On Sundays from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., join 6018North for soup and discussions about sustainability. Presented as a part of 6018North's Myth of the Organic City exhibition, Sunday Sustainable Soup is an opportunity to gather together—over soup—with likeminded people who want to advance sustainable actions. Early conversations formed the agenda/focus around three things: Be a […]
In conjunction with its digital exhibition, A Snapshot of Chicago's Art Fairs: 1948-2004, Chicago Collections Consortium presents a discussion with Chicago artists Cranston Knight (photographer and poet), Carmen Perez-Stoppert (sculptor and jewelry maker), and Ken Reif (painter) about their experiences with Chicago art fairs and festivals. Learn about the impact Chicago's art fairs have had […]
Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, has long been a critical hub for Indigenous art. Through the perspectives of four artists with connections to Zhegagoynak, the exhibition Woven Being: Art […]
How can printing preserve historical tools and narratives? Artists Amira Hegazy and Vida Sačić explore how printing can question singular cultural narratives and how their own practices address political and social issues between multiple cultures. This event is presented in conjunction with the Newberry's free exhibition, Making an Impression: Immigrant Printing in Chicago, running December […]
The South Side Community Art Center, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Logan Center for the Arts, and University of Chicago invite you to a free, day-long symposium offered in conjunction with the […]
Join Marisa Cruz Branco, Terra Foundation Curatorial Fellow for Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland, in a conversation on works in the exhibition that explore Indigenous futurism, the Pueblo Revolt, speculative fictions, and much more. Block Gallery Talks offer a close look at select works on view centering the interdisciplinary questions, perspectives and expertise of faculty, staff, students, and community […]
Join distinguished author and cultural organizer Eve L. Ewing for a reading of her latest book Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. Original Sins traces the history of the American education system, revealing how it was never neutral but deliberately designed to sustain racial inequality and […]
Chicago-based artist Tonika Johnson and UIC professor of Sociology Maria Krysan discuss and read from their recently published book Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It. In the book, the authors examine the racism behind the advice to avoid Chicago’s South and West side neighborhoods. From interviews with Chicago residents, Johnson and […]
Meet the Block Museum Student Associates in the galleries for a close look at one or two works on view in Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland. Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs) are Northwestern undergraduates representing interdisciplinary fields of study from across the university. In the galleries, the BMSAs engage The Block’s visitors in conversations about artworks that spark their curiosity and ideas that […]
Tour Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland with Terra Foundation Guest Co-Curator Jordan Poorman Cocker. Through the perspectives of four collaborating artists with connections to Zhegagoynak—Andrea Carlson(Grand Portage Ojibwe/European descent), Kelly Church (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Tribe of Pottawatomi/Ottawa), Nora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), and Jason Wesaw (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi)—Woven Being explores confluences that continue to shape Indigenous creative […]
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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.
