What does ‘drawing’ mean? Gray Center exhibition explores interdisciplinary possibilities
“The show is a riff on the double meaning of drawing,” said Seth Brodsky, director of the Gray Center. “It obviously designates the act of creating art with pencil and paper. But it also involves pulling, dragging, drawing out, selecting too. It speaks to the way Gray Center fellows select each other, draw from and on each other, find things in each other’s work neither knew was there in the first place.”
Read more »Ghenwa Hayek appointed Interim Director of the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry for 2020-21
Seth Brodsky Appointed Gray Center Director
University of Chicago Provost Daniel Diermeier, Executive Vice President David Fithian, and Senior Advisor to the Provost for Arts David Levin announced today that Seth Brodsky, Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities, has been appointed Director of the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry. Brodsky has served as Interim Director of the Gray Center since July 2018 and succeeds Jacqueline Stewart as its third Director.
Read more »Coverage of Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor's Recent Gray Center Visit
Visiting scholar Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor (MIT) works to examine and facilitate dialogue between the University, the Obama Presidential Center, and Chicago’s South Side communities.
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Seth Brodsky Receives AMS Lockwood Award
Gray Center Interim Director Seth Brodsky receives Lewis Lockwood Award from the American Musicological Society for his book From 1989, or European Music and the Modernist Unconscious.
Read more »Art in America reviews Revolution Every Day featuring work of Cauleen Smith and Robert Bird
Art in America reviews the Smart Museum exhibition Revolution Every Day which features work by Gray Center Fellows Robert Bird and Cauleen. Smith
https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazines/revolution-under-review/
Pope.L profiled in the New York Times
The New York Times profiles Gray Center Fellow and UChicago professor William Pope.L and he talks about his work The Whispering Campaign
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/t-magazine/pope-l-artist.html
Hyperrhhiz: The Portal | The Sandbox
Hyperrhiz on Patrick Jagoda and Sha Xin Wei's Alternate Reality Game, The Project: "The multilinear experience of The Project came, in both intended and unexpected ways, to serve as an allegory of the game design and production process itself. The game explored the possibilities and limits of play in an early twenty-first century media ecology that blurs the distinction between work and play. The Project sought to produce a collectively imagined augmented reality through sited experiences and emergent networks of play."
Dieter Roelstraete
Dieter Roelstraete will call Chicago home as the new curator at Neubauer Collegium.
Read more »Jacqueline Stewart: Newcity Film 50 2017
Gray Center Director Jacqueline Stewart was featured as one of "Chicago's Screen Gems" in Newcity's annual Film 50 issue. Recognized for her curatorial, scholarly, and preservationist contributions to the Chicago filmmaking community, Stewart comes in at number 8 on this year's list. “I continue to work toward using film to enrich the lives of folks on the South Side of Chicago."
Zachary Cahill: Newcity Art 50 2017
Gray Center Curator Zachary Cahill was featured as one of "Chicago's Visual Vanguard" in Newcity's annual Art 50 issue. "Zachary Cahill’s politically and historically charged practice transcends boundaries between roles as artist, critic, curator, writer and educator."
Pope.L in the New Yorker and New York Times
A new exhibition by artist, UChicago Professor (Department of Visual Arts), and Gray Center Advisory Council member Pope.L was reviewed in the New Yorker and New York Times. See more on his exhibition at Mitchell-Innes and Nash.
Chicago Maroon Review of Summit
Brooke Nagler of the Chicago Maroon reviews the summit, What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights?
Worldview Interview with Susan Gzesh and Carlos Javier Ortiz
Susan Gzesh (Pozen Family Center for Human Rights) and Carlos Javier Ortiz (photographer, filmmaker, summit artist) discuss What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights? on WBEZ's Worldview. Listen to their interview with Jerome McDonnell and Nari Safavi.
Columbia Chronicle Summit Preview
The Columbia Chronicle previews What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights? Read the full article by Kendrah Villiesse.
Newcity Feature on Artistic Practice of Human Rights Summit
The upcoming summit What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights? and its accompanying exhibition In Acts is addressed in Newcity. The article considers how the summit and its accompanying exhibition at Weinberg / Newton Gallery work toward social justice through artistic engagement. Read the full article by Elliot J. Reichert.
Call for Proposals
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.
Read more »Summit Featured in UChicago News
What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights? — the upcoming, multi-day summit — featured in UChicago News.
Coverage of Glenn Kotche and Steven Rings fellowship VoiceGrooveSong
Gray Center Mellon Fellows Glenn Kotche (composer and percussionist) and Steven Rings (Department of Music) discuss the exciting early stages of their fellowship VoiceGrooveSong.
e-flux Publishes Summit Participant Alessandro Petti's (DAAR) `Refugee Heritage`
"In tracing, documenting, revealing and representing refugee history beyond the narrative of suffering and displacement, Refugee Heritage is an attempt to imagine and practice refugeeness beyond humanitarianism." What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights? participant Alessandro Petti (DAAR) authors "Refugee Heritage" for e-flux. This publication opens up the complexities often hidden within typical refugee histories generated by narratives of suffering and displacement.
Tania Bruguera documentary at Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival to feature "Tania Libre", a documentary by Lynn Hershman Leeson that centers on Tania Bruguera's approach to art making, and her experience as a political prisoner in Cuba. Bruguera is a core participant in the April 29 - May 1 summit at the University of Chicago, What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights?
Jelili Atiku to participate in 2017 Venice Biennale
Jelili Atiku, one of the summit artists for What is an Artistic Practice of Human Rights?, has been announced as an exhibiting artist in this year's Venice Biennale. Read more on the Biennale and Jelili's participation.
Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival in New York Times
Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival covered in New York Times. The Gray Center is a partner organization for the festival.