Earlier this evening I was blindsided by a random memory from my childhood. In the 3rd grade, our teacher asked us to create a poem in which the letters of our names were the first letters of each line of the poem. Somehow, I remember my poem, verbatim*. This freaks me out a little, as my memory is typically… well, awful. Here’s the poem I wrote about CHAD SAVAGE:

Chad is my name
Halloween is my day
A bunch of spooks tied up in a knot
Do you know if they’re real or not?

Spiders and goblins, jack o’ lanterns*
A bunch of bats up in a steeple
Vampires, bogles (Scottish for “ghost”)**
And my dad (dressed up) always scaring people***
Going along the river’s coast
Ed (my uncle) dresses up like a ghost****

*I’m fudging this line – it’s the only one that, for whatever reason, just won’t come back to me…

**In the 3rd grade, I only ever checked out books of ghost stories from the school library. I had just learned what a “bogle” was.

***My father would put on a ghost costume when he took us trick ‘r’ treating – long, gauzy sheet, two eyeholes, and he’d wear sunglasses underneath to make sure the eyes were black. He would stand in the street, motionless, and let the wind flap his sheet as we rang each doorbell. In retrospect, I can only imagine how creepy that looked to people answering the door for me and my sister!

****My Uncle Ed had a huge plot of land on the Arkansas River, where I spent a lot of (happy) time as a kid. I don’t know that he ever actually dressed up as a ghost, but hey, I needed lines for my poem.

Northwestern University’s Medill Reports just posted an article on Spirit Halloween’s proposal to move Halloween to the last Saturday in October. Myself and Geoff “Kitty Zombie” Graves are quoted in the article – you can guess which side of the issue we both come down on. http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=142479

Sinister Visions owner Chad Savage is the current cover artist (and a featured artist within) the Autumn issue of Kilter Magazine: http://www.kiltermagazine.org

Sinister Visions owner Chad Savage is the current cover artist (and a featured artist within) the Autumn issue of Kilter Magazine: http://www.kiltermagazine.org

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Sinister Visions Head Honcho Chad Savage will have two new paintings showing at Gallery Provocateur’s 2009 Annual Halloween Exhibition in Chicago, headlined by none other than Clive Barker.

Gallery Provocateur Presents
HELLRAISER Annual Halloween Exhibition
Exhibition runs October 31st, 2009 – January 31st, 2010

Gallery Provocateur NFP
2125 N Rockwell
Chicago, IL 60647
773.661.2341 • http://www.galleryprovocateur.org

FEATURING ARTISTS

• Clive Barker
• Patrice “Pit” Hubert
• Zmiya
• Richard Haugh
• Rich Cronborg
• Chad Savage
• Gigi Gross
• Chris Guarino
• Christopher Shy

ARTIST COCKTAIL RECEPTIONS
Saturday, Oct. 31st, 2009 • 8:00 pm ~ 12:00 am*
Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2009 • 8:00 pm ~ 12:00 am*
**costumes & creative attire highly encouraged!**

The Halloween (Dark Arts) Annual Exhibition by Gallery Provocateur is part of Chicago Artists Month 2009, the fourteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community. In October, more than 200 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. Chicago Artists Month is organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is made possible through support provided by Bank of America. For more information, visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org.

You can see Chad Savage’s entries into this exhibition at http://www.chadsavage.com – the first two entries under “Halloween Art” – Harvest King & HalloQween.

Sinister Visions Head Honcho Chad Savage will have two new paintings showing at Gallery Provocateur's 2009 Annual Halloween Exhibition in Chicago, headlined by none other than Clive Barker.


Gallery Provocateur Presents
HELLRAISER Annual Halloween Exhibition
Exhibition runs October 31st, 2009 - January 31st, 2010 

Gallery Provocateur NFP
2125 N Rockwell
Chicago, IL 60647
773.661.2341 • http://www.galleryprovocateur.org


FEATURING ARTISTS

• Clive Barker
• Patrice "Pit" Hubert
• Zmiya
• Richard Haugh
• Rich Cronborg
• Chad Savage
• Gigi Gross
• Chris Guarino
• Christopher Shy

ARTIST COCKTAIL RECEPTIONS
Saturday, Oct. 31st, 2009 • 8:00 pm ~ 12:00 am*
Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2009 • 8:00 pm ~ 12:00 am*
**costumes & creative attire highly encouraged!**

The Halloween (Dark Arts) Annual Exhibition by Gallery Provocateur is part of Chicago Artists Month 2009, the fourteenth annual celebration of Chicago's vibrant visual art community. In October, more than 200 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. Chicago Artists Month is organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is made possible through support provided by Bank of America. For more information, visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org.

You can see Chad Savage's entries into this exhibition at http://www.chadsavage.com - the first two entries under "Halloween Art" - Harvest King & HalloQween. 

Sinister Visions Head Honcho Chad Savage will have two new paintings showing at Gallery Provocateur's 2009 Annual Halloween Exhibition in Chicago, headlined by none other than Clive Barker.

Gallery Provocateur Presents
HELLRAISER Annual Halloween Exhibition
Exhibition runs October 31st, 2009 - January 31st, 2010 

Gallery Provocateur NFP
2125 N Rockwell
Chicago, IL 60647
773.661.2341 • http://www.galleryprovocateur.org


FEATURING ARTISTS

• Clive Barker
• Patrice "Pit" Hubert
• Zmiya
• Richard Haugh
• Rich Cronborg
• Chad Savage
• Gigi Gross
• Chris Guarino
• Christopher Shy

ARTIST COCKTAIL RECEPTIONS
Saturday, Oct. 31st, 2009 • 8:00 pm ~ 12:00 am*
Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2009 • 8:00 pm ~ 12:00 am*
**costumes & creative attire highly encouraged!**

The Halloween (Dark Arts) Annual Exhibition by Gallery Provocateur is part of Chicago Artists Month 2009, the fourteenth annual celebration of Chicago's vibrant visual art community. In October, more than 200 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. Chicago Artists Month is organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is made possible through support provided by Bank of America. For more information, visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org.

You can see Chad Savage's entries into this exhibition at http://www.chadsavage.com - the first two entries under "Halloween Art" - Harvest King & HalloQween. 

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