A week away from the closing of his solo show at White Walls (closing Jan 7th, 2012), we speak with Mark Warren Jacques about skateboarding, art, optimism, skateboarding... and skateboarding.

Time for the holiday gear-up dudes! It's that time of year again and we got your master list for gifts this holiday season. Check out the slide show for some new Post Family products as well as other faves from local and long distance neighbors.

Justin Krietemeyer and Steven Harrington of National Forest have been jamming out crazy-inspiring work for years. In a world where art all-too-often exists as residue of negative energy (insert corny emo song here), we couldn't help but take the time to chat with the overlords of optimism about collaboration, running their design shop and making work that consistently beams good vibes and high fives for all.

This week Join Chad Kouri in NYC for the Affordable Art Fair. He has some work showing with The Art Dossier and will also be working with the fair to lead an artist guided tour of the fair on Thursday and Saturday (September 22nd and 24th, 2011) at 3pm. To join the tour please email rsvp@theartdossier.com.

It's your last chance to see our Collections show with us in the building during our closing event on Sunday, August 21st  2011 from 3-6pm at Chicago Urban Arts Society. And, 4pm there will be a panel discussion and Q&A session with the artists US along with a surprise guest moderator. It may even be a surprise to us! Good times. Show still up until the 27th.