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Curator Tour: The Chicago Sound Show
Sat. October 19 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
As part of UChicago Humanities Day, tour the outdoor sound art exhibition on campus. **Sold out**
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Opening Day: Bread, Butter, and Power
Sat. October 19 • 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
An afternoon of intimate, gallery-based discussions with the artist and scholars celebrating the opening of Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter, and Power.
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![Nick Cave, Arm Peace, 2018, Cast bronze and vintage tole flowers. © Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.]()
Opening Reception: Down Time
Thu. October 24 • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Join the Smart Museum and UChicago student curators for an evening celebration of Down Time: On the Art of Retreat.
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Smart Talk: What About Human Rights?
Tue. October 29 • 9:00 PM
In collaboration with the Pozen Center, Craig Futterman and Trina Reynolds-Tyler discuss police reform, police abolition, the search for rights and justice, and an end to racism.
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Family Day: Make Your Own Music Video!
Sat. November 2 • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Drop in and design your own costumes, storyboard a cool idea, and create your very own music video!
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Pax Africana: The Southern Question
Tue. November 12 • 5:30 PM
Hlonipha Mokoena on novel histories of southern Africa’s contested political ideas and traditions, presented collaboration with the African Studies Workshop.
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![Ja'Tovia Gary, Still from Giverny I (Négresse Impériale) (detail), 2017, Video, 06:18. Courtesy the artist and galerie frank elbaz]()
Workshop: The Poem as a Place of Respite
Thu. November 14 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
This reading, discussion, and creative writing workshop explores poems by black poets that imagine, perform, or create places of respite.
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How to Draw in Museums (Part II)
Thu. December 5 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Take a drawing voyage through two Chicago art museums this fall and winter.
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Study at the Smart
Thu. December 5 • 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM
UChicago students—prepare for finals amidst the art in the Smart's galleries.
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Family Day: Quilting and Fort-Building
Sat. December 7 • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Learn to crochet, make imaginative quilts, and create fantastic spaces for relaxation during this special family day.
