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The making of Boîte-en-valise by Jason Dunda

Meg — November 09, 2011

In process studio shots:

$1,184 by Tanner Woodford (now at the Chicago Design Museum!)

May 23, 2017 — July 31, 2017 Clutch Gallery is pleased to present "$1,184" by Tanner Woodford of the Chicago Design Museum. The exhibition ends July 31st, 2017. To schedule a viewing, call (312)894-6263. Tanner Woodford is founder, chairman, and executive director of the Chicago Design Museum, maker of Iterative Work and lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Chicago Design Museum strengthens design culture and builds community by facilitating the exchange of knowledge through dynamic experiences.

Pickle

Clutch Gallery is pleased to present Pickle by Nick Black. Nick Black is a maker, a tinkerer, a mad scientist whose materials are animatronic plastic novelties cobbled together to create a sublime clusterfu**K. Pickle is a work that on the surface has all the elements of a bawdy practical joke, but when activated the grinding rotation of miniature dill pickle and the raising up of a mechanized crocheted flower reveals a layer of self-effacing wit. Nick Black was born in Chicago in 1958. He has attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago , DePaul University , the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Massachusetts College of Art . His recent exhibitions include Byron Cohen Gallery in Kansas City , Uncle Freddy's Gallery in Highland , IN , Joymore Gallery in Chicago , the Chicago Cultural Center and he recently created an installation for Pop-up Art in the Chicago Loop .

Clutch Gallery on WGN Radio!

Busy Beaver Button Co . and Chicago Design Museum : “On Pins and Needles” and the power of the promotional button ( Listen to the podcast here . Clutch is discussed at 10:40.) Dave Hoekstra visits with Christen Carter, owner of the Busy Beaver Button Company and Tanner Woodford, executive director of the Chicago Design Museum at Block 37, who have collaborated on a small-scale exhibit at the Museum called “On Pins and Needles”. The so-called clutch gallery is a 25-sq. inch display of political buttons significant to historical women’s political movements, all in a vintage wooden clutch purse. Carter also talks about getting into button-making through the grassroots punk music scene, and Busy Beaver’s big time clients and archive of historical buttons; Woodford discusses the rich heritage of Chicago’s visual artists and advertising firms, and more. Also sitting in as the resident co-host and musician for the hour is Chicago guitarist and Matchbox barman Gra...

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