Logan 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 MoreAll That Light celebrates the AIRs program. Originally conceived by Prof. Theaster Gates—himself an acclaimed artist—the Artists-in-Residence program is a joint effort between UChicago’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC) and Arts + Public Life (APL), a community-centered arts organization based in Washington Park.
Read MoreExtended, postponed, reopened—three words commonly heard by any artist who attempted to exhibit work during the COVID-19 pandemic. As safety protocols and gallery policies fluctuated over the last year, the Department of Visual Arts (DoVA)’s 2021 BA class persevered with their thesis exhibition, mounting a stunning group show amidst the challenges of creating art in relative isolation. UChicago Arts sat down with a handful of the 2021 BA exhibitors for a brief chat on how the pandemic impacted them and their practice, and where they think they’ll be in five years.
Read MoreThroughout the run of the exhibition at the Logan Center Gallery, “Builders” activated the show every Thursday through a hybrid of personal testimony and fiction.
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Read MoreThe Ties that Bind: Waves of Pan-Africanism in Contemporary Art and Society is a multi-year research project led by Yesomi Umolu, Logan Center Exhibitions Curator.
Read MoreThe weekend of October 13-19, 2017 saw over 100 visitors at the Logan Center, as well as the Stony Island Arts Bank, the first public convening of a multiyear research project, public program, and online platform entitled The Ties That Bind: Waves of Pan-Africanism in Contemporary Art and Society.
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