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Kendall Cramer

  • Installation view of Scott Reeder’s Untitled, 2011, MCA Chicago. Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta, Chicago|Berlin. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Commission
    Arts & Life
    Painting with Spaghetti
    Scott Reeder paints ice cream cones that watch themselves melt in a mirror, depicts cigar-smoking fruit and crafts art made of spaghetti.“All of my work…
  • The buttons were created from photographs brought by family members of their fallen solider.
    Arts & Life
    Healing Through Art
    Operation Oak Tree — which provides military families the opportunity to participate in therapeutic art, music and drama activities — recognizes that…
  • Walldogs mural
    Arts & Life
    Walldogs: Building Murals Spruce Up Towns
    Former U.S. House Speaker ‘Uncle’ Joe Cannon, actor Dick Van Dyke and Chuckles candy all have something in common: They once called Danville home and…