Logan Center Exhibitions presents “Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment,” open through Sept. 10 at the Logan Center for the Arts. The exhibition explores the injustices of the carceral system through the voices and art of those who have experienced them firsthand.
Read MoreThe Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts is a living building. On any given day, the halls are full of every permutation of artistic practice—a double bass preparing for a concert on the Lower Level; community members flocking through the doors for a panel in the Performance Hall; a jazz concert in Café Logan; student circus performers perfecting acrobatics in Performance Lab 701; an open mic in the Performance Penthouse; countless classes and meetings and practices and rehearsals happening on all levels, in all spaces.
Read MoreMatthew Skoller sat down with Jess Hutchinson, Editorial Content Manager to talk about the April 1st Blue Geographies event at Logan - and about the shared histories and false divisions driven by corporate greed and white supremacy culture in American music.
Read MoreJess Hutchinson, Editorial Content Manager for the Logan Center and UChicago Arts, sat down virtually with Princess Mhoon, Director of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project, who divides her time between Chicago and Washington D.C., for a conversation about her history, perspective, and why the CBDLP is a vital force in Chicago’s contemporary artistic landscape.
Read MoreAll That Light celebrates the AIRs program. Originally conceived by Prof. Theaster Gates—himself an acclaimed artist—the Artists-in-Residence program is a joint effort between UChicago’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC) and Arts + Public Life (APL), a community-centered arts organization based in Washington Park.
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.
Read MoreJulie Marie Lemon has always been interested in revealing what cannot be seen at first glance. While working on her Master’s thesis at The University of Chicago, she examined how images from the Hubble Space Telescope mirror the conventions of oil paintings from the neo-Baroque period. In both the Hubble composites and the paintings, Lemon found, tiny details were made visible. “Deep down,” she says, “There are these connections.” These connections—invisible, powerful, and potentially field-altering—formed the basis for Lemon’s brainchild: the Arts, Science + Culture Initiative (ASCI).
Read MorePlus a Q&A with DoVA lecturer Amber Ginsburg and Cecília Resende Santos, AB‘18 about the design-build process.
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