The events are subject to change. Call the contact person for further information. The exhibit presents rare images of 1940s Bronzeville and places them in an historical and artistic context for a broad audience. The photographs, taken by Ebony magazine photographer Wayne Miller between 1946 and 1948, have been exhibited at museums in California and have been edited into a book recently published by the University of California Press. These photographs, however, have never been shown in Chicago.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Spencer MacCallum, anthropologist who encountered the Mata Ortiz pottery in its earliest years, will speak on the beginnings of the revival of this traditional art. It is an inspiring story of how one person's dream changed a community. The lecture is free to members and free to non-members with gallery admission. The exhibition presents 20 years of production of limited edition prints in 5 portfolios of works by prominent artists and poets, offering a variety of print media imagery relating to the people, places and culture of the State of Illinois, and from Wales, United Kingdom. Admission is free and open to the public.