Bridge is proud to join the City of Chicago, DCASE-sponsored “Art Is Labor” campaign. Creative workers are the foundation of Chicago’s rich arts and culture landscape.

From artists to ushers to techs to administrators, and so many others, creative workers are fueling the imagination and design that are essential to the city’s businesses, organizations, and communities.

Artists and arts workers, a subset of creative workers, are 3.6x more likely than the general workforce to be self-employed. They are also more likely to work multiple jobs and often earn income for their creative production through grants, residencies, and fellowships.

Employment policies, laws, and working conditions must recognize, respond to, and serve creative workers to ensure that they, their families, and communities thrive.

Open dialogue about the issues facing creative workers is essential. This includes transparent, fair and equitable pay policies, safe workplaces, and access to tools to improve the conditions of creative production.

Bridge welcomes new Visual Art section Editor Xiao Faria DaCunha (@xiaochineseart). Writer, artist, curator, facilitator, and journalist. Xiao wears many hats, but in the end, they all trickle down to one thing: humanitarianism. Her journey with Bridge started as a freelance contributor for the online magazine, and evolved into a regular contributor to the Fwd: Museums Journal as a book reviewer. Now, Xiao will serve as Bridge’s visual arts editor over the next two years.

BRIDGE VIDEO LAUNCHES NEW INTERNATIONAL SLATE OF UNDERREPRESENTED CATEGORIES IN FILM & VIDEO

Bridge Video today announces its third season Feature Film lineup of new licensed film and video beginning Sept. 27, 2024. Each week on Friday during the Fall 2024 season, Bridge Video will showcase a new film and video title available for viewing online exclusively through Bridge Video. Each film will also be available for viewing anytime through subscription to Bridge Video for $25/every six months or $2.50 per month.

With few exceptions, film and video works selected for the inaugural Bridge Film and Video Festival taking place March 15, 2025 at SITE/less Chicago will not be premiered on Bridge Video until after the festival closes. (Please note: this year’s Fest will be a rebranded edition with details forthcoming; also, originally planned for a Fall premiere, this year’s event date was changed due to City of Chicago grant-funded deadlines for renovations at our venue). We have also extended our final deadline to submit via FilmFreeway.

THE BRIDGE JOURNAL JOINS SUBSCRIPTION-BASED ACADEMIC AND LIBRARY RESEARCH DATABASE

Bridge is pleased to announce that The Bridge Journal has contracted to join the EBSCO Information Services Research Database, making it available in 90% of the world's public, college and university libraries. 

AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF HOLES, RELEASED NOV. 3, 2023, FINALIST FOR PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE

Bridge is beyond thrilled to share the news that Stacy Hardy's "An Archaeology of Holes" is a finalist for the prestigious "Big Other" (@bigothermag) Book Award for Fiction! “It's wonderful to see Stacy's amazing story collection, out last year on Bridge Books,” says publisher Michael Workman, “alongside such important presses as FC2, Sarabande, Graywolf, Black Cat/Grove Press, and so many others! Congrats to Stacy and all the finalists.”

The winner will be announced at this year's Big Other Book Awards Ceremony, which will be aired virtually (date and time to be announced)!

Bridge Books Announces Oct. 15, 2024 Release Date for Robert Kloss’s “The Genocide House,” Preorders available now

THE GENOCIDE HOUSE WILL BE RELEASED OCT 15, 224 WITH EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Bridge Books, publisher of the Bridge Journal, a division of Bridge Art Nfp, the registered Illinois 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization that also publishes the weekly online Bridge magazine at bridge-chicago.org, today announces publication of its second literary fiction and first novel title. “The Genocide House” by Robert Kloss is produced with cover artwork by Devon Stackonis, and designed by Michael Workman Studio. Acquired for the press by Bridge Journal Fiction Section Editor Meghan Lamb, the story collection will be released by Bridge Books Oct. 15, 2024.

In addition, “The Genocide House” is now officially available, pending design revisions, for preorder.

Bridge Books Announces Aug. 23, 2024 Release Date for Darya Foroohar’s “My Eyes, Your Gaze,” Updates to Hardcover Design

MY EYES, YOUR GAZE WILL BE RELEASED AUG 23, 224 WITH EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Bridge Books, publisher of the Bridge Journal, a division of Bridge Art Nfp, the registered Illinois 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization that also publishes the weekly online Bridge magazine at bridge-chicago.org, today announces publication of its first graphic novella title. Every Thursday throughout our Fall 2023 (Sept - Dec) and Spring 2024 seasons, Bridge serialized Darya Foroohar’s "My Eyes, Your Gaze" through our social media sites and in an online flip-book, which now culminates in publication of the full graphic novel this summer. Acquired for the press by Bridge Journal Fiction Section Editor Meghan Lamb, the story collection will be released by Bridge Books Aug. 23, 2024. In addition, after several proof-of-concept tweaks in our design phase, “My Eyes, Your Gaze,” will now be produced exclusively as a hard cover title. All preorders will automatically be upgraded to hardcover at no additional cost.

NEWS: Bridge Mourns Untimely Passing of Poetry Section Editor Spencer Paul Hutchinson

It is with profound grief and sadness that the Bridge editors today share news of the tragic and untimely passing of Bridge Poetry Section Edtor Spencer Paul Hutchinson. According to his obituary posted by surviving family on Legacy.com, Hutchinson, 39, was found to have "passed away unexpectedly April 21, 2024 in his apartment in East Garfield Park, Chicago."

Bridge Books Announces Publication of New Cultural Criticism Title: Johanna Drucker’s “Affluvia: The toxic off-gassing of affluent culture.”

AFFLUVIA WILL BE RELEASED SPRING/SUMMER 2025 WITH EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Bridge Books, publisher of the Bridge Journal, a division of Bridge Art Nfp, the registered Illinois 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization that also publishes the weekly online Bridge magazine at bridge-chicago.org, today announces publication of a new cultural criticism title, Affluvia: The toxic off-gassing of affluent culture by Johanna Drucker. Acquired for the press by Bridge Editor-in-Chief Michael Workman, the non-fiction narrative will be released by Bridge Books in Spring/Summer 2025.

Bridge Books Announces Publication of New Artist’s Book Title: “Surviving the Long Wars”

Bridge Books, publisher of the Bridge Journal, a division of Bridge Art Nfp, the registered Illinois 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization that also publishes the weekly online Bridge magazine at bridge-chicago.org, today announces publication of its next artist’s book title, to be released by Bridge Books in fall 2024, Surviving the Long Wars: Creative Rebellion at the Ends of Empire.

Bridge Books Announces New Experimental Memoir Title: Nat Baldwin’s “Antithesis”

ANTITHESIS WILL BE RELEASED SPRING/SUMMER 2025 WITH EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Bridge Books, publisher of the Bridge Journal, a division of Bridge Art Nfp, the registered Illinois 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization that also publishes the weekly online Bridge magazine at bridge-chicago.org, today announces publication of a new experimental memoir title, “Antithesis” by Nat Baldwin. Acquired for the press by Bridge Journal Fiction Section Editor Meghan Lamb, the memoir will be released by Bridge Books in Spring/Summer 2025.

Bridge Books Announces New Literary Fiction Title: Robert Kloss’s The Genocide House

THE GENOCIDE HOUSE WILL BE RELEASED FALL/WINTER 2024 WITH EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Bridge Books, publisher of the Bridge Journal, a division of Bridge Art Nfp, the registered Illinois 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization that also publishes the weekly online Bridge magazine at bridge-chicago.org, today announces publication of its next literary fiction title, The Genocide House by Robert Kloss. Acquired for the press by Bridge Journal Fiction Section Editor Meghan Lamb, the novel will be released by Bridge Books in Fall/Winter 2024.

Bridge Editor-in-Chief Michael Workman was recently interviewed for the new Contemporary Literary Publishing Lab at the University of Chicago, a new resource of the creative writing department offering “news of upcoming CLP events, interviews with people in the publishing industry, our research on publishing trends, and a database of literary journals.”

Bridge welcomes new Poetry section Editor Spencer Hutchinson (@spencer.hutchinson.714). Spencer Hutchinson is a 2009 BFA Graduate from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a 2020 MFA graduate from the University of Illinois at Chicago where he majored in New Media Art Studies and studied Art and Art History as a Continuing Studies Student through The Graham School at The University of Chicago. Hutchinson specializes in painting, drawing, poetry and sound based/new media works as well as critical writing on art.

BRIDGE ANNOUNCES A FESTIVAL OF HOLES, with events at:

Art in Odd Places: DRESS, New York FRI-SUN, OCT 13-15

The Bridge Film & Video Festival at SITE/less Chicago THU, OCT 27

The Neubauer Collegium for Society and Culture at the University of Chicago FRI, NOV 3

Bridge Books Announces First Title in New Literary Fiction Line: Stacy Hardy’s “An Archaeology of Holes”

AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF HOLES WILL BE RELEASED NOV. 3, 2023 WITH EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Bridge Books, publisher of the Bridge Journal, a division of Bridge Art Nfp, the registered Illinois 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization that also publishes the weekly online Bridge magazine at bridge-chicago.org, today announces publication of its first literary fiction title. Acquired and edited for the press by Bridge Journal Fiction Section Editor Meghan Lamb, the title will be released by Bridge Books Nov. 3, 2023.

Bridge today announces a programming partnership program with the Evanston Experimental Film Festival, offering an additional screening opportunity for select shorts through the Bridge Video streaming service. 

Johannes DeYoung’s “Headshots,” Soyeon Jung’s “White Noise” and Walter Smits’ “in which they were not yet hermit crabs” will be presented as part of a Bridge Video lineup within their larger program, with the showcase screened outdoors on the wall of the Evanston Art Center on September 22, 2023, and on a video screen inside the Evanston Art Center from September 22 -October 20, 2023.

Please follow the Side/Lot curatorial program on Instagram here and on the Evanston Art Center site here for updates on the 5th annual selection of short experimental video works in the Evanston Experimental Video Showcase! Screening outdoors at the Evanston Art Center on Friday, September 22 at 8pm. Bridge members will join the screening to discuss their Bridge video platform.

Bridge Video today announces the initial lineup for its inaugural Bridge Film & Video Festival. In addition, the lineup expands to include a second date for the festival, now Friday, Oct. 27 & the originally announced Saturday, Oct. 28 screening dates.

Most films will also be available for viewing anytime through subscription to Bridge Video for $25/every six months. With a few exceptions, film and video works selected for the inaugural Bridge Film and Video Festival will not be premiered on Bridge Video until after the festival closes. Please note that this list is subject to change.

Bridge Video Announces its Weekly Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 Lineup of Featured Films; Programs Begin Sept. 1

With the death by "sunsetting" of its New Arts Journalism program as originally reported by the school’s F Newsmagazine, another few-of-its-kind arts writing program disappears from the curriculum at School of the Art Institute of Chicago.