Stop by the Smart Museum for an afternoon of free, hands-on art activities inspired by Give the Drummer Some!, the Smart’s newest installation by South Side interdisciplinary artist, designer, and educator Robert Earl Paige. Drop in; all families and kids of all ages are welcome. Art supplies provided.
“Let’s Talk About Art” is Hyde Park Art Center’s innovative hybrid learning program for older adults (65+). Participants explore visual and performing arts, collaborate with Chicago art organizations, and create their own art inspired by exhibits and performances. As part of this special Art Design Chicago iteration of the program, this session explores the Museum […]
As a part of programming for the exhibition Radical Craft: Arts Education at Hull-House 1889-1935, the Hull-House Museum is partnering with The WasteShed to present a three-part event series, “Radical Mending.” […]
Weaving Stories is a series of community-building weaving workshops meant to connect our shared stories of heritage and culture to material practice. Taking place at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Ukrainian […]
In this writing workshop led by Somali-American author Ladan Osman, guests explore themes of migration, diasporic place-making, and the resonances of colonial built environments. This workshop offers participants a space to step into their poetic practice as a means of deeply engaging with the exhibition Prospetto a Mare. Ladan Osman is the author of two […]
Join Melissa Potter to bind handmade covers for the Myth of the Organic City exhibition catalog. In July with Nathan Lewis of Out of Step Press, workshop attendees helped create handmade paper from cut and pulped veteran uniforms. Building on this work, attendees of the November session will learn artists' book assembly and contribute to […]
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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.
