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Austin Food Truck Court

Kansas City Smokehouse Barbecue Feat. "Burnt Ends"

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Jazzin Good Times at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Denise Thimes performing at Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2013

Denise Thimes performs at Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Social Media Week Chicago Truly Engaging Open Conversations & Connecting People

Social Media Week Chicago September 23- 26, 2013

This was my second Social Media Week Chicago Event as a participant. My first experience included traveling to Lagos, Nigeria this past February 2013 to experience an international Social Media Week Lagos.

The most important reminder that I learned during Social Media Week Chicago was to play like a child.
Yes, play like the Millennials. During the course of the week I visited several public relations and social media companies. I was amazed at the office setup or lack thereof. There were games and toys everywhere, missing were the cubicles and desks. Google had a basketball game. The creative geniuses at Meltwater sported comfy sofas and games tables. RamonWow with his infectious energy and spirit pointed out the importance of playing like a baby. So the secret to successful social media is P-L-A-Y! Playing allows you to be open in conversation and connected to people. I can't wait to play at the next Social Media Week in February 17-21, 2014.

Chicago Bronzeville Black Art District Gallery Art Trolley Tour

Bronzeville Art District Trolley Tour

Bronzeville is the Chicago Black Mecca similar to Harlem's New York. The Center of the Black Belt is 35th & King Drive, the location of Gallery Guichard. Gallery owner Andre Guichard is the organizer of the Bronzeville Art District.

Bronzeville Art Gallery Trolley Tour - Gallery Guichard 3521 S. King Drive Chicago, IL 60653.
Gallery Guichard mission is to continue to expose the art community to the art of the African Diaspora.
Gallery Guichard provides a portal to fine art and different parts of the African Diaspora. 

Chicago Bronzeville Black Art District Gallery
Gallery Guichard  3521 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653
Faie African Art 1005 E. 43rd St, Chicago, IL 60653
South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653
Blanc Gallery 4455 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653
Radcliffe and Elliott Hunter International Art Galler 3800 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Skychitravels at Gallery Guichard

Andre Guichard owner of Guichard Gallery

Can you see the Jazz Artist playing in the Sunset Quientet painting created by Andre Guichard?

This dress symbolizes our commitment to join Chicago's Fashion Star Barbara Bates in Knocking Out Breast Cancer. Have you said yes to this dress? The Barbara Bates Foundation - Fighting with Fashion 2013 Breast Cancer

"Diamonds in the Rough" by Artist Andre Guichard who is a self-taught painter. His works of art have been commissioned by Patti LaBelle, Rev. Jesse Jackson,  Morgan Stanley, Phylicia Rashad to name a few celebrities.

Andre Guichard in his office at Gallery Guichard at 3521 S. King Drive with a portrait of his wife and business partner Frances Guichard. The Gallery Guichard is their baby.

The Recital at the Gallery Guichard 3521 S. King Drive Chicago, IL

Adam Guichard at Gallery Guichard Bronzeville District Art Gallery Tour

Bronzeville Art District Gallery Art Tour with Tour Guide Harold Lucas of the Bronzeville Visitors Information Center

St. Thomas Episcopal Church Radcliffe & Elliott Hunter International Art Gallery 3800 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Ghana Exhibit by Hector Ofori at Radcliffe & Elliott Hunter International Art Gallery

Painting by Hector Ofori at Hunter International Art Gallery Chicago, IL

Hunter International Art Gallery named for Two Brothers & One Cousin - 3800 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 773-994-6441

Facing The Rising Sun by Gerald Griffin - South Side Community Art Center  3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Male to Manhood Code of Silence by Mark Richardson - South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Fallen Soldiers by Thomas Williams Voter Registration Worker Killed by White Legislator - South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Stop The Violence March by Melvin King - South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Knorazen Portrait by Marcus Alleyne - South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Despite Time and Circumstance by Paul Branton  - South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

South Side Community Art Center by Marcus Alleyne - South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653

The Neo Negro - Public figures, pop icons, professional athletes, politicians, no matter who we are we are subject to a mutable lens that is colored by ascribed identity markers which are manufactured by a society. I use satirical allegories to exaggerated these absurdities, cultivating a space where personal and collective conversations occur that inquire about deeper meanings behind these artificial constructions. My alter ego Semaj L rae remains ever-present in each narrative of our need for validation and relevancy within a system governed by subjectivity. So as you view the work, embrace your visceral responses regardless where they may lie on the spectrum, because we are all producers and actors in this performance. Artist James E. Britt Jr. Curator Wigene A Malted. - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653

Jay-Z, Maury, Semaj by artist James E. Britt - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653

A Charlie Brown Christmas by artist James E. Britt - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653

Paula Deen & Semaj A Charlie Brown Christmas by artist James E. Britt - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653

Rebirth of Mirth & Girth by artist James E. Britt - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653
This is  a depiction of controversial artwork by an Asian Student who created an artwork of  the deceased Mayor Harold Washington in lingerie.The artist James E. Britt felt emasculated in his role as Director of Cultural Affairs at the Art Institute of Chicago where 10 Black Male Students attend school.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Semaj  by artist James E. Britt - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653

Gabby Douglas  and Semaj  by artist James E. Britt - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653

 Artist James E. Britt - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653

Skychitravels as Semaj by Artist James E. Britt - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653

 Artist James E. Britt with Janice Temple and Semaj - Blanc Gallery 4445 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL 60653

Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Cameroon Stool Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Faie of Faie African Art Gallery showing a thumb piano - Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Rukiya Artist from New Orleans  - Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Faie of  Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Soft Sculptures by Rukiya  - Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

The Bucket Boys A Cultural Call and Response -  Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Beaded Painting by Lanre Buraimah of Nigeria  -  Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Birthing Chair from Mali   -  Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Ekoi Nigerian Art  -  Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

The Bucket Boys by Paul Branton -  Faie African Art Gallery 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653

Faie African Art Gallery in Bronzeville 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653 773-268-2889

Painting by Artist Candance Hunter -Faie African Art Gallery in Bronzeville 1005 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653 773-268-2889

Chicago Blues or Chicago Jazz- What Kind of Town Chicago? YouTube Video

Bronzeville Art District Trolley Tour  2013 -Fridays 6/21, 7/19, 8/18, 9/20, 10/18 Gallery Guichard www.galleryguichard.com

Have you had the pleasure of riding the Bronzeville Art District Trolley Tour?