Ten years ago, Arts + Public Life at the University of Chicago began its stewardship of the Arts Block on Garfield Boulevard in Washington Park. Now, the launch of its Arts Lawn marks a new step in community-centered artistic space. Occupying a set of formerly undeveloped lots next to the Green Line Performing Arts Center, the Arts Lawn is an opportunity for the expansion of ambitious outdoor arts programming and community reclamation of public green space.
Read MoreLogan Center Exhibitions presents “Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment,” open through Sept. 10 at the Logan Center for the Arts. The exhibition explores the injustices of the carceral system through the voices and art of those who have experienced them firsthand.
Read MoreThe Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts is a living building. On any given day, the halls are full of every permutation of artistic practice—a double bass preparing for a concert on the Lower Level; community members flocking through the doors for a panel in the Performance Hall; a jazz concert in Café Logan; student circus performers perfecting acrobatics in Performance Lab 701; an open mic in the Performance Penthouse; countless classes and meetings and practices and rehearsals happening on all levels, in all spaces.
Read MoreAs Elizabeth Myles’s, AB’20, sizzle reel played, sighs of recognition, claps and cheers rang out at each clip. Many of the filmmakers were in the audience. “I’m in tears because you’ve put all our films in conversation with each other,” said festival co-organizer and filmmaker Yvonne Welbon.
Read MoreDuring an Oct. 12 conversation with WBEZ’s Sasha-Ann Simons at UChicago’s Logan Center for the Arts, Ewing emphasized that learning about an important historical event for the first time isn’t a cause for shame. “It is a moment to ask yourself: ‘Who is invested in your not knowing? What systems are perpetuated by your not knowing?’”
Read MoreArchitecture and monuments hold space and attention, projecting myth, legend, and authority into the public sphere. Yet, recent uprisings and protests across the world suggest a rejection of what these structures represent.
Read MoreThis past Spring, when COVID-19 radically shifted the way we move—and yes, dance—through the world, TAPS Lecturer Julia Rhoads was not about to sit still. Through a collaboration with her own dance company, Lucky Plush Productions, and UChicago's Dance Program in TAPS, Virtual Dance Lab was born. During the initial onset of the crisis, Virtual Dance Lab brought free or low cost dance and movement workshops not just to the UChicago students in the TAPS Dance Program, but to the staff, faculty, and greater community, all of whom were adjusting to a life moved abruptly indoors.
Read MoreFeatured in the Gray Center’s online conceptual art exhibition, Another Idea, Chelsea A. Flowers’ work offers avenues for dialogue about race, abuse, power, and identity. With a practice encompassing installation, video, and participatory performance, Flowers presents a karaoke video and hosts a trivia night via Zoom as part of Another Idea, using comedy and gameplay to mediate empathy, cultural understanding, and critical conversations about race.
Read MoreThese PPE supplies would normally be used to clean mold spores from medieval manuscripts, protect researchers from particles of preserved skeletons, and reshape galleries to fit new exhibitions of modern art. Today, they’re helping to save lives.
Read MoreWe sat down with Ron O.J. Parson and Aaron Mays to hear more about the Spotlight Reading Series at Court Theatre, a citywide program that connects the Court’s theatrical resources with community partners to present classic plays by writers of color.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on the arts and cultural community. Listed below are a selection of initiatives offering support at the University and state level.
Read MoreLast month, as part of a new partnership between Court Theatre and the Office of Civic Engagement (OCE), 22 of Chicago’s established and emerging civic actors explored what it was like to become literal actors.
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