{"id":1132,"date":"2014-04-23T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T16:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2014-04-23T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T16:58:08","slug":"villain-arts-5th-annual-chicago-tattoo-arts-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"Villain Arts: 5th Annual Chicago Tattoo Arts Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Written by Kenya Luciano<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the month of March, Villain Arts hosted their fifth annual Chicago Tattoo Arts Convention from March 21-223rd 2014. This year, the convention was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel including well known artists such as Kyle Dunbar, Scott Marshall, Amy Nicoletto, Alli Baker, among others, along with\u00a0 vendors, live entertainment, contests, as well as seminars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1136 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00055-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00055\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\u00a0Jim Francis from Ink Master<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC00051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1133 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00051-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Alli Baker from Best Ink\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Alli Baker from Best Ink<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00070-e1397847322115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1134 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00070-e1397847322115-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Marshall from Ink Master\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> Scott Marshall from Ink Master and his final product<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em\" href=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC00068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1141 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00068-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00068\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC00051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1142 aligncenter\" style=\"color: #333333;line-height: 1.5em\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00060-e1397850214503-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kyke Dunbar from Ink Master\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Kyle Dunbar from Ink Master and some of his products<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC00047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1139 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00047-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00047\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Local artist tattooing someone&#8217;s head<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC00051.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC00032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1135 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00032-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Portfolio displayed at a local's booth\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Portfolios being displayed at some of the tattoo artists booths<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1138 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00042-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Local female artist working on a pin-up\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0Local female tattoo artist in the process of tattooing a pin-up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1144 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cuchicago.edu\/spectator\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC00048-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tattoo guns being sold\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\u00a0Hand-crafted tattoo guns were being sold<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Kenya Luciano During the month of March, Villain Arts hosted their fifth annual Chicago Tattoo Arts Convention from March 21-223rd 2014. 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