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Forest Rush More - by Kerry James Marshall
Location: Chicago Cultural Center / Garland Court façade.
Unveiled: December 4, 2017.
132 feet x 100 feet.
The mural honors 20 women who have shaped the city's vibrant arts and cultural landscape. For the names, please scroll down the post.
The mural is part of Chicago celebrating the...
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2017 YEAR OF PUBLIC ART CHICAGO [YOPA].
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events [DCASE] have designated 2017 the "Year of Public Art," with plans for special community projects, art festival, youth programs and much more.
The Chicago Public Art Collection includes more than 500 works of art exhibited in over 150 municipal facilities around the...
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From left: Nora Brooks Blakely, Edra Soto, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Carlos Tortolero, Mark Kelly, and Jacqueline Terrassa.
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Everyone's Picasso - Celebrating 50 Years of Chicago Icon.
A restaging of the 1967 Chicago Picasso dedication
Tuesday, August 8, 2017.
Location: Daley Plaza, Chicago.
From being hugely controversial, to...
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Live Painting by Legendary Chicago Artist Tyrue Slang Jones.
Location: Daley Plaza, Chicago
Date: June 21, 2017.
Brought by Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events [DCASE].
Tyrue Slang Jones calls his work as Slangism. Check out his website.. click here..
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The Pride and Perils of Chicago's Public Art
Temporary Exhibition: February 25 to July 30, 2017.
Location:Landmark Chicago Gallery, Ist Floor, Chicago Cultural Center.
Curated by Cultural Historian of Chicago: Tim Samuelson.
Part of Celebration of 2017 as as The Year of Public Art.
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Portrait with Tim Samuelson, Cultural Historian of the City of Chicago.
Event: Gallery Talk "The Pride and Perils of Chicago's Public Art."
Date: February 25, 2017
Location: Landmark Chicago Gallery, Ist Floor, Chicago Cultural Center.
Image courtesy: Lynn Becker.
Part of Celebration of...
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The Story Chair
Location: Chicago Cultural Center
What is it? This is the centerpiece of the custom designed furniture of Conrad Sulzer Regional Library, from which stories are read at library programs.
The example displayed here is a prototype created by Hammond, Beeby and Babka – the architectural firm responsible for the Sulzer design. Its design and handpainting was created by the project’s supervising...
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Eugene Eda’s Doors for Malcolm X College
Location: Sidney R. Yates Gallery at Chicago Cultural Center.
Temporary Exhibition: January 21-June 25, 2017.
Admission Fee: Free
This exhibition presents all 32 doors painted by Eugene Eda for the stairwells of the original, now demolished Malcolm X College. Painted in 1971, the monumental doors are a landmark of the...
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Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen
Location: Exhibit Hall & Sidney R. Yates Gallery, 4th Floor North, at.. Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago.
Temporary Exhibition: February 6-May 1, 2016.
Strandbeest: the Dream machines of Theo Jansen is organized by the Peabody Essex Museum [PEM], Salem, MA. Audemars Piguet, the tour's National Sponsor, provided generous support...
Above Image: Dr. Richard Powell [curator of the exhibition] and Daniel Schulman [Director of Visual Arts for DCASE, Chicago] at the Opening Reception.
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Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist
Temporary Exhibition: March 7 - August 31, 2015
Location: Sidney R. Yates Gallery, 4th Floor at Chicago Cultural Center.
Admission is FREE!
The exhibition is presented by the Chicago...
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