Chicago – Two of the most cutting edge and modern artists have teamed up to present an unforgettable kaleidoscope of imagery in the hot up-and-coming neighborhood of West Town in Chicago, specifically at the West Town Chamber of Commerce space. The exhibit is called “Shadow Dancer,” and it is in its last month, closing on September 30th, 2023. For more information, click Dancer.
The fascinating exhibition is divided into two distinct parts beginning with “Shadow Werk,” a mixed media and film installation that explores the concept of shadow work and the journey towards self-discovery and healing. The second part, titled “You Can’t Sit With Us,” is a play on words that speaks to the gatekeeping that often happens in the artist community, rooted in ego and self-preservation. Visitors will experience a captivating dance of shadows in this thought-provoking exhibition, as Tobi and Lonnie guide viewers into the unseen to explore new perspectives,...
The fascinating exhibition is divided into two distinct parts beginning with “Shadow Werk,” a mixed media and film installation that explores the concept of shadow work and the journey towards self-discovery and healing. The second part, titled “You Can’t Sit With Us,” is a play on words that speaks to the gatekeeping that often happens in the artist community, rooted in ego and self-preservation. Visitors will experience a captivating dance of shadows in this thought-provoking exhibition, as Tobi and Lonnie guide viewers into the unseen to explore new perspectives,...
- 9/2/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – As an artist, it doesn’t get any more high profile than filmmaker and man-as-happening maestro Lonnie Edwards. Edwards will be showcasing his latest short film, “Periphery,” as part of The Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase, a health-friendly outdoor screening event on Saturday, September 12th, 2020.
After he turned to filmmaking after a career as an installation artist, Lonnie Edwards broke out in 2014 with the award-winning short film “Parietal Guidance,” and from there has commented on black and societal issues with “A Ferguson Story,” “Exodus: Sounds of the Great Migration” and his latest “Periphery.” He is also involved now with Future Galerie, a “unified art auction platform that allows prominent artists to raise money for social organizations, to create a more just and tolerant future.” To add to his busy 2020, he also launched a fashion line.
Filmmaker Lonnie Edwards of The Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.
After he turned to filmmaking after a career as an installation artist, Lonnie Edwards broke out in 2014 with the award-winning short film “Parietal Guidance,” and from there has commented on black and societal issues with “A Ferguson Story,” “Exodus: Sounds of the Great Migration” and his latest “Periphery.” He is also involved now with Future Galerie, a “unified art auction platform that allows prominent artists to raise money for social organizations, to create a more just and tolerant future.” To add to his busy 2020, he also launched a fashion line.
Filmmaker Lonnie Edwards of The Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.
- 9/11/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Back in 2017, I had the honor to talk to one of my favorite Chicago filmmakers, absorbing his highly tuned perspective. Lonnie Edwards broke out in 2014 with the award-winning short film “Parietal Guidance,” and from there has commented on black and societal issues with his films “A Ferguson Story,” “Exodus: Sounds of the Great Migration” and his latest “Periphery.”
After growing up in Chicago, Edwards was an installation artist before turning to filmmaking. After “Parietal Guidance” won numerous film festival awards, he turned his unique eye and filmmaking sensibilities toward the Michael Brown incident and Ferguson, Missouri, in “A Ferguson Story,” a film that began as a full length quasi-documentary that garnered interest from outside studios. Dissatisfied with that experience, Edwards recut the film to a shorter length, and moved onto to other projects, including the aforementioned “Exodus” and “Periphery.” He is also involved now with Future Galerie, a “unified...
After growing up in Chicago, Edwards was an installation artist before turning to filmmaking. After “Parietal Guidance” won numerous film festival awards, he turned his unique eye and filmmaking sensibilities toward the Michael Brown incident and Ferguson, Missouri, in “A Ferguson Story,” a film that began as a full length quasi-documentary that garnered interest from outside studios. Dissatisfied with that experience, Edwards recut the film to a shorter length, and moved onto to other projects, including the aforementioned “Exodus” and “Periphery.” He is also involved now with Future Galerie, a “unified...
- 6/15/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – For the past five years, the film house of Full Spectrum Features have been presenting and then distributing a program of short films, which are based in Chicago and features the rising filmmaking talent in the Windy City. On Thursday, May 16th, 2019 (7pm), Full Spectrum Features presents Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 5, at the Museum of Contemporary Art (McA).The event is free, and advanced tickets have been claimed, but there will be walk up opportunities that night. Click here for details.
’Exodus: Sounds of the Great Migration’ (Lonnie Edwards) in Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 5
Photo credit: Full Spectrum Features
The lead programmer of the Chicagoland Shorts is Raul Benitez of Full Spectrum Features, a veteran in film in the area for several years. He also currently programs for Comfort Film at Comfort Station Logan Square and at the Nightingale Cinema, plus has sat on the jury for the annual Cortadito Shorts...
’Exodus: Sounds of the Great Migration’ (Lonnie Edwards) in Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 5
Photo credit: Full Spectrum Features
The lead programmer of the Chicagoland Shorts is Raul Benitez of Full Spectrum Features, a veteran in film in the area for several years. He also currently programs for Comfort Film at Comfort Station Logan Square and at the Nightingale Cinema, plus has sat on the jury for the annual Cortadito Shorts...
- 5/16/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – There is a cinematic event in Des Plaines, Illinois, that celebrated its 4th year last night with the opening night film Signature Move. The Oakton Community College Pop-Up Film Festival is the brainchild of film professor Michael Glover Smith, who also has a film in the festival entitled “Mercury in Retrograde” (Thursday, November 30th, 2017). The second night film, on November 29th, is “Porto,’ directed by Gabe Klinger. Admission for all the screenings is Free and open to the public. For complete information regarding the festival, click here.
4th Annual Oakton Community College Pop-Up Film Festival, Nov. 29th-Dec. 1st, 2017
Photo credit: www.Oakton.edu
Rounding out the festival on December 1st will be the closing night “Shorts Film Program: Women in Danger,” which includes “An Atramentous Mind” by Lonnie Edwards and Layne Marie Williams. Each night features Q&A with the directors for each of the films shown.
Oakton Community...
4th Annual Oakton Community College Pop-Up Film Festival, Nov. 29th-Dec. 1st, 2017
Photo credit: www.Oakton.edu
Rounding out the festival on December 1st will be the closing night “Shorts Film Program: Women in Danger,” which includes “An Atramentous Mind” by Lonnie Edwards and Layne Marie Williams. Each night features Q&A with the directors for each of the films shown.
Oakton Community...
- 11/29/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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