Antena@ Versionfest 2009



NFO EXPO

Antena is proud to showcase "El Stitch y Bitch" collective at this year's Version Festival. "El Stitch y Bitch" is a culturally diverse group of knitters/crocheters. They gather in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to share stories, new techniques and let the good times roll. At the moment they are comprised of four consistent members: Hoa, Bibi, Stephanie and Thelma. For more information go to http://elstitchybitch.blogspot.com/

SATURDAY APRIL 25 and SUNDAY APRIL 26
1pm to 8pm

The NFO XPO, Shelter Corps, & Free University + MORE
The Benton House complex, 3052 S Gratten Avenue
1pm to 8pm • $7 adults / $3 Children ($10/$5 for 2 day pass)

Off a small public park in Bridgeport is a 100-year-old community center complex named the Benton House. It is there on Saturday and Sunday that Version kicks off an ambitious program that includes our annual art fair platform; the NFO XPO; a temporary structures project called Shelter Corps; The Free University; guided tours; and a guest exhibition curated by Jeriah Hildwine.

Today's program is massive. It opens early at the The Benton House complex and Gymnasium and ends late at the Co-Prosperity Sphere. In between and during these times and places is a fantastic parallel program coordinated and presented by Material Exchange at the Experimental Station and Back Story Cafe.

NFO XPO
Benton House Gymnasium

The NFO XPO (pronounced "info expo") brings art groups and community orgs together to exchange information and ideas as well as provide a public platform for each group to present themselves. It's a trade show for experimental art, emerging spaces, and radical exchange. It's our version of what an art fair should be. It is a fantastic opportunity to view emerging art, to network and make shit happen.( Link : Last years XPO )

Participants include:
Albert Stabler and Paul Nudd ($heart), Green Lantern, Institute of Socioæsthetic Research ( Daniel Mellis), Alan Moore, Spoke, Antena, Art Storage, The Space LIC, Reuben Kincaid, Art Shanty Projects, Hui-min Tsen, Marc Arcuri and Ellicott, Joe Baldwin, Laura Miller, Casey Smallwood, Marc Moscato, Hale Ekinci, Michael Coolidge, Andi Sutton and Anne Elizabeth Moore, Amanda Lichtensteins adn Evan Plummer, Grant Newman, Sarah Kenny, Ashly Metcalf, Ray Emerick Studios, Trendbeheer, ChicagoArts, Aaron Delehanty, Jeriah Robert Hildwine, Doug Smithenry, James Jankowiak, Nicholas Schutzenhofer, Stephanie Burke and others.

The Free University happens simultaneously to the NFO XPO downstairs in the classroom facility of the Gymnasium.

Food and drink will be available at the NFO XPO and Shelter Corp sites.

Benton House
3052 S Gratten Avenue
Chicago, IL
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