• Talk
• Adults

Art, Activation, and Reflection: Black Wall Street Journey

Thu. December 2 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join us for a pop-up marketplace and in-gallery conversation about the Black economy featuring artist Rick Lowe and UChicago researchers Ashley Truehart and Jennifer Etienne.

• Social
• UChicago Students

Study at the Smart

Thu. December 2 • 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM

The Smart’s galleries are transformed into a late-night study hall

• Online
• Adults

Book Launch: The Allure of Matter: Materiality Across Chinese Art

Tue. December 7 • 6:30 AM

This virtual launch celebration will bring together scholars of premodern and contemporary Chinese art together to discuss the importance of materiality in Chinese art.

• Online
• Smart Reads

Smart Reads: The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air

Thu. December 9 • 6:00 PM

Join in the Smart Museum of Art's virtual book club, for a discussion of Søren Kierkegaard's short masterpiece, The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air.

• Online
• Smart Reads

Smart Reads: The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air

Thu. December 16 • 6:00 PM

Join in the Smart Museum of Art's virtual book club, for a discussion of Søren Kierkegaard's short masterpiece, The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air.

• Performance
• Adults

Mirrors and Misconceptions: Poetry Reading + Activation

Fri. December 17 • 6:00 PM

Poems and prose from Runako Jahi, Tarnynon Onumonu, rebecca brown, Reginald Rice, and others, presented in conjunction of Toward Common Cause at Stony Island Arts Bank.

• Workshop
• Adults

Mirrors and Misconceptions: Gallery Talk + Collage Activity

Sat. December 18 • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

A conversation and creative response to Fred Wilson’s Murano glass sculpture "Act V. Scene II Exeunt Omnes" on display in "Toward Common Cause" at Stony Island Arts Bank.