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Learning Together: Art

Children walking on a dark street wearing face paint and carrying signs and banners.
Pros Arts Studio Día de los Muertos Procession, 1999. Photo by Krystin Grenon. Courtesy of the artist.
  • Exhibition
September 5, 2024 - March 15, 2025
Learning Together: Art Education and Community
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Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago

A group of children wearing costumes and face paint crowd together in front of a sun-shaped sign that says "Pros Arts Studio."
Pros Arts Studio, Fiesta Del Sol Parade, 1973. Courtesy of Pros Arts Studio.
  • Exhibition
  • Opening
September 5, 2024 @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Learning Together: Art Education and Community | Opening Reception
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Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago

Photo of a classroom, empty of students, containing a large trophy case, tables, and chairs.
Faheem Majeed, What Shall I Tell the Children: DuSable High School, 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
  • Talk
October 3, 2024 @ 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Threads and Legacies: Chicago’s Artist Educators and their Networks
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Gallery 400 Lecture Room

A person wearing a hat and striped shirt sits drawing a portrait. Other artists are seated in the background.
  • Talk
October 9, 2024 @ 5:30pm - 7:00pm
The Classroom as Community and the Community as Classroom
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Gallery 400 Lecture Room

A student sits in a darkened school auditorium. Artwork and a fire extinguisher are on the wall.
Faheem Majeed, What Shall I Tell the Children: Phillips High School, 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
  • Talk
November 7, 2024 @ 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Identities and Communities Through Art Education: A Conversation
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Online

A vintage photo of people inside a small gallery space looking at art hung on wood paneled walls. Large chairs are positioned in the center of the gallery.
Jack Delano, An art exhibition at the South Side Community Art Center, 1942. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
  • Talk
November 19, 2024 @ 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Learning Together: Virtual Tour
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Online

  • Talk
  • Workshop
December 14, 2024 @ 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Co-Authoring the Story of Art Education: A Chicago Bookwork
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Gallery 400 Lecture Room

A red book jacket with black writing that states the book title and author.
Book cover of Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing.
  • Talk
February 18, 2025 @ 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Eve L. Ewing on “Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism”
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UIC Student Center East, Cardinal Room

Book cover showing a Chicago street scene at dusk. The title "Don't Go" in large block letters accompanied by the subtitle and authors' names.
Book cover of Don't Go by Tonika Lewis Johnson and Maria Krysan.
  • Talk
February 20, 2025 @ 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Tonika Johnson & Maria Krysan on “Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It”
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Gallery 400 Lecture Room

Diana Solis, Pros Arts Studio. Courtesy of Gallery 400.
  • Workshop
March 15, 2025 @ 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Learning to Clown Together: A Clowning Workshop with Pros Arts Studio
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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.

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