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Ruth Duckworth (1919–2009) referred to herself not as a potter or ceramicist, but as a “sculptor with clay.” The special exhibition Life as a Unity takes her at her word, foregrounding her sculptural production and…
Virtual gathering Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club! The Smart Reads series continues in September with Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We invite you to read along with us and…
The natural world: Reflections on Halsted In this conclusion of the Smart Museum of Art’s Moon Songs series, join Kevin Coval for a Sunday afternoon of ekphrasis and Chicago stories in dialogue with the works…
Join exhibiting artist Bethany Collins for a talk on her series The Odyssey (2018–ongoing) and her broader practice of engaging language and poetics. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Smart to the Core: Poetry is…
Spelled as it Sounds: Ideas that form a painting process and trajectory In this Open Practice Committee talk, exhibiting artist Lauren Quin discusses the themes, influences, and evolution of her paintings’ singular visual vocabulary. In…
Join the Smart Museum of Art on a space mission! During this monthly Family Day, become an “astro-artist” and create glow-in-the-dark starscapes for your bedroom, make shimmering moon posters that can change phases, and even…
Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization (CEGU) students, faculty, and friends are invited for a night at the museum to discover and engage the work of Ruth Duckworth and the exhibition Life As A Unity….
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano: A Geomorphological Afro-Sonic Score of the Works of Ruth Duckworth Angel Bat Dawid performs an original Afro-sonic sonata for clarinet and piano, responding to the works of sculptor Ruth Duckworth….
Heating clay to life, kilns are an essential in the ceramic making process. Join fellow UChicago students and Department of Visual Arts Teaching Artist Amber Ginsburg on a guided bus tour to explore the history…
SmartPartners—please join us for a special curatorial walkthrough of the Smart Museum of Art’s fall exhibitions, Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity and Smart to the Core: Poetry is Everything. Organized exclusively for the SmartPartners,…