Happy Summer! Sidebar is back!!! The Gray Center will be hosting a conversation with artist, Cauleen Smith and University of Chicago faculty, Robert Bird to discuss manifestos, utopian visions, cinema of/for the future, and their work on the upcoming exhibition Revolution Every Day at the Smart Museum of Art.
What will the South Side of Chicago look like in 2021? As we anticipate the construction of the Obama Presidential Center, this workshop brings South Side residents and University of Chicago students together to visualize our desired futures for our community.
New exhibtion by artist, UChicago Professor (Department of Visual Arts), and Gray Center Advisory Council member Pope.L reviewed in the New Yorker and New York Times.
The summit, What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights?, recieved extensive press coverage. Click this post for a list of publications and links.
Artist and UChicago faculty Pope.L participating in Documenta 14, with support from the Gray Center.
We seek proposals that team artists and scholars (one [or more] of whom will be a visiting fellow; the other one [or more], a University collaborator) for a collaborative project that encompasses research, creative production, and teaching. Fellowship awards fall between $40-70K and are customized to each project.
Gray Center Mellon Fellows Glenn Kotche (composer and percussionist) and Steven Rings (Department of Music) discuss the exciting early stages of their fellowship VoiceGrooveSong.
