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Hyde Park Jazz Festival: Ari Brown Quintet
Sat. September 23 • 1:00 PM
The Ari Brown Quintet performs in the sculpture garden as part of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival
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![An image of Silvia Bolognesi kneeling with an upright bass laid down behind her]()
Hyde Park Jazz Festival: Silvia Bolognesi Quartet
Sat. September 23 • 2:45 PM
The Silvia Bolognesi Quartet performs in the sculpture garden as part of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival
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Smart Reads: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Wed. September 27 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join in our virtual book club discussion of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
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Art-B-Q
Thu. September 28 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Back-to-school BBQ and preview of the Art to Live With collection, exclusively for UChicago students.
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Moon Songs: Black Moon Trio
Fri. September 29 • 6:00 PM
Performance from the Black Moon Trio addresses subjects of wellness and community through music, poetry, and nature.
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![A bronze sculpture of two hands touching rests on a plinth in front of a painting of a dancing couple]()
Saturday Pairings
Sat. September 30 • 2:00 PM
Join us for a close look at pairings of works from the collection on display in Calling on the Past.
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Art to Live With: Art Match
Sun. October 1 • 8:00 AM
UChicago students—line up and select a work of art form the Art to Live With collection to hang in your dorm room for the entire academic year.
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Family Day: Forces of Nature
Sat. October 14 • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Drop in and explore how the same natural forces that move mountains and create canyons can be used to make art!
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Open Studio x Duckworth
Wed. October 18 • 10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Learn about the history of ceramics, explore process, and delve into Ruth Duckworth’s practice during this hands-on workshop.
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Art After Dark: Building an Ofrenda (Part I)
Thu. October 19 • 6:00 PM
Join guest artist Norma Rios-Sierra in a series of hands-on workshops about the practice of ofrenda building and Día de los Muertos celebrations.
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![Book cover for Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.]()
Smart Reads: The Metamorphosis
Wed. October 25 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join in our virtual book club discussion of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
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Art After Dark: Building an Ofrenda (Part II)
Thu. October 26 • 5:00 PM
Join guest artist Norma Rios-Sierra in a series of hands-on workshops about the practice of ofrenda building and Día de los Muertos celebrations.
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Kiln Crawl
Sat. October 28 • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join fellow UChicago students on a guided bus tour to explore the history and function of kilns on the South Side of Chicago.
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Moon Songs: Angel Bat Dawid
Sat. October 28 • 6:00 PM
Angel Bat Dawid performs an original Afro-sonic sonata for clarinet and piano, responding to the works of sculptor Ruth Duckworth.
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Family Day: Super Stars and Majestic Moons
Sat. November 11 • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Become an “astro-artist” and create glow-in-the-dark starscapes and other hands-on art projects inspired by Ruth Duckworth’s love of the natural world.
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Artist Talk: Bethany Collins
Thu. November 16 • 6:00 PM
Join exhibiting artist Bethany Collins for a talk on her series The Odyssey and her broader practice of engaging language and poetics.
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Moon Songs: Kevin Coval
Sun. November 26 • 3:00 PM
A Sunday afternoon of ekphrasis and Chicago stories featuring Kevin Coval in dialogue with the works of sculptor Ruth Duckworth.
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Smart Reads: Braiding Sweetgrass
Wed. November 29 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join in our virtual book club discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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Family Day: Play with Clay!
Sat. December 9 • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Drop by the Smart Museum of Art for a joyful journey of “clayful” activity inspired by artist Ruth Duckworth.
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Night of Ideas: What Lies Ahead?
Thu. January 11 • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The New Year brings resolutions, astrological predictions, and think pieces on the future. Join us for a series of interdisciplinary gallery talks on the past, present, and what lies ahead.
Free and open to the public
The Silvia Bolognesi Quartet performs in the Smart Museum’s courtyard as part of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, a weekend of free performances at cultural venues across the neighborhood.
FREE, open to all.
Visit hydeparkjazzfestival.org for the complete schedule, safety guidelines, and other information.
About the performers
Silvia Bolognesi is a double bass player, composer, and arranger. She leads several bands: Open Combo, Almond Tree, Xilo Ensemble, Ju-Ju Sounds, Fonterossa Open Orchestra, Beast Friends, and Young Shouts. She is also part of the international string trio Hear in Now, with Tomeka Reid on cello and Mazz Swift on violin and vocals; the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s 50th Anniversary special project; and the Roscoe Mitchell Quintet. In 2010, Bolognesi founded her own label, Fonterossa Records. She is now also artistic director of the Fonterossa Day minifestival, hosted by Pisa Jazz, and the curator and conductor of the Fonterossa Open Orchestra, a creative orchestra based in Pisa since 2017. As a student, she studied double bass at the R. Franci Institute of Siena with Maestros Andrea Granai and Alberto Bocini, and jazz at the Siena Jazz Academy with Paolino dalla Porta, Furio di Castri, and Ferruccio Spinetti. The most significant encounters in her musical training were those with William Parker, Muhal Richard Abrams, Lawrence “Butch” Morris, Roscoe Mitchell, and Antony Braxton. She now teaches double bass and combo at the Siena Jazz Academy and is a jazz double bass teacher at Conservatorio Statale di Palermo. She has been part of the “European exchange-Erasmus +” program for the Conservatory of Maastricht (Holland), Tbilisi (Georgia), Riga (Latvia), and Birmingham (UK) since 2016, and has run workshops on improvisation and "conduction" since 2008.
The instrumentation of Young Shouts, as well as frequent moments of collective improvisation, exhibit the defining characteristics of the group as a classic modern jazz quartet. The quartet’s first recording, aLive Shouts, contains a Suite for Bessie Jones, which was inspired by the lyrics of songs made famous by the singer. The quartet’s second record, A Frame in the Crowd, is comprised completely of original compositions written and recorded during the pandemic and dedicated to a “missing” audience.
The musicians:
- Nick Mazzarella - alto saxophone
- Silvia Bolognesi - bass
- Others TBA
