Rumble Arts Center is a community arts organization located in Humboldt Park. We offer classes in a wide variety of creative disciplines and host regular cultural events. We are committed to directly serving our community and keeping our courses financially accessible to all!
Sunday, 9/19 & Saturday, 10/6, 12-4pm
Students will learn the process of using screens to print on fabric. Create a design with paint on film, use photographic emulsion to transfer this image to a screen and finally, use a squeegee to print the design onto your very own t-shirt. Rumble arts will provide a variety of thrift store shirts, but please bring clothes you are excited to customize!
Open to: Teens, adults, supervised kids
$15 Supply Fee required
(Scholarships available)
Space is limited, so register today by emailing Rumble Arts Center at rumblearts@gmail.com or calling the office at 773-278-4441.
art · printmaking · silkscreening · spudnik press · t-shirt design · workshop
Rumble Arts Center
Monday, July 12, 2010
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Father Figures is a band of five friends in Brooklyn, making music that blends the composed and improvised into something that is wild, yet accessible. It is Zombie Jazz, and it is not your grandfather’s music… unless your grandfather juggled knives. Always melodic and strong willed, Father Figures manages sounds into sculptures to make you move your feet, then break a vase, and can neatly package these sounds into a 30 minute set ideal for a dirty basement, or an hour long set ideal for a slightly cleaner warehouse. But they’ll actually play anywhere, and preferably with bands that play rock and roll.
Sometimes the band loops itself. Sometimes the band plays really really loud. Always the band leaves the audience wondering what they’ve just seen, without enough time to figure it out before the next rock band starts. Father Figures has a new record out on vinyl and digital files on Museum People Records: Over the course of four months, they recorded 5 hours worth of improvisations to 4-track cassette and a breaking Navy reel-to-reel 1/4″ tape recorder. Dumped into digital, sorted through everything and picked only what we loved, then chopped, mixed, produced, tweaked and arranged, the resulting debut album consists of 18 pieces, a supreme example of using improvised music compositionally.
Listen to us here:
www.myspace.com/fatherfiguresmusic
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Ever caught yourself wondering what to do when Rumble is closed and you can’t access our wonderful programming? Well, we have the answer . . . at least for one night a week! Rumble’s rolling party night and fundraiser will be taking place every Wednesday at the Music Lounge (3017 W. Armitage ave.) from 9pm to 2am. Hosted by freestyle champ SAM i AM, this night promises dancing, star performances, freestylin’ and much, much more! First night is 7/7/2010 . . . see you there!
Come support the teachers of our African Drum and Dance classes, held Sundays 2:30-4:00pm and Mondays 6:00-8:00pm, by coming to their exciting event!
Mofindu African Drum and Dance Company will be holding a fundraiser at Rumble Arts Center on June 12th from 4PM-7PM. Tickets are $15. Price includes a raffle ticket. Music and dance from West Africa, Cuba, and the U.S. with be featured. There will also be food, raffle prizes, silent auction and vendors.
All proceeds will go towards helping to bring African drum and dance programs to youth in low-income Chicago communities.
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Support Humboldt Park arts initiatives and affordable housing by participating in this free community mosaic workshop presented by Architreasures and Bickerdike Redevelopment.
Professional tile artist Ray Jackson will lead community workshops, open to all residents of Humboldt Park, to design and create mosaics commemorating Rosa Parks. The panels created will be installed on the exterior of Bickerdike Redevelopment’s new affordable housing, Rosa Parks Apartments.
Workshop Schedule
Tuesdays and Thursdays
May 11-July 1 (except May 13th and June 10th)
6 – 8:30 PM
Saturdays
May 15-June 26 (except May 29 and June 19)
10 AM – 1 PM
Workshops will be held at
Harold Washington Unity Co-op
649 N Troy St
architreasures · arts workshop · Bickerdike Redevelopment · mosaics · Rosa Parks Apartments
Family Grounds Cafe
Paper Flowers was a success, thanks in no small part to our wonderful sponsors! Rumble Arts Center would like to thank Family Grounds Cafe (a family cafe and kids play space) for donating a gift card to our raffle. Other contributions included a pair of tickets from Kerasotes Theatres. This type of generous spirit is at the heart of what we’re trying to accomplish here at Rumble!
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On Friday May 14th from 4:00 to 9:00pm, Rumble Arts Center will be hosting an event entitled “Collaboration.” We have invited other organizations from Humboldt Park and the surrounding neighborhoods to participate by providing a performance, holding a workshop, or simply sharing information about their organization or community. This event is being produced with the help of St. Joseph Services and we currently have the participation of the Arts Of Life band, as well as the Spoken Word Academy (who will be hosting an open mic cafe in the kitchen area of the center), Casa Corazon and others. During the event we plan to have many “Collaborative” activities such as a mosaic and a collage project. We hope to have the chance to expose new faces to the center and what it is offering, while simultaneously bringing other organizations into the center to celebrate all the wonderful things they are doing all under one roof.
A Family Art & Craft Workshop for Mother's Day
Saturday, May 8th 11am-3:00pm
Please join Rumble Arts Center for an exciting afternoon of creative workshops suitable for the whole family. We will be offering activities such as mural painting, character illustration, gift-making, family portraits, and much, much more. Come with your friends and family to enjoy the crafts of neighborhood vendors, win our raffle prizes, and sample our complimentary treats!
Upstairs, enjoy Mercadito – Rumble’s DIY Craft Fair! Shop for local crafts, perfect for Mother’s Day gifts!
art workshops · craft fair · DIY · mother's day · paper flowers
Unfortunately, due to Facebook’s terms of service, Rumble Arts needs to migrate from a personal account so we’re inviting you to become fans of our new Facebook Fan Page!
It’s easy—just visit our new page and click “become a fan”.
Make sure you become a fan of the new page asap. We’re taking the personal account offline in a few weeks and we wouldn’t want you to miss out on our updates and events.
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2010MERCADITO – DIY Arts + Crafts Fair!
2 Comments · Posted by Jason Pelker in News, Upcoming Events
Three awesome activities, two floors of fun, one great time and all for free: DIY arts and crafts fair featuring 24 vendors from the Humboldt Park, Logan Square and Ukrainian Village neighborhoods ready to sell their creations and demonstrate to visitors their art making process. Trunk show led by three to four fashion design students who will create and alter clothing during the event and which will be available for purchase. Rumble showcase will highlight the Center’s teachers and students as they perform the dances and music and display artwork they have created in their classes. Extras will be included like music by a local DJ and food!!
