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Loft 3a is run by digital designer Leon Grant Bussinger and street installation artist Zoë McCloskey.

☞ We use our 3000 square foot loft to host emerging and experimental creative endeavors in the form of concerts, gallery shows, private parties, fundraisers, temporary cafes, film screenings, workshops, and rehearsals.

☞ We like to partner with visiting artists, small collectives, and other not-yet-institutionalized entities to serve as a physical platform in which to manifest their inspirations and create happenings.

☞ We work with projects that are underground, emerging, and/or transformative. Feel free to contact us with an idea.

Leon Grant Bussinger (Managing Director) (b.1988) is a digital designer of interactive installations, corporate websites, and freelance motion graphics. He has also made numerous music videos for emerging Chicago bands as a professional videographer. His formal education is as a classically trained stage actor, with independent film credits, and university background in acting and economics. Grant’s interactive designs have been hosted by Fourish Studios Gallery and the Chicago Recording Company. His corporate clients include the Talent Drive LLC, Stats, and the National Association of Manufacturers. Also an info maniac, Grant follows all manner of new media and current events, reading over 1500 blog postings a month ranging from fashion to technology, art, design, luxury, diy, life hacking and development. He began hosting creative events at Loft 3A in Spring of 2007. Visit: originallgb.com

Zoë McCloskey (Creative Director) (b.1983) is a print/installation artist with experience in galleries, nonprofits, and institutions but prefers to use her skills in the service of non-structures. She has wheat pasted on the streets of cities such as Oaxaca, New Orleans, Washington D.C., and Buenos Aires and has exhibited in Phili, Braddock, NY, Portland, and other cities. She has collaborated on projects in Medanos, Argentina, Dangriga Belize, Mexico City, and El Salvador. For many years she served as an organizer for Locurativo, an artist collective that renovates abandoned spaces in Latin American and hosts residencies, workshops, and touring exhibitions. Most recently she was a developing member of The CyberPunk Apocalypse Writers Collective in Pittsburgh, PA which offers residencies for burgeoning writers and produces and quarterly open source publication. Visit: zoemccloskey.net

June 30, 2009

A Late-Night Cabaret: July 18th: 9pm-2am

One Night Only! You’re invited to a presentation of puppetry, dance, & live music, featuring performances from:

Lolly Extract, a Master Puppeteer whose oeuvre includes the Lyric Opera, the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, Hystopolis Productions, Jabberwocky Marionettes, Hell in a Handbag, the Smithe Brothers, El Circo Cheapo and many more.

Amber Marsh, a New York performance artist from ImaginationExplosion, whose NYC name drops are The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, Galapagos Art Space, Theater for the New City, Zebulon, The Bronx Arts Ensemble, LACAP, the Bruce High Quality Foundation, and more.

Dance & improvised movement by Lily Emerson of the Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting and Lucid Street Theatre.

Multifaceted sound & music provided by Chicago musicians The Catatonics, Charlie Universe & Violent Lange of the bike band, Schwinntonation, along with afterparty music by DJ blackdaylight.

Loft 3A balances on the cutting edge of underground Chicago art events. Come witness their latest mis-happening of intellectual adult content; a boxer kicking the shit out of the economy, a praying mantis does it again, movement to music, & other stimulating interactions of stunningly creative minds.

The Lineup: The Catatonics 10pm /Lily Emerson 10:30pm/ ‘The Fight of the Century’ - Lolly Extract 10:50pm/ ‘Mantis and the Prey’ - Amber Marsh & Violent Lange 11:30pm/DJ blackdaylight 11:45pm-2am

A Late Night Cabaret: Fight of the Century and Other Acts, Saturday, July 18th, 9 pm-2am, Presented by Loft 3A, 3036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago

Contact: Amber Marsh ambermarsh72@gmail, 718-415-1023

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June 29, 2009

We're Back!

Gearing up for a great summer and friggin awesome fall.

Stay tuned for details

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