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The Jazz Institute of Chicago and
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Present:

World Class Premier of the Kelan Zulu Rainbow Ensemble: A Salute to Sun Ra
When: Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:30 p.m.
Where: Jay Pritzker Pavilion Millennium Park
Cost: FREE OF CHARGE PART OF THE MADE IN CHICAGO JAZZ SERIES

Attention planet Earth....former Arkestra member and master teacher,
Astronomer and musician Kelan Phil Cohran leads and directs an
All-star ensemble of 30 musicians, dancers, and vocalists in a once in
A lifetime tribute to the late, great Sun Ra; many Chicago legends
Like Robert Irving III (who directs and performs on piano), Maggie
Brown and Aquilla Sadalla will be featured. The audience can also look
Forward to dynamic performances by The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Malik
and Cephus Cohran of Ultimate Image, as well as the "Bronzeville Diva"
Senebella. The choreography of Darlene Blackburn (Affro Arts Theater)
and Althea Teamer will also take part in this multi-dimensional
experience. Also featured will be A Spiritual Journey Percussion
Ensemble, an elaborate gathering of Chicago-based musicians, dancers,
Educators and instrument-makers that weave story-telling, song and
Dance into healing powers of sound. All converging on the Jay
Pritzker stage in Millennium Park, to pay tribute to Sun Ra and his
Highly advanced music and message.

Composer, pianist and poet Sun Ra's cosmic philosophy, rooted in the
swing music of Fletcher Henderson, led many to experiment with
Connecting new and old jazz traditions. The sound of Sun Ra often made
Use of large ensembles of 30 or more musicians, and spanned from
Ragtime to swing, be-bop to free jazz. Perhaps most important to
consider about this most universal display, in it's purest form, is
that it is more than just music. The music itself is an endless
journey of universal sound/language that Sun Ra revealed as The
Sound-Image.

Former Sun Ra band member, trumpeter, educator, composer and fellow
shaman Kelan Phil Cohran continues to speak to other worlds with this
music. Cohran was a trumpeter in Sun Ra's Myth Science Arkestra
between 1958 and 1961 and can be heard with The Arkestra on Rocket
Number Nine, Fate In A Pleasant Mood, Holiday For Soul Dance and We
Travel The Spaceways.

This event is presented by The Jazz Institute of Chicago and the
Department of Cultural Affairs. Admission is free.

-- "Once I realized I was African, I said thank God there isn't anything wrong with me" Kelan Phil Cohran

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artXposium 2.0
an artINcorporators project in West Chicago
edited by Anni Holm and Irene Pérez

artXposium 2.0 is a book chronicling the development of an annual multimedia art experience in the city of West Chicago. The event artXposium is the brainchild of local resident and internationally shown artist Anni Holm and former registrar of the West Chicago City Museum, Brian Reis. Together with assistant organizer Irene Pérez, many volunteers, and over sixty artists, they created a three-day event in the former Grobe's True Value store, a large space which lent itself to works ranging from painting, sculpture, and photography to interactive installations and video screenings. The ultimate goal of the 2007 exhibition was to develop an International Artists Residency for West Chicago, a goal that is being realized in late summer of 2008 with the arrival of Danish artist Gudrun Hasle. Gudrun's projects will be exhibited at the West Chicago City Museum, and she will be a part of the programming at artXposium 2008.

The book form for artXposium 2.0 began as an idea for a catalog that grew into a larger project, with essays by several participants and viewers of the 2007 exhibition, an introduction to the purpose and background of this project by Anni Holm, and images from over sixty participating artists. The launch for artXposium 2.0 coincides with a weekend-long exhibition and program of art events from September 19-21, 2008 in West Chicago, with details online at artXposium.org.

Anni Holm is a conceptual artist who primarily works in photography/digital imaging and performance art. She was born in Randers, Denmark in 1977. Anni holds a Studenter Eksamen in math from Randers Statsskole, Denmark. Between 1997 and 1999 she attended Krabbesholm Art College in Skive, Denmark and worked as a counselor at Amtscenteret Oustuplund in Kjellerup, Denmark. In 1999 she accepted a one-year job as an Au Pair, which brought her to Chicago, Illinois. In 2004 she graduated with a BFA in photography from Columbia College Chicago. She has exhibited in several exhibitions both in Denmark and in the US. Anni received the Academic Excellence Award in 2003 and the Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship in 2003 and 2004, both from Columbia College. In 2005 she was awarded an artist residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida. Anni and performance partner Nyok-Mei Wong co-founded "Art Walks Chicago" in 2004. and they were chosen by the City of Chicago to be among 14 Featured Artists for the Chicago Artists' Month in 2006. Recently Anni has performed at Ohio University Gallery, Ohio; Waterloo Center for the Arts, Iowa; the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

Irene Pérez is a visual artist making work that explores place, perception, cultural identity, and language. She was born in Terrassa, Spain, near Barcelona, and currently lives in North Aurora, near Chicago, Illinois. Irene works on projects in many media, including works on paper, fiber pieces, and installations. Irene's studies include work in art history at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, photography and fine arts at the College of Dupage in Illinois, and studio arts with a focus in sculpture and painting at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In addition to her practice as an artist, Irene has worked on a number of curatorial projects, serving as the assistant director at the Orleans Street Gallery in St. Charles, Illinois since 2007, co-curating RE:FUSE with Anni Holm there. She worked as the assistant organizer on artXposium 2007,Library Art Exhibition Series at the College of Dupage Library. She recently co-founded the Second Bedroom Project Space in Chicago. Her recent solo exhibition Homeland of Many Nations was on view at Art on Armitage in Chicago.

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artXposium 2.0 is now available to pre-order for its release on September 19, 2008.
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