http://www.c-drew.com/blog Chicago photographs, community art, artists' speech rights, screen printed peace and political patches plus t-shirts! Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:21:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Video of Chicago Critical Mass on Chicago's PICASSO Plaza [caption id="attachment_897" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Printing in the wind and cold of February in Chicago under the Picasso. Photo by Ron Grenko"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_898" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Positioning a blank patch on a print board made of a magazine page fighting the winter wind. Photo ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2010/02/28/february-chicago-critical-mass/ Photos by Ron Grenko Text by C. Drew The State of Illinois through its Cook County State's Attorney is attempting to put me in jail for up to 15 years for audio-recording my own arrest for the misdemeanor of selling art in public. The Illinois State Museum had an opening, “Pathways and Portals: ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2010/02/13/illinois-state-museum-chicago-art-patch-project/ [caption id="attachment_843" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Lowell promotes freedom with a smile and gets a smile right back."][/caption] The night before our Art Patch Project action I was concerned. Only three people actually told me they would meet me in front of Macy's on State Street at the scene of my “crime” in ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2010/01/31/855/ [caption id="attachment_831" align="alignleft" width="318" caption="Stop Harassing Artists Patch for volunteers attending court sessions."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_835" align="alignleft" width="425" caption="Right to audio-record police protest sign"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_836" align="alignleft" width="303" caption="Drop the felony - free Chris Drew protest sign"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_837" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Ask me for free art sign"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_838" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="The peddlers license is ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2010/01/26/freesam-volunteer-protest-t-shirt/ [caption id="attachment_822" align="alignleft" width="375" caption="Self-Portrait - C Drew does Community Service in Chicago"] [/caption] [caption id="attachment_821" align="alignleft" width="375" caption="Screen Print Workshop for Artists meets every Sunday afternoon 3-6pm"][/caption] Volunteers print art on cotton patches for the Art Patch Project [caption id="attachment_823" align="alignleft" width="375" caption="C Drew prints on the Protest T-shirt volunteers will ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2010/01/21/workin-it-community-service-in-chicago/ Thanks for following our e-mails. This time we will organize early and you will be working with a team. We are not going to let the City shake us up. We are going to shake up the City.  Can you help?  Are you able to help give ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2010/01/02/810/ [caption id="attachment_792" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Chicago Critical Mass Christmas Art Patch GiveAway!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_793" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="New post exposure method with basement shop light and string - Photo by C Drew"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_794" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Set-up of print area with squeegee, inks, patches, duct tape, ready to print. - photo by C Drew"][/caption] [caption ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2009/12/25/chicago-critical-mass-christmas-art-give-away/ [caption id="attachment_672" align="alignleft" width="593" caption="View of My Crime - Is this a Felony? (photo by Ron Grenko)"][/caption]View My Crime. (photo by Ron Grenko) Today in court, strangely, the court is pressing full steam ahead with the prosecution of me for the felony recording of an officer during my own arrest but ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2009/12/09/673/ [caption id="attachment_650" align="alignleft" width="532" caption="Cuffing of artist protester on State Street - Photo by Ron Grenko"][/caption] Blame the Leaders – not the Cops I was arrested and charged with a felony for taping my encounter with the police while selling art on State Street on December 2nd. My goal was to protest ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2009/12/06/651/ [caption id="attachment_608" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="High noon under the clock at Macys on State (photo by Ron Grenko)"][/caption] Christmas marketing season begins after Halloween in Chicago's Loop. On November 13th this meant a heavy police presence on State Street. I intended to set-up there to sell Art Patch Project screen prints to ... http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2009/11/18/first-blood-macys-under-the-clock-high-noon/