Come out and enjoy the new program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts called the UIC Free Art School. It will offer free art classes this summer, July 6 through August 10, taught by some of Chicago’s leading contemporary artists: Theaster Gates, Riva Lehrer, Jason Lazarus, Dan Peterman, and Jennifer Reeder, to name a few.
Admission is free and open to everyone on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is no lengthy application process and no entrance exam. (You can bet these will fill up fast.) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
The UIC Free Art School is continuing to add courses, but here’s a current samp le of what’s available:
Alberto Aguilar
An Extraordinary Family Art Adventure with a Surprise
August 2 or August 3, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00
400 South Peoria at UIC Art & Exhibition Hall
Christine Sun Kim
A Choir of Glances
July 15 and 16 at 3p.m. to 5, each workshop followed by a public performance at 5:30
Chicago Cultural Center, Garland Room
Dan Peterman
City Mouse Country Mouse
July 19th, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Convene at 8 a.m. in Millennium Park, and take the train from Millennium Station to Manilow Sculpture Park
Theaster Gates
Soul Music and Soul Sculpture
August 4 at 7 p.m. to 10
Theaster Gates Studio (address will be given to attendees)
Krista Franklin
Afro-Surrealism and the Contemporary Cultural Production
August 2 at 2 p.m. to 5
106 Henry Hall, 929 West Harrison Street
Faheem Majeed
“Seat of Power” Sculpture Class
July 19 and 20, 2 p.m. to 5
400 South Peoria, Sculpture Studio, Floor 4
Elise Archias
“What the Hell is Contemporary Art Right Now?”
July 6th at 2 p.m. to 3 or July 8th at 6 p.m. to 7
Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago Avenue
Riva Lehrer
Ghost Bodies Portraiture Workshop
July 17 and 18, (this is a two-day workshop) 2 p.m. to 5
400 South Peoria, UIC Art and Exhibition Hall, 4th Floor Sculpture Hall
Hannah Higgins
Croissant, Café au Lait, and Hausmann’s ‘City of Light’
July 12, 9 a.m. to 11
Residents Dining Hall Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 South Halsted
Jennifer Reeder
Feminist Parking Lot
July 12, 2 p.m. to 5
400 South Peoria, 5th Floor, The Great Space.
