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 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 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 MoreFrom soaring orchestra compositions to intimate home movie livestreams, University of Chicago scholars and artists are already exploring the arts in new ways and connecting to the public at a time when many are feeling increasingly isolated.
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 MoreStaying in Hyde Park for Christmas? Celebrate the holidays with a candlelit service in Rockefeller Chapel.
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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