This week, Jimena visited the studio of Chris Smith, who hails from Chicago, and his work is about in how we render things obsolete and how the obsolete resurfaces.
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WorkSpace: Jason Patterson
This week, Jimena invites you to see some of Jason Patterson's work. Through the utilization of soft pastel, Patterson re-creates significant images of African American history and the visual media of which the original image was created.
WorkSpace: Cory Imig
Welcome back to WorkSpace, this week, Jimena introduces us the work of Cory Imig, she is making large installations that exist in a place between sculpture, painting and textiles. She is an MFA candidate at the University of Illinois.
WorkSpace: Outhaus
This week Jimena takes us back to the Outhaus for a more in depth look at it's roots.
WorkSpace: Allen Creamean a.k.a. “Neurotik”
Takin' it to the streets. Jimena checks out Neurotik and his street art WorkSpaces.
WorkSpace: Maya Bauer
This week Jimena introduces you to a townie who's created a really awesome mural in Downtown Urbana.
WorkSpace: Angelo Ray Martínez
8-bit video games, tattoos, 12 foot ceilings and an installment at Krannert Art Museum. It's all inside on this week's Workspace.
WorkSpace: Jorge Lucero
Jimena gives us an inside look at Jorge Lucero: a Mexican-American artist, born and raised in Chicago currently living in Urbana and serving on the Art Education faculty in the School of Art and Design at the U of I.
WorkSpace: Kelly Hieronymus
Jimena gives us an inside look at what it means to be inspired by aerial views of life.
WorkSpace: Eli Craven
Jimena gives us an inside look at MFA studios in Champaign with artist Eli Craven who currently works with Photography, Sculpture and Collage.