UChicago Arts

05/28/2024

Calling all dancers - Professional and Youth!

Audition to dance with the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project at Millennium Park this summer!

Register here: https://www.chicagoblackdancelegacy.org/events/audition

05/21/2024

Performances of the world premiere of Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution begin on Friday, May 24 at Court Theatre!

Tasia A. Jones makes her Court directorial debut with playwright and Prince Prize winner Nambi E. Kelley’s (Native Son) evocative world premiere. Tracing the journey from Stokely Carmichael, the man, to Kwame Ture, the legend, Kelley illuminates the power of imperfection to humanize, and the power of that humanity to change the world.

Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4aaUstF
UChicago Students, Staff, and Faculty reduced price tickets available!

05/17/2024

05/08/2024

Experience artistic seduction, installations, and performances at Logan Center's Pitch It! Launch. Meet the first cohort the Pitch It! Grant Program, explore their works, and enjoy live DJs and the debut performance of musical "Horsemeat."

Fri, May 10, 5:30pm-10pm/ Free
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/4a6vhIx

Logan Center's newest grant program aims to kindle collaborative student projects that transcend disciplinary boundaries and generational lines, nurturing unique and imaginative creations that showcase the capacity of the arts to inform, influence, and innovate. Leveraging the Logan Center’s multifaceted resources—technology, stages, expertise, and inspiration—this initiative welcomes UChicago undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students, as well as Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs) to submit proposals for site-specific work within the Logan Center.

05/07/2024

As FOTA's "Equinox" exhibition in Café Logan draws to a close, we invite you to celebrate the show at the Closing Party this Friday (5/10) from 4:00-6:00PM. Enjoy complimentary refreshments and activities throughout the afternoon, including a DJ, pizza, and tote-bag making. At 4:30PM, student artists featured in the exhibition will speak about their work in the show.
More info and the RSVP link can be found on our website: https://www.loganexhibitions.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/fota-2024
Stick around to explore other exhibitions and installations throughout the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts and hear the Pitch It presentations at 6:00PM in the Performance Penthouse!

05/01/2024

Honoring with a tribute to Meiji Japan's craftsmanship showcased across Japan and the United States. From intricate artistry to timeless traditions, let's celebrate the lasting impact of AAPI culture and creativity! 🏯✨

In our exhibition “Meiji Modern,” we are honored to present a landmark exhibition of pieces from this period that show Japan’s artistic innovation between 1868 and 1912. This exhibition also highlights Japan’s relationship with the United States. It gathers together more than 130 works from nearly 50 US collections, both public and private. Many of these works were acquired by American collectors directly from Japanese artists shortly after their making.

“For the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, the Meiji government paid selected artists and artisans 100 yen each to contribute works to the Japanese display.” These works were made to showcase Meiji craftsmanship to an American audience. Works like this lamp demonstrated the new techniques that Japan was eager to share with the world. In this lamp, Hattori Tadasaburō uses a technique called ‘shotai shippō,’ a special cloisonné technique from the Meiji period.

🔲Hattori Tadasaburō, “Lamp Globe with Pheonix,” c. 1910, Plique-à-jour enamels. Private collection. Image Courtesy Orientations Gallery.

05/01/2024

04/30/2024

Celebrate spring with all these wonderful events happening at Arts and Public Life in May!

04/25/2024

Winners of the 2024 UChicago Science as Art competition announced!

“Peculiar Dynamics” by Ph.D student Sam Everett is the grand prize winner for the 2024 Science as Art contest. As part of considering mathematical questions, Everett wrote a computer program to simulate a discrete dynamical system of the plane.

Learn more about the stories and researchers behind this year’s Science as Art competition: http://ms.spr.ly/6184YDqcr

04/18/2024

04/17/2024

This weekend don't miss Guerrilla Television: The Revolutions of Early Independent Video Symposium!

April 19-21 / Cobb Hall 307, The University of Chicago

A weekend's worth of screenings and discussions about the legacy of the Guerrilla Television movement and the future of independent video. Learn more here: mediaburn.org/blog/guerrilla-television-program/