Join artists and educators Jorge Lucero (University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana), Olivia Gude (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Silvia Gonzalez (Franklin Fine Arts), Alice Costas (Northside College Prep), Janani Nathan (Nicholas Senn High School), Alejandro Colunga, Jr. (Back of the Yards College Prep High School), Andrea Yarbrough (in c/o: Black Women, Cooperation Racine), and […]

Join teaching artists Jessica Mueller, Laura Sáenz, and Mathias Schergen in conversation with moderator William Estrada as they explore the relationship between teaching art in community settings and formal educational environments. Their conversation takes into account the perceived boundaries between these contexts and advocates for a blended approach, with teaching taking on its own art […]

The Newberry hosts its previous Artists in Residence to discuss the experience of working with the Newberry’s collection as Indigenous artists. Join Camille “Katahtu’ntha” Billie, Jim Terry, and Jason Wesaw as they explore how working with archival materials influenced their art-making practice.

Join The GREYSTONE Collective for Crafting a Home, a talk with Founder and creative placemaker Clemenstien Love (CL),  presented as part of the Indelible ORIGINS | Place + People exhibition series. The Greystone  Residence consists of a collection of beautifully composed disparate interior architectural “roomscapes” linked by common themes and the single hand that created […]

Presented as part of the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, this program features the Chicago History Museum’s Rebekah Coffman, Curator of Religion and Community History, Joanna Bak, Program Associate, and Greg Storms, Senior Public and Community Engagement Manager, in conversation about the diverse ways sacredness has been preserved, shared, and activated in Chicago from the past […]

Take a deep dive into the process of creating the many multifaceted and interactive maps for the Newberry’s Indigenous Chicago project with scholars who helped to conceptualize and build them. This talk includes an introduction to several of the all-new interactive maps created for Indigenous Chicago. Scholars involved in development of the maps speak to […]

Meet the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival's architectural design teams and learn more about their participatory design process during this panel discussion moderated by design thought leader Nekita Thomas. Afterwards, extend your architectural experience of North Lawndale by participating in one of the building or garden tours that are part of Open House Chicago, the Chicago […]

Join Art Design Chicago exhibiting artists Vida Sačić, Melissa Leandro, Indira Freitas Johnson, and Carlos Barberena for an in-depth conversation about their journeys of immigration and migration, and ways in which those life experiences have shaped their work. In this panel moderated by Hyde Park Art Center ‘s Mariela Acuña, the artists discuss how Chicago […]

Poet Heid E. Erdrich shares selections from her powerful, award-winning works, often touching on personal, political, and cultural themes. Following the reading, artist Andrea Carlson—whose artwork, Exit, graces the cover of Erdrich’s Little Big Bully—joins Erdrich in conversation. Carlson's work is on view at the MCA in Chicago Works | Andrea Carlson: Shimmer on Horizons. […]

Public Media Institute’s How to Make a Scene series concludes it's in-person season with a  panel discussion featuring a compelling intergenerational mix of founders of prominent Chicago independent art spaces from the 90s to the present. The panel is curated and moderated by artist Ben Foch (New Capital) in conversation with Iain Muirhead (NFA SPACE) […]