for the universal remains: the identifiable and the familiar in feeling or detail. Rebecca Villarreal's photographs and poems compose a geography of transitory moments and emotions. Her verse evokes an instant in time: a glimpse of an old pair of barber shop clippers, the banter at the local laundromat, or the celebration of a niece's quinceañera: “I was born in 1989 celebrate me cake/cowboy hats and shimmering dresses/shiny faces sweating.” Telling Stories” is a sensory ride through time and place, yet Villarreal's universal themes and engaging narrative bring the viewer home.

Las Manos Gallery | Friday, October 28, 2005, 7–10pm

5220 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
773-728-8910

THE NEWLY DEAD SHOW: SOUTH MEETS NORTH

“The Newly Dead Show: South Meets North” takes off from the traditional Mexican Dia de los muertos (Day of the Dead), a holiday embracing the inevitability of death. Each piece explores a unique aspect of death in contemporary times, including the death of past ideologies, forms, value systems, industries, and cultures. As the global network expands, some elements fall casualty, emulating the natural cycle of death and rebirth. This show calls attention to those elements newly dead, whose memory lingers simultaneously while new life, ideas, and cultures are born.

This group show brings together local artists from different parts of Chicago, and bridges the long-standing gap between the North and South Sides of the city. The pieces represent the diverse, multicultural fabric of Chicago, with each offering a personal perspective on issues that surface today, whether in Chicago or across the globe.

Please join us for the opening night of “The Newly Dead Show” at Las Manos Gallery in Andersonville. Son del Viento, an acoustic ensemble of young players that perform traditional folk songs from Mexico, will perform throughout.

June 17–July 21, 2005 | Chicago

“Intimate on 18th / Íntimo en la 18” photography show
Café Jumping Bean
1439 W 18th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 455-0019

click here for more info

Summer 2005 | Paterson Literary Review

Poems Wanamaker 1974 and Sweet Fifteen published.

Group Show for 18th Street Pilsen Open Studios October 20-December 20, 2006 Opening reception: Friday, October 20 from 5 - 10 p.m.