Weekly Events Calendar: 03.22.06

Art & Design Events...

Andy Warhol/Supernova at the MCA
- Focusing exclusively on the period between 1962 and 1964, the exhibition includes more that 25 examples of Warhol's early silkscreen paintings.
- March 18 - June 18, 2006
- Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 East Chicago Avenue, (one block east of Michigan Avenue) 312.280.2660

Shojo Manga: Girl Power!
- The show includes more than 200 artworks from 23 artists who have contributed to the development of modern Shojo Manga (girl comics) in Japan since World War II. The exhibition documents how the visual composition of manga mirrors the developments in Japanese aesthetics.
- March 13 - April 26, 2006
- C33 Gallery, 9 am - 7 pm Monday - Thursday 9 am - 5 pm Friday, 33 E. Congress (corner of Congress and Wabash), 1st Floor

This City is Our Home: Photographs, Paintings and Essays by Homeless Youth in Chicago
- February 28 - March 31, 2006, Closing Night Reception: Friday March 31, 6-9pm To learn more visit www.blueskyinn.org .
- 826 CHI, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave., M-Th 3-5:30pm, 773.772.8108

Brigitte Shim is an architecture professor at the University of Toronto and principal of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, a firm interested in the integration of furniture, architecture and landscape.

Tuesday, April 4, 6 pm. You may reserve lecture tickets in person at the MCA box office, online, or by calling 312.397.4010.

Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 East Chicago Avenue, (one block east of Michigan Avenue) 312.280.2660

Learn about housing options, business and financing assistance for individual artists, art organizations and creative industry. Discover "Neighborhoods Seeking Artists" with opportunities for live, work and commercial space. Over 50 exhibitors and 14 workshops.

75 noted national and international decorative and fine arts dealers presenting all design movements of the 20th Century.

PREVIEW GALA Benefiting the Architecture & Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, Friday, April 7, 6-9 pm - $75 advance/$100 door. Reservations, please call 312.443.4751.

April 7-9, 2006, 1422 N. Kingsbury (1 block north of Division, 1 block west of Halsted), Saturday 10am - 7pm Sunday Noon - 5pm, Weekend Admission: $10