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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…
Drop-in figure drawing session presented in collaboration with Outside the Lines. With live model and gigantic swaths of paper and canvas to work with. Inspired by art on view in the Smart Museum of Art’s…
Please join us for an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion structured around works from the Smart Museum of Art’s collection. With short presentations by UChicago scholars and faculty: Andrew Bearnot MFA candidate, Department of Visual Arts Melina…
Join us for a creative, community-building social hour hosted by Erika Dudley, the Smart’s 2015–2016 Interpreter in Residence. The evening features cocktails, handmade treats, and conversation raised by work on view in the Smart’s galleries….
Launch party for new issue of the UChicago literary magazine Memoryhouse. Featuring spoken word poetry, the performance group Memento, music, refreshments, and a painting activity inspired by the Smart Museum of Art’s new exhibition Monster…
Spearheaded by Leon Golub, the group of artists dubbed the Monster Roster established the first unique Chicago style. Monster Roster, organized by the Smart Museum of Art, brings together approximately 60 major paintings, sculptures, and…
Nearly 60 years ago, a group of Chicago “monsters” were introduced to the world. These artists, spearheaded by Leon Golub, created darkly figurative work and boldly established the first unique Chicago style of art. Our…
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…
Experimental Cinema in Eastern Europe Marking the rise of new media in Eastern Europe, this selection of works charts the transition from film to video and consists of short works that indicate self-awareness and an…
**Registration is closed. Event is full** A collaborative audiovisual performance from South Korean filmmaker Lee Hangjun and noise musician Hong Chulki. The program features Film Walk (2012) and Phantom Schoolgirl Army (2013), two works that…