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![Book cover for Love is the Way]()
Smart Reads: Love is the Way
Thu. April 15 • 6:00 PM
Join our virtual book club for a two-part reading and discussion of Bishop Michael Curry’s Love is the Way.
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![In a detail of a Renaissance painting, the figure of Daphne flees her pursuer Apollo, looking back over her shoulder. Her arms are raised above her head, in the process of transforming into the branches of a laurel tree.]()
Ovid over Lunch (Part I)
Thu. April 22 • 12:00 PM
Take a poetic trek through ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses with a lunchtime reading and discussion, co-presented with the Poetry Foundation.
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Amplify Teacher Workshop: Virtual Resources
Thu. April 22 • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Teaching virtual or hybrid? Join the Smart Museum of Art and the Oriental Institute for a preview of the resources offered to K-12 students and teachers for virtual learning.
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![Lorna Simpson's photo tryptic Three Seated Figures installed on a gray gallery wall]()
Health Humanities in Times of Crisis
Fri. April 23 • 10:45 AM - 5:00 PM
The first Health Humanities Symposium at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art explores the relationship between health, healing, and crisis.
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![Sitting cross-legged on the floor in the museum, Jo McEntee reads from a homemade book surrounded by elementary school students.]()
Take Care with Art After Dark: A Book for All Ages
Wed. April 28 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join in from home for an evening of art exploration and creative bookmaking, led by Lead Museum Educator Jo McEntee.
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![In a detail of a Renaissance painting, the figure of Daphne flees her pursuer Apollo, looking back over her shoulder. Her arms are raised above her head, in the process of transforming into the branches of a laurel tree.]()
Ovid over Lunch (Part II)
Thu. April 29 • 12:00 PM
Join in a drawing workshop and take a poetic trek through ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
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![Luca Cambiaso, Venus and Cupid, c. 1570, Oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, A. A. Munger Collection, 1942.290.]()
Gender and Sexuality in Early-Modern European Art
Thu. May 6 • 4:00 PM
Jill Burke (University of Michigan) and Patricia Simons (University of Edinburgh) discuss the construction of gender-based narratives and power dynamics in early modern European art.
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![Jan Brueghel the Younger and Hendrick van Balen, Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (detail), 1617]()
The Apocalyptic Renaissance
Thu. May 13 • 5:30 PM
Renaissance historian Ada Palmer (The University of Chicago) explores the relationship between war, strife, and artistic production.
