When galleries attack

Just a report on an exciting new facet to the world of stine.

I have a friend that I met at Starbucks who is doing a comprehensive review (in blog format) of art in Chicago. She's tapped me on the shoulder for writing for the art blog. She is a sculptor and enjoys touring galleries and seeing what other artists are doing. I like hanging out with her because she's a totally great person and we've gone to First Fridays at the Musuem of Contemporary Art as well as the Fall Gallery Tour Walk in River North.

Last night, with writerly intentions in mind, Eric joined my friend and I for the Winter Gallery Tour, again in River North. It's fun to go on these tours because everyone's a little relaxed, there's usually small glasses of wine and maybe some food and people get to see great art without feeling sneered at by pretentious gallery staff (what I feel like when I've gone to galleries during normal hours).

So it was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to writing up a review/synopsis for the site. chicagoarts.blogspot.com is the name, by the by. I think it's an amazing idea and I'm glad my friend has asked me to participate. My user name is going to be native chicagoan. I'll let you know when my first post goes up.

cheers.