Tune in to Lumpen Radio for a conversation with artists and Center for Native Futures Co-Founders Debra Yepa-Pappan and Monica Rickert-Bolter. They talk with Lumpen's Nick Wylie about their Native […]
Join Chicago-based artist Victoria Martinez for a tour of her solo show at the Chicago Cultural Center, Victoria Martinez: Braiding Histories. Martinez works in a variety of materials and scales, drawing inspiration from the body, the urban environment, architecture, and graffiti.
In conjunction with the exhibition Victoria Martinez: Braiding Histories, join Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Curatorial Associate Iris Colburn for a conversation with exhibiting artist Victoria Martinez.
Join the Newberry Library's Jill Gage for a look at an exceptional collection of artists' books gathered over several decades by Robert McCamant, the noted book designer, former president of the American Printing History Association, and longtime graphic designer of the Chicago Reader. Mr. McCamant recently donated parts of this collection to the Newberry. Images […]
Tune in to Lumpen Radio on 105.5 FM for Sala: A Living Room of Ideas, a live radio broadcast presented by Silvia Inés Gonzalez, the administrator of POCAS (People of Color Artist Space). The program features poets Hilesh Patel and Christian Aldana in conversation about the personal and political poems that touch on love and […]
Presented by The GREYSTONE Collective as part of its series Indelible ORIGINS | Place + People The BLACK Domestic Living & Dining Roomscapes, Game Time is an interactive installation curated by guest artist Schetauna Powell. The Black domestic living room is a place family gathers to engage in play and performance together. In Black culture, an object […]
Join photographer Lawrence Agyei for an artist talk on his series DRILL, on view at Blanc Gallery. The artist shares his inspiration for the series and the power of photography and community. The event includes a conversation between Agyei and Michael A. Borum, Assistant Director of the South Shore Drill Team, who reflects on what being […]
As part of Indelible ORIGINS | Place + People The BLACK Domestic Living & Dining Roomscapes, the GREYSTONE Collective presents Reading Time, personal readings by artist and writer Talia Kimberly Wright. The BLACK domestic living room is a place family gathers for cultural enrichment through conversations and literature. Utilizing memory, word, and material object, Wright's work […]
Join Villa Albertine for the opening of Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris, an outdoor installation at Experimental Station in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood, to meet the artists and curators in person. Photographs by two artists living and working on Chicago’s South Side, zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal and Tonika Lewis Johnson, are shown here on 61st […]
Join Villa Albertine for the vernissage of the exhibition Opening Passages : Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris at 6018North. Meet the artists and curators in person and gain insights into the creative processes behind the captivating works on display. Part of a multi-site project produced by Villa Albertine and its City/Cité program, this exhibition showcases the works […]
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An initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art in partnership with artists and organizations across the city, Art Design Chicago is a series of events and exhibitions that highlight the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.
