• Tour: The Land School

    Sat. December 6 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Join a guided tour of Theaster Gates's and Dorchester Projects' newest artistic project, The Land School.

  • An Unto Thee Film Screening at The Land School

    Sat. December 6 • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    A screening of Theaster Gates's recent moving-image work at The Land School (formerly St. Laurence Elementary).

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. December 12 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Family Day: Community Ties

    Sat. December 13 • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

    In collaboration with Obama Presidential Center, families will explore the theme “community” through mixed-media collages that reflect their own personal and collective stories.

  • Family Day: In with the Old

    Sat. January 10 • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

    Families will reclaim, repurpose, and reimagine seemingly unusable objects from home, transforming them into unique works of art or restoring their functionality.

  • Conversation Piece: Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi

    Fri. January 16 • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

    Join Pouneh Shabani-Jaddidi for a conversation about Mohammad Hossein Mosavvar-ol-Molki’s print “The Allied Powers Routing the Axis Powers."

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. January 16 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. January 23 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. January 30 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. February 6 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. February 13 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Family Day: Rooted in Clay

    Sat. February 14 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

    In collaboration with Hyde Park Art Center and with guidance from artist Malika Jackson, families will create 3-D art objects using air-dry clay.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. February 20 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Poetry Open Mic Night @ The Smart

    Thu. February 26 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

    Join us for an open mic night of poetry readings and performances. Co-organized with the UChicago core sequence “Poetry and the Human.”

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