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Guillermo Gómez-Peña has an obsession with rewriting and restaging so-called “Western Art History” while highlighting colonial legacies of systematic exclusion, demonization and fetishization of Brown, Black, and indigenous bodies. This live radio keynote from Gómez-Peña…
Kenjiro Lee, UChicago Class of 2020, performs PRIMAL, a short play he wrote for the Zoom environment. Join Lee for this cathartic, participatory performance, presented by the Smart Museum as part of the initiative Beyond…
Museums are invaluable sites to learn through close encounters with material objects. Physically present, we get a sense of their scale, texture, weight, color, material, making process, and more. However, recent guidelines for remote learning…
Museums are invaluable sites to learn through close encounters with material objects. Physically present, we get a sense of their scale, texture, weight, color, material, making process, and more. However, recent guidelines for remote learning…
Join us as we unroll the scroll on a new year! Led by Kathryn Fitzgerald, Lead Museum Educator at the Smart Museum, this virtual gathering mixes art-making and conversation inspired by the Smart Museum’s exhibition…
Through scholarly research, collaborative artmaking, and community organizing Jason De León, Wendy Ewald, and Daysi Funes address critical immigration, migration, and human rights issues. Join these panelists for a virtual conversation as they reflect on…
Contemporary photographer Lorna Simpson first became known in the 1980s for work that confronted race, gender, and history. This participatory conversation, co-led by Sam Ramos, Art Institute educator, and Aneesah Ettress, curatorial and academic engagement…
Contemporary photographer Lorna Simpson first became known in the 1980s for work that confronted race, gender, and history. This participatory conversation, co-led by Sam Ramos, Art Institute educator, and Aneesah Ettress, curatorial and academic engagement…
Join us for a virtual gathering that mixes art-making and conversation inspired by the Smart Museum’s exhibition Take Care. Led by Rita Alvarez, Lead Museum Educator at the Smart Museum, this Art After Dark program…
During this live-streamed discussion, Claudia Wieser reflects on the myriad influences that inform her work—from the democratic stage of ancient Roman forums to the esoteric principles of Bauhaus craftsmanship—to produce immersive spatial installations. In conversation…