Vie de Boheme!
Mark your calendars for May 20th 2011 for threewalls annual spring gala at Maxim's!
In keeping with threewalls’ tradition, *Vie de Boheme* is an immersive experience, inspired by early 20C Bohemia: the politics, music, art and fashion that inspired the counter-culture state of mind we describe as ‘bohemian.’ Set in beautiful Maxim‘s, an exact copy of the art nouveau restaurant opened in Paris in 1893, *Vie de Boheme* will be the underground meeting place for the wanderers, adventurers and vagabonds in search of the good life.
Unlike any other event in the city, our spring benefi t is an annual artist-designed and directed “experience” where guests become “part of the art.” Fortune tellers, poets, dancers, radicals and general bon vivants gather at our underground club to argue about art, life and love. As in all our past bene fits, thematic costumes are encouraged! This year’ s benefit will feature soap box lectures, solo musicians, fortune tellers and a hypnotist, cabaret and more alongside our annual live and silent auctions of over 40 works. Works will range in value from $100 to $10,000, and will be available for preview and early bidding on our website May 1.
Each year, threewalls produces limited edition glassware by Chicago-based artists in conjunction with the gala. This year's glass is designed by collaborative artists Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger.
Join us underground in a celebration of art and life and the end of the winter!
Ticket information:
(1) V.I.P. Tickets Pre-sale: $120; Door: $150
Includes V.I.P. auction tour, special drink and ltd. edition multiple glass, V.I.P auction tour and special fortune
Entry 7pm, V.I.P. cocktails: 7-9p
(2) General Admission Tickets Pre-sale: $60; Door: $75.00; Special Couples Ticket, Pre-sale only: $100.00
Entry 9pm
(3) Sponsorship package, 10 V.I.P. tickets: $1000.00
Includes V.I.P package for 10, acknowledgment at the event, and special collector's event.
Maxim's
7pm-midnight
24 E. Goethe Street, Chicago, IL, 60610
Vie de Boheme is sponsored by Sugar & Spice, Three Floyds Brewing, Pernod Absinthe, Vinic Wines, Dot Press, Midwest Generation, Armand Lee and NFA. For more information on the event, including sponsorship, please contact Shannon Stratton at shannon@three-walls.org.
Visit our website to buy tickets now.
Founded in 2003, threewalls’ is dedicated to increasing Chicago’s cultural capital by cultivating contemporary art practice and discourse. With a focus on the practices of local artists and administrators or visiting artists interested in regional history and culture, we aim to create a locus of exchange between local, national and international contemporary art communities that builds Chicago’s reputation as an important site for creative research and production.
threewalls operates three programs: six exhibitions per year that support local artists through SOLO and group exhibitions; a series of public programs that explore current ideas in art and culture (The Public Culture Lecture Series, threewallsSALONS and a biannual symposium on grass-roots and community organized cultural administration) and a residency that invites artists from around the world to engage in regionally site-specific research or projects. threewalls is also joint administrator of The Propeller Fund with Gallery 400 at The University of Illinois at Chicago.
threewalls is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; by a CityArts Program I grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; The Chicago Community Trust; The Cliff Dwellers Foundation for the Arts; ArtsWork Fund for Organizational Development; The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Alphawood Foundation; The MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; 3Arts Chicago; and major support is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. threewalls is sponsored by Pernod Absinthe. Support threewalls by visiting our website and making a tax-deductible donation: www.three-walls.org/about/support/.
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