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  8:00 AM - 10:00 PMBad Art: Kitsch, Camp & Craft Scavenger Hunt
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  The Library would like to invite you to participate in our BAD ART: KITSCH, CAMP, AND CRAFT Scavenger Hunt during the first two weeks of the semester. Seek out answers to questions about work typically caught in the struggle between “High” and “Low” Art & Media. Delve into the recesses of the best...Get the details
• 5:00 PM - 9:00 PMPublic Domainia: Monster Mash-Up & Artmaking
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  In honor of BAD ART: CAMP, KITSCH & CRAFT, join us for an evening of sociall distanced crafting, creating, and watching some of the best worst films available in the public domain. Triple Feature: Curse of the Swamp Creature Bucket of Blood The Killer Shrews...Get the details
• 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMBad Art: Kitsch, Camp & Craft Online Artist Panel
  Join us for a discussion with the artists of BAD ART: KITSCH , CAMP, AND CRAFT-- a celebration and examination of artmaking and work often relegated and dismissed as "BAD" by audiences and/or the establishment. Black Velvet Paintings. Camp Cinema. Pop Music. The tensions between High Brow and Low Brow. Art and Craft. "Insider"...Get the details
• 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMBad Art: Kitsch, Camp, & Craft Black Velvet Workshop
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  Come live all your black velvet dreams. We'll demo and experiment with basic screen printing and some freehand techniques using neon and glow-in-the dark inks and paints....Get the details