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Local artist Norman Long leads an experimental soundwalk of the Woodlawn neighborhood. Long, born and raised Chicago’s South Side, will…
This symposium addresses the historic significance of the South Side as a community, a set of institutions, and a collection…
While this event has limited capacity and is an invitation-only event for Black cultural workers in Chicago, we welcome anyone…
Presented by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago in conjunction with…
The International Black Writers Conference, Revisited reflects on a conference that has served as an important convening of Black writers…
Prepare for finals amidst the art in the Smart’s galleries. The late-night session includes free pizza, snacks, and coffee. This…
Drawing The Hairy Who Make the most of your museum trip through the act of drawing the art on view….
What makes a self-portrait a self-portrait, and how have artists deployed photography in the making of self-portraits? Artworks in Smart…
Artist Leonardo Drew manipulates materials like wood, rusted iron, and mud to create imposing sculptures that still maintain connections to…
In this two-part program presented in collaboration with the University of Chicago Library’s Special Collections Research Center and the Poetry…