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In-gallery performance of Five Studies and a Postlude, written and performed by Will Myers. The performance juxtaposes large-scale, abstract visual art pieces with smaller, delicate sounds of a solo viola. It was commissioned for the…
Please join Jessica Sack, Jan and Frederick Mayer Senior Associate Curator of Public Education at the Yale University Art Gallery, for a series of interactive experiences in the Smart Museum of Art’s presentation of Solidary…
Everyone and every-body is welcome to this special figure drawing session presented by the Smart Museum of Art and the UChicago student organization Outside the Lines. Draw along with Sky Cubacub of Rebirth Garments and…
Experimental Music at the Smart with Will Myers and Jonathan Gardner An afternoon of in-gallery performances by UChicago composers Will Myers and Jonathan Gardner that encourage audiences to find new ways to move through art…
U.K. sound artist Jon Davies (Kepla) and New York based-media theorist DeForrest Brown Jr. perform Substantia Nigra, the concluding opus of a three-part work. This is the duo’s first U.S. appearance. The works follows their…
with Zackary Drucker, Chase Joynt, and Nicole Morse Who we are is profoundly shaped by our relationships with others, particularly the maternal figures in our lives. In this series of self-representational films, trans artists Zackary…
This two-part printmaking workshop presented in collaboration with Spudnik Press draws from images found at the margins of urban life. FREE. Space and materials may be limited, please register in advance. Part I Thursday, May…
Artist Melvin Edwards (b. 1937) uses existing objects—chains, shovels, hooks—in small, fierce sculptures that respond to racial violence in the United States. Edwards will be in conversation with Geof Oppenheimer, Sculptor and Associate Professor of…
With special guests Amanda Williams and Natalie Moore 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…
In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus school of design, this two-part program explores Bauhaus-connected works in the Smart Museum’s collection through looking, discussion, and hands-on art-making. FREE. Participants have…