Posts in Student Arts
“It’s About Wonder” - Ten Years at ASCI
“It’s About Wonder” - Ten Years at ASCI

Julie Marie Lemon has always been interested in revealing what cannot be seen at first glance. While working on her Master’s thesis at The University of Chicago, she examined how images from the Hubble Space Telescope mirror the conventions of oil paintings from the neo-Baroque period. In both the Hubble composites and the paintings, Lemon found, tiny details were made visible. “Deep down,” she says, “There are these connections.” These connections—invisible, powerful, and potentially field-altering—formed the basis for Lemon’s brainchild: the Arts, Science + Culture Initiative (ASCI).

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Student Arts, Cross-DisciplinaryEllen WieseASCI, Anniversary, Experiment, Logan Center, grad students
ECHO game brings students together—and keeps them safe
ECHO game brings students together—and keeps them safe

Aportal in the Regenstein Library. A rabbit hole to a mysterious alternate universe. Messages from the beyond—and the 1980s. This might seem like an alternate plot of Back to the Future, but you won’t find Marty McFly combing the library stacks. All of these elements were part of ECHO, the newest game launched by the University of Chicago’s Fourcast Lab.

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Faculty, Media and Cinema Studies, Performing, Student ArtsLogan Centerfourcast labs, ARG, MADD Center, Games, Game Design
Whoa de Whoa: The Gray Center’s “Another Idea” Comes To A Close
Whoa de Whoa: The Gray Center’s “Another Idea” Comes To A Close

“I'm a potter in the morning, a painter in the noon, I’m a bureaucrat in the night time, and I am a lover when the moon is bright, whoa de whoa de whoa.”

On July 31, interdisciplinary sculptor and DoVA Professor Theaster Gates delivered a performance that marked the conclusion of the Gray Center’s online exhibition, Another Idea, as well as their Gray Sound Sessions series.

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Visual Arts, Gray Center, Student ArtsLogan CenterTheaster Gastes, The Gray Center, Another Idea, Jad Dahshan, Student Author
Chill Factor: Actor Katlyn Carlson’s (AB’05) journey to Broadway
Chill Factor: Actor Katlyn Carlson’s (AB’05) journey to Broadway

In 2015 actor Katlyn Carlson, AB’05, got an email from her agent about an audition for a new musical. The message described high school queen bee Chloe Valentine as “self-absorbed, crass, sexy, manipulative, and hilarious in her disregard for others.” Carlson’s reaction? “Sign me up.”

She didn’t know she was embarking on a project that would make her (as best she knows) the first person from her hometown of Eureka, Missouri, to perform on Broadway.

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Theatre, Student Arts, Performing, AlumniLogan CenterAlumni, Theater, Theatre, Broadway, UChicago Magazine
Alone, Together: How Student Artists are Transcending Physical Limitations to Create
Alone, Together: How Student Artists are Transcending Physical Limitations to Create

Though the current public health situation has scattered UChicago students around the globe, many RSOs (Registered Student Organizations) have carried on remotely. UChicago has a vast range of artistic student activities and the dedicated members of these organizations have found innovative ways to do what they love despite necessary physical limitations. Dancers, singers, and creatives of all creeds have utilized technology to stay connected with their peers and create collaborative art.

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Made at Logan, Student ArtsLogan CenterStudent Author, RSO, Student Arts