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My Talks with Tony Fitzpatrick
Artist Tony Fitzpatrick's first collection of Newcity columns, "Dime Stories," published by Curbside Splendor was released in 2015.
“I haven’t snorted pixie dust in 32 years.”
UKRAINIAN VILLAGE — I'm pretty sure Tony Fitzpatrick would slap a guy in the face with his giant artistic paw if he thought it might get the guy to snap out of his apathetic yuppie coma and pay attention to what's going on in the city.
That’s just the kind of guy he is.
Since a backhand to the grill probably won’t have the desired effect, Fitzpatrick writes a bimonthly column in Newcity that offers his readers an uncensored snapshot of an old school artist’s unrelentingly idealistic view of modern Chicago that balances the hard truths about his city with his hope for what it could be.
“I’ll tell you, the way an artist sees the way this city works is different … and it’s not just a perspective that’s always covered in pixie dust, either” Fitzpatrick says. “And I haven’t snorted pixie dust in 32 years.” READ MORE.
Midnight City at Steppenwolf Garage.
“It’s about the end. The big adios.” Fitzpatrick said of of his stage play, Midnight City.
“When you turn 55 you realize there’s more road behind you than ahead, and how much the city has changed. How do you make the best of the time you have left? Do you stay in one place the rest of your life? READ MORE.
Fitzpatrick's Art Institute of Chicago Debut Makes Mom Proud
THE LOOP — Tony Fitzpatrick remembers when he decided to become an artist. So does his mother.
"That's the same day I took you to Loyola?" Annamae Fitzpatrick asked her boy.
"Yes, to see the shrink," Tony says, laughing. "The nuns were mad at me because I was drawing pictures of nuns being attacked by eagles and stuff. The nuns suggested that I go see somebody."
Later that afternoon, Annamae and her boy visited the Art Institute of Chicago — a trip that Tony says changed everything. READ MORE.
Artist Tony Fitzpatrick's Giant Flock Of 'Secret Birds' To Soar At DePaul
“I hope people take away some joy. A smile.
A realization that the nature that surrounds them is absolutely miraculous. …
And they take the time to go seek it out.”
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