On the Scene Around town is a spotlight on events that happened in Chicago and beyond.
The Auxiliary Board of Chicago Youth Centers (CYC) hosted Unlock Chicago’s Potential at Floating World Gallery in Lincoln Park
The organization invests in youth in underserved communities in Chicago to help them discover and realize their full potential. CYC is looking to grow the Junior Auxiliary Board and create awareness for their mission through young executives within the Chicago community.
The organization helps develop successful kids in Chicago’s underserved communities by helping them break out of generational cycles of poverty and violence. CYC surrounds kids with the social capital they need to be successful, including safe spaces, family engagement and community engagement, as well as nurturing and providing knowledge, access, involvement, and choices.
On Friday, June 20, the Auxiliary Board of Chicago Youth Centers (CYC) hosted Unlock Chicago’s Potential at Floating World Gallery in Lincoln Park to benefit children living in the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Proceeds from this event directly support CYC’s innovative, effective programming—from early childhood education to teen leadership development—at eight centers on the south and west sides of the city, and at Camp Rosenthal, a summer residential camp in Dowagiac, Michigan.
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Gallery 151’s Inseparable: The Soundwall Experience, a summer group exhibition, in partnership with Soundwall, celebrated the exhibits opening July 16. Guests in attendance included: Ricky Aiello Jr., Joseph Arthur and Spencer Tunick, Mia Berg, Jordan Doner, Walker Fee, Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy, Elliot Goldstein, Justin Jay, Matt Jones, Derek Reist, Carrie Mae Rose
Fred Brathwaite, also known as Fab 5 Freddy created an original piece for Gallery 151’s Inseparable exhibition. His vibrant, high energy “remixed” compositions have been exhibited around the world. In Fab 5 Freddy’s own words, “My abstract remix paintings were consciously conceived with a clear nod to the creative process that led to the development and creation of recorded hip hop music, which also is key in the development of the musical concept of the remix.”
Painter and musician Joseph Arthur and photographer Spencer Tunick are collaborating on a work which draws from a series they debuted last summer in La Cieneguita, Mexico.
Beginning July 16th, each piece of art will be featured on the capsule site, experience.soundwall.co. As you scroll over each artwork, the song that the artist curated for his or her piece will play, creating a hybrid virtual Soundwall experience.
Soundwall is customized, hand-crafted, framed artwork that hangs on the wall and plays music wirelessly. Using the Soundwall technology as a channel to explore the bond between sound and sight, each artist was asked to curate a song paired to their visual work.
The exhibit runs until September 1st at Gallery 151 in Chelsea.
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Kate Spade Saturday’s Summer Solstice Party took place on June 20 in LA at The Roof on Wilshire and had guests such as Emmy Rossum, Freida Pinto, Camilla Belle, Kiernan Shipka, Victoria Justice, Zoey Deutch, Cat Deeley, Debby Ryan, Lydia Hearst, Roxane Mesquida, Jared Eng in attendance.
