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Bad at Sports Episode 796: Rachel Adams and the Bemis! Apr 18, 2022

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Rachel Adams joins us live from the halls of EXPO Chicago to talk about all things Bemis Art Center and the Omaha Art scene! We learn about art, llfe, and a little about love as we bounce across the house of yes, residencies, exhibitions and how your dream job might not be where you thought it would be but it is no less dreamy.

Bad at Sports Episode 795: EXPO returns! And the Barely Fair! Apr 08, 2022

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It's the first week in April and that means its time for EXPO Chicago. Brian chats with the fair's director Tony Karman about returning from the pandemic after two and a half years and how best to get into the art amid all the hubbub.

And for our second trick we bring in Kate Sierzputowski to chat EXPO programing, community engagement, and the Barely Fair! Almost as jam packed as art weekend 2022!

Bad at Sports Episode 794: Ben Foch and NFTs Mar 23, 2022

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BEN FOCH! Marc LeBlanc? Grumpy digital skepticism? NFT revolution? Crypto currency wrestled with? EXPO party power? Hood Ornament? The Cult of the Cheetah revealed. It is quite the adventure. Pay attention nonbeliever because we live in the future. Ben Foch Marc LeBlanc Cult of the Cheetah EXPO Chicago

Bad at Sports Episode 793: Jessica Labatte and team NIU Mar 16, 2022

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This week Bad at Sports Center checks in with Chicago photo super hero Jessica Labatte and a coterie of Northern Illinois University students (Alex Dulski, Edwin Perez-Hernandez, and Emma Vitallo) as they work towards the construction of the world's largest paper snowflake.

Names Dropped:

Barbara Kasten

Ross Sawyers

Jessica Stockholder

Dan Peterman

Gaylen Gerber

Iowa

Guiness Book of World Records

Western Exhibitions

Bad at Sports Episode: 793 Neal Vandenbergh Mar 10, 2022

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Today on Bad at Sports, special Guest Host Mel Cook joins Jesse for a lively conversation with Neal Vandenbergh. Neal has an alluring and excellent exhibition that calls itself Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake at Mickey Gallery up through April 10th. We move through Neal's practice, talk form, talk politics, talk process and laugh a bit.

https://www.mickey.online/

https://www.mickey.online/landscape-with-a-man-killed-by-a-snake

https://melcookart.com/home.html

https://www.instagram.com/wizard_neal/

Bad at Sports 792: The Interview Show and Mark Bazer Mar 02, 2022

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Mark Bazer joins us to talk about the 12 years he has been doing The Interview Show live from the Hideout and on their broadcast partner WTTW. We talk about the interview and how best to knock it out of the park. Selected Names Dropped: Jeff Tweedy and Wilco Scott Thompson Shannon Stratton YouTube John Green Fire Marshal Hamza Walker Walker Art Center Jehra Patrick Cargo Space Chris Sperandio ACRE Residency The Poor Farm Michelle Grabner

Bad at Sports 791: Asha Iman Veal, Tulika Ladsariya, and Mike Nourse Feb 17, 2022

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This week Brian and Ryan Roundtable with Asha Iman Veal, Tulika Ladsariya, and Mike Nourse of the Center program at Hyde Park Art Center. Antics ensue in discussions of life as a mid-career artists in Chicago and the exhibition Dream.

Bad at Sports Episode 790: Lan Tuazon Feb 03, 2022

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On this week's Bad at SportsCenter we chatter about with Lan Tuazon. A Chicago-based sculptor, Tuazon discusses the culmination of her 10 year trilogy, Shift in the Order of Things, recently concluding at the Hyde Park Art Center. From Michael Reynolds' Earthship to Alfred Heineken's brick bottles, we unpeel a metaphorical onion to reveal the genius at the center of this epic series of "documentation sculpture". Also, Jesse dubs the nickname "Chi Chi" for this human settlement we call Chicago. Call in and let us know your thoughts.

Bad at Sports Episode 789: Aaron Delehanty Feb 02, 2022

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This week's Bad at SportsCenter guest is Chicago expat Aaron Delehanty, a painter/sculptor and "dioramacist" based in Rochester, NY. Taking from his experience at Chicago's Field Museum and the Rochester Museum & Science Center, Delehanty's Loud Cow Studio fabricates dioramas, replicas, models and murals. In addition to his most recent drawings and sculptures, we discuss the narrative of the natural world, name dropping Freidrich Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt and Carl Akeley, and discuss some of Delehanty's upcoming projects with Maria's Packaged Goods and the state of Vermont.

Bad at Sports Episode 788: Richard Holland and Viridian House Jan 19, 2022

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This week Bad at Sports gets back to trying to figure out NFTs and our Meta future with the help of Richard Holland, esq., Michael Kellogg, and Jennifer Kellogg. Welcome to the future humans. Names Dropped: Viridian House Neal Stephenson Ready Player One Cars.com Cornell Bob Dylan Warped Tour Jam Productions Foundation Nifty Gateway Makersplace Open Sea Decentraland Meta Mark Zuck Second Life

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