As Elizabeth Myles’s, AB’20, sizzle reel played, sighs of recognition, claps and cheers rang out at each clip. Many of the filmmakers were in the audience. “I’m in tears because you’ve put all our films in conversation with each other,” said festival co-organizer and filmmaker Yvonne Welbon.
Read More“I’m going to show you a whole sequence of things that people now think of as art,” Canice Prendergast says to a group of staff, students, faculty, and arts appreciators in the lobby of the Harper Center. The regular tour led by the W. Allen Wallis Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is so well-attended that spots are raffled off, and with good reason—it’s a rare opportunity to explore the world-renowned art on display at the Booth School with the person perhaps most responsible for its presence in the building.
Read MoreProfessor Jacqueline Stewart interviews on UChicago’s Big Brains podcast.
Read More$625,000 grant recognizes work that illuminates contributions of Black filmmakers.
Read MoreThe generational impact of the arts has been a key focus for Logan CenterCommunity Arts under Emily Hooper Lansana’s leadership. Recently appointed to the role of Senior Director of Community Arts, we take a look at just some of the collaborative programs and projects she’s brought to the Logan Center.
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