• Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. November 14 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    SOLD OUT. Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Theaster Gates & Martin Nesbitt in Conversation

    Tue. November 18 • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

    SOLD OUT. Join Theaster Gates and Martin Nesbitt for a conversation on arts and entrepreneurship. Co-presented by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

  • Tour: The Hardware Store and Arts + Public Life

    Wed. November 19 • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    SOLD OUT Join us for a special tour of one of Theaster Gates's largest land-based sculptural projects, The Hardware Store. Followed by a guided-tour of the Arts Block.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. November 21 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in. Free; RSVP encouraged as space will be limited.

  • Collections Pop-Up Curated by CeCe Rodriguez

    Fri. December 5 • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

    The Smart's education study room transforms into an extension of the galleries for a one-day-only, pop-up exhibition, curated by Smart Education Intern CeCe Rodriguez.

  • Tour: The Land School

    Sat. December 6 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Join a guided tour of Theaster Gates's and Dorchester Projects' newest artistic project, The Land School.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. December 12 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. January 16 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. January 23 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. January 30 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. February 6 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. February 13 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Friday Tour: Unto Thee

    Fri. February 20 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in.

  • Poetry Open Mic Night @ The Smart

    Thu. February 26 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

    Join us for an open mic night of poetry readings and performances. Co-organized with the UChicago core sequence “Poetry and the Human.”

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