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Theaster Gates investigates the value of things and their potential to hold layered meanings. Inspired by Gates’s practice & in collaboration with the UChicago student-run nonprofit reSOURCE, families will be invited to reclaim, repurpose, and…
Presented by the Smart Museum of Art in collaboration with Obama Presidential Center, families will explore the theme “community” through collaborative, hands-on art making inspired by the work of Theaster Gates and the vibrant cultural…
On Saturday, December 6, from 5 PM to 8 PM, you’re invited to join us for a one-time screening of a selection of moving-image works by our Founder and Executive Director Theaster Gates. Throughout the…
Join a guided tour of Theaster Gates’s and Rebuild’s newest artistic project, The Land School, a site of experimentation and pedagogy rising from the decade-long renovation and reactivation of the St. Laurence Elementary School on…
The Smart Museum of Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting Meet Us Where We’re At, a program of six videos that forefront the experiences of drug…
Enjoy Destination Discovery Story Time in partnership with the Chicago Public Library. Wear your comfiest pajamas, grab your favorite stuffed animal, and join us for an after-hours museum experience designed just for our littlest patrons…
Join us for a special tour of one of Theaster Gates’ largest land-based sculptural projects, The Hardware Store, to see the ways in which Gates conceptually and formally engages with the ready-made through the preservation,…
SOLD OUT. Join Theaster Gates; artist, Professor of Visual Arts, and Executive and Artistic Director of Rebuild, and Martin Nesbitt, MBA ’89; Senior Partner, Co-Chairman, and Co-CEO of Vistria, and Board Chair of the Obama…