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PLEASE NOTE UPDATED TIMEEvent start time has shifted to 6:30 pm. This hands-on evening combines an intimate tour of Solidary & Solitary with sketching and oil painting workshops to create strong, complex, and beautiful abstractions….
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…
Celebrate the Smart Museum of Art’s winter exhibitions! Experience works by multiple generations of African American artists that challenge a monolithic narrative of modern art history, join an intimate gallery talk, see the first major…
Drop by and join in the Smart’s free family activities every month! Each Family Day features hands-on art activities designed to inspire children to think about and respond creatively to art and the world around…
During this intergenerational gallery discussion, The Time Is Now! exhibiting artist Douglas Williams shares stories about working and living on the South Side. Douglas Williams works across painting, drawing, and sculpture. In addition, Williams has…
Drawing The Hairy Who Make the most of your museum trip through the act of drawing the art on view. Join the Smart Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago for a special two-part workshop…
During this intimate gallery discussion, The Time Is Now! exhibiting artists Carolyn Lawrence and Robert Paige share their stories about working and living on the South Side. Carolyn Lawrence is a painter, printmaker, educator, and…
Drawing The Hairy Who Make the most of your museum trip through the act of drawing the art on view. Join the Smart Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago for a special two-part workshop…
Prepare for finals amidst the art in the Smart’s galleries. The late-night session includes free pizza, snacks, and coffee. This event is part of a series of special study sessions and offers an perspective-expanding environment…
Join exhibition curator Rebecca Zorach for an insightful tour of The Time Is Now! The tour will explore the vibrant and multi-faceted art worlds of Chicago’s South Side. Rebecca Zorach is Mary Jane Crowe Professor…