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How can your university art museum be a resource in your teaching, and what is the pedagogical value of object-centered learning? Hosted by the Smart Museum’s Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry, this workshop will outline…
Following the Nap Ministry’s gallery napping experience (4:30–6:30 pm; space is limited; by RSVP only) join us for a public conversation with Mati Engel, MDiv, and Tricia Hersey, MDiv, to explore the themes of rest,…
Have some Down Time in the Smart Museum galleries and experience a curated nap facilitated by Tricia Hersey, the Nap Bishop and founder of The Nap Ministry. Napping will be followed by Rest as Resistance…
Join the Smart Museum of Art and Poetry Foundation for a poetry reading, discussion, and creative writing workshop. Presented in conjunction with Down Time: On the Art of Retreat, the workshop explores poems by black…
Join exhibiting artists Naima Green and Derrick Woods-Morrow for an intimate gallery conversation about their respective artistic practices and the themes of retreat and labor. This conversation is presented in conjunction with Down Time: On…
Join Hlonipha Mokoena, PhD as she reflects on Pax Africana: The Southern Question exploring how Meleko Mokgosi’s large-scale paintings open up novel histories of southern Africa’s contested political ideas and traditions. Mokoena is currently an…
An after-hours party inspired by the student-curated exhibition Down Time: On the Art of Retreat. Students will have the opportunity to dance and commune at the Smart Museum. FREE, open exclusively to UChicago students. Image:…
Family Days at the Smart Museum are designed to celebrate the creative potential in all of us. With new projects every month, Family Days offer opportunities for kids and their caregivers to create together and…
The Problem with Police Police are state agents authorized to use violence to fight crime and maintain public order. However, too often police have used that authority to violate the human rights of ordinary citizens,…
Join the Smart Museum and UChicago student curators for an evening celebration of Down Time: On the Art of Retreat. Organized through the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry, the exhibition centers the tension between retreat’s…