Gallery Watch

Several months ago Josh Lucas sent me an e-mail that seemed simple enough. He asked who were a few of my favorite Chicago writers, and I replied. I would soon come to understand the scope of Josh's vision for what is now a 22 person art show/literary event call The Torn Pages.

Eleven writers. Eleven artists. Twenty-two of Chicago's very best, working together to write and illustrate eleven completely original, utterly beautiful and undeniably bizarre children's stories as part of The Torn Pages Show, presented by OhNo!Doom Collective.

Writers and artists include:

Joe Meno & Cody Hudson
James Kennedy & Nate Murphy
Jenah Garrett & Stacey Earley
Zach Dodson & Allison Dunn Burque
Ben Tanzer & Dominique Holmes
Tim Hall & Ryan Young
Jill Summers & Andrew Thompson (pictured below)
Amy Guth & Pea-Be (picture above)
Lindsey Markel & Jason Brammer
Jaime Calder & zchild
Nancy Khurana & Ruben Aguirre Jr.

However, Josh's vision expands beyond just a gallery show, and into the world of publishing. He hopes to have what will be the incredible result bound into a book. To make this vision a reality Josh is trying raise so money to cover the printing costs. Check out his kickstarter page, and be sure to check out this exhibit when it launches.