21c Chicago

Art and Wine Tour
2023-01-06 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Sip on a glass of wine and enjoy a guided tour of our current exhibit, Pop Stars!. Learn all about contemporary art and the artists behind the work.

Meet in Gallery 5 + 6 on the 2nd Floor.

Tour starts at 5:00pm and is free and open to the public

RSVP via Eventbrite here.

Exclusive viewing of Holding Rhythm with the artist, Colleen Plumb
2023-01-06 18:15 - 19:15 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Colleen Plumb’s newest experimental video, Holding Rhythm, 2022, is the first commission made for Elevate: Rm 921. This site-specific video projection is viewable after dusk from the windows of 21c Chicago guests with interior-facing rooms. Join the artist, Colleen Plumb, and 21c Museum Manager, Juli Lowe, for a private viewing of the projection and learn more about the video and artist behind the work!
Read more about Holding Rhythm and Elevate: Rm 921 here.
Meet in the lobby at 6:15 pm. Tours are free and open to the public, RSVP is required.
RSVP via Eventbrite here.

Art of Cinema: Shut Up and Paint, A Film by Titus Kaphar & Alex Mallis
2023-01-10 18:30 - 19:30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.
SHUT UP AND PAINT
A Film by Titus Kaphar & Alex Mallis
Produced by Chloe Gbai
Executive Produced by Matthew O’Neill & Perri Peltz
RSVP HERE
Called “a fascinatingly layered piece…unusually occupied by questions of process and power,” SHUT UP AND PAINT (20 minutes, 2022) is a new documentary short about the Painter Titus Kaphar as he looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism. SHUT UP AND PAINT was recently recognized as one of fifteen films to advance in the Documentary Short Film category for the 95th Academy Awards. This award-winning film received the Grand Jury Prize at both the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and Independent Film Festival Boston. It was also selected for DOC NYC’s “Shortlist: Shorts” and is a Cinema Eye Honors nominee for Outstanding Nonfiction Short. A co-production of DCTV and Revolution Ready, SHUT UP AND PAINT is directed by Titus Kaphar and Alex Mallis, produced by Chloe Gbai, and executive produced by Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz.
DIRECTORS’ STATEMENT
Most non-fiction storytelling severs author from subject and brings into question the nature of power and representation. This is especially true of Black stories told through the lens of white storytellers. From the inception of this project, which is at its core an artist profile, we made the conceptual and political decision to include the Artist as co-director. This film centers the agency of a successful Black artist to protect his creative process and guard against the corrosive influences of the market. We wanted our process as filmmakers to be part of that journey.
We decided not to use traditional interviews. This presented an exciting challenge: to capture authentic and observed moments with a subject who would remain acutely aware of the role and goal of the camera. To do this, we chose to break the fourth wall both on screen and off. We drew a lot from formally expansive films such as William Greaves’ Symbiopsychotaxiplasm and Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, even creating our own take on the famous “Radio Raheem” scenes from the latter – collaborator Reginald Dwayne Betts performs original poetry directly to the camera, serving as our guide. For Alex, co-directing with the subject meant examining ethical approaches to altering and editing of words and ideas, i.e. when that person is in the edit room and pushing back on the way they are being represented…you have to listen!
As directors, we hope that this film is experienced by our viewers not just as entertainment but as an expression of art itself.
— Titus Kaphar and Alex Mallis, Directors
**NOMINEE – Cinema Eye Honors 2022 – Outstanding Nonfiction Short**
**DOC NYC Shortlist: Shorts – Official Selection**
**WINNER – Grand Jury Prize Short Competition**
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2022
**WINNER – Grand Jury Prize Documentary Shorts**
Independent Film Festival Boston 2022
**Tribeca Film Festival 2022 – Official Selection **
**BAMCinemafest 2022 – Official Selection**
About Titus Kaphar (Director, Producer)
Titus Kaphar (b. 1976, Kalamazoo, Michigan) received an MFA from the Yale School of Art and is the recipient of a 2016 Robert R. Rauschenberg Artist as Activist grant, a 2018 Art for Justice Fund grant, and a 2018 MacArthur Fellowship, among others. Kaphar’s painting was featured on the cover of the June 15, 2020 issue of TIME. His lauded 2017 TED talk has received 2.8 million views to date. Kaphar’s work is included in the collections of Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, amongst others. Kaphar founded his production company Revolution Ready in 2019 and is currently working on two feature length films.
About Alex Mallis (Director, Producer)
Alex is a Cuban-American, Jewish filmmaker raised in New Hampshire now living in Brooklyn, NY. His films have been selected for multiple festivals internationally. Online, his work has been featured by The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Pitchfork, The Huffington Post, and Vimeo Staff Picks. His documentary series AMERICAN BOYBAND (2017) was broadcast on ViceTV. His short documentary SHUT UP AND PAINT (2022) was awarded the Grand Jury Prize Documentary Shorts at IFFBoston and the Grand Jury Prize Short Competition at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Alex received an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College and is an active member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and the Meerkat Media Collective.

Blue Alice performed by Irene Hsiao
2023-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Please join us for Blue Alice’s last appearances in Pop Stars! at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago. Blue Alice is performed by 21c’s first Artist in Residence, Irene Hsiao, and is a response to the Pop Stars! exhibition. Learn more about Irene Hsiao and the Artist in Residence program here.
Blue Alice
Performance by Irene HsiaoCostume by Vin Reed
Final Performances
Thursday, January 19 at 4PM, with post-performance discussion moderated by Roell Schmidt
Monday, January 23 at 4PM, with post-performance discussion moderated by Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop
Friday, January 27 — final tour of Pop Stars! with Museum Manager Juli Lowe at 4PM, Blue Alice at 5PM
All performances and discussions are free and open to the public.

Ladies Only Sip & Talk
2023-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Ladies Only Sip & Talk!
An enjoyable night at the one and only 21c Museum Hotel, intended for women to network, release thoughts and emotions while drinking wine.
We are creating a safe space for women to be able to come together and freely express perspectives during our discussion segments, which can lean towards sisterhood and healing. Doesn’t matter your age, background or ethnicity, come have a fun time and elevate self. The first step towards growth and gaining overall newness is becoming self-aware. And the best way to gain self-awareness is through conversations!
Complimentary red and white wine will be provided. Upon request, food options will be available for purchase.
Don’t drink wine but still interested in coming for great conversations? You’re welcome to attend as well!
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DRESS CODE: Come dressed as your highest self. Be you, express who you are through your attire.
No children
No smoking
ON TIME ARRIVAL, DOORS WILL BE CLOSED AND EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 7:15PM
***PARKING: Valet, Spothero, (other discounted parking apps) Uber, pay street parking.
Main Gallery 2nd FL
Hosted by Chadon M’Be and D’nia Defrance
Special Thank you to 21c Museum Hotel Chicago and S.T.E.P Self Love Services
@s.t.e.p__
@21chotelchicago
@chvdon
@_defrance
An enjoyable night at the one and only 21c Museum Hotel, intended for women to network, release thoughts and emotions while drinking wine.
We are creating a safe space for women to be able to come together and freely express perspectives during our discussion segments, which can lean towards sisterhood and healing. Doesn’t matter your age, background or ethnicity, come have a fun time and elevate self. The first step towards growth and gaining overall newness is becoming self-aware. And the best way to gain self-awareness is through conversations!
Complimentary red and white wine will be provided. Upon request, food options will be available for purchase.
Don’t drink wine but still interested in coming for great conversations? You’re welcome to attend as well!
———-
DRESS CODE: Come dressed as your highest self. Be you, express who you are through your attire.
No children
No smoking
ON TIME ARRIVAL, DOORS WILL BE CLOSED AND EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 7:15PM
***PARKING: Valet, Spothero, (other discounted parking apps) Uber, pay street parking.
Main Gallery 2nd FL
Hosted by Chadon M’Be and D’nia Defrance
Special Thank you to 21c Museum Hotel Chicago and S.T.E.P Self Love Services
@s.t.e.p__
@21chotelchicago
@chvdon
@_defrance

Pop Stars! - Guided Exhibit Tour with Juli Lowe, 21c Museum Manager
2023-01-20 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-27 16:00 - 17:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Curious about contemporary art? Learn about 21c Chicago’s current exhibition, Pop Stars!, and the artists behind all of the works on a guided tour from 21c’s Museum Manager, Juli Lowe.
Meet us in the lobby at 4 pm to explore. Tours are free and open to the public.

Jazz Jam Session with the Matt Jarosch Quintet
2023-01-24 19:00 - 22:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Jazz Jam Session
Tuesday, January 24th, 7-10pm
Free and open to the public
21c’s Jazz Jam Sessions continue bimonthly!
Jazz jam sessions have long been the place where musicians gather to connect and perform together while honing their skills. The Matt Jarosch Quintet will kick off the night with a 30-minute set before opening the evening to Jazz musicians in the audience to come sit-in!
Musicians can sign up on-site and fill out a jam session info card listing three to five tunes they can play and improvise on from memory. The jam session host will call on musicians to perform and improvise together in front of an enthusiastic live audience. A vocal microphone, drum set, bass, bass amp, and piano will be provided, otherwise bring your axe!
The evening will feature a fundraiser for BandWith Chicago. Suggested donation is $10 (collected at the door).
Wine be served. Lure Fishbar will offer special menu items in conjunction with this event (advance purchase not required but encouraged).
About BandWith ChicagoFounded in the Fall of 2015 by Annie Palomino, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasting access to high quality performing arts instruction to underserved Chicago communities.
Since its inception, BandWith has addressed the need for access to music and creativity in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. Annie Palomino launched BandWith when the band program was dropped from LEARN Campbell Charter School due to budget cuts. Starting a nonprofit allowed Annie to continue providing free access to music instruction to students at the LEARN Campbell Campus while increasing reach to new students.
Since then, BandWith has developed into a stable organization offering individual and small group instruction, weekly ensemble play and performance opportunities to participants throughout the year. BandWith’s free in-school and after-school programs are located in East Garfield Park. They include our longest standing in-school band program, the Titan Band, within LEARN Charter School. BandWith also provides an after-school performing arts program at Marillac St. Vincent’s Hope Jr. Youth Center, which includes Drumline, WestDance, Studio-Engineering and Vocal Training/Choir. This summer, we partnered with After School Matters to support our growing Drumline Program as well as Chicago West Community Music Center to launch the WestDance Program.
BandWith offers instrumental music programs at 3 additional sites that are fee-for-service. The sites of these are St. Procopius School in Pilsen, St. Helen School in Ukrainian Village, and St. John Berchmans School in Logan Square. The three fee-for-service programs ensure BandWith’s financial viability and stability, and help subsidize the cost of our free programs. All other fundraising efforts are used to support free programs.

SoFar Sounds Concert @ 21c Chicago
2023-01-27 19:30 - 22:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Attn: Live music lovers!
This month, we’re bringing another SoFar Sounds show to YOU! ICYMI, they transform everyday spaces into captivating venues for secret, live music shows. Expect three local and diverse artists, great vibes, and a whole lot of magic– get your tickets here.
Use promo code SOFARSPACES15 for 15% off the show.
Located in the Main Gallery on the 2nd Floor.
Doors open at 7:30pm. Show starts at 8:00pm.

Roosevelt University Presents: Chamber Music Masterworks
2023-02-22 18:00 - 19:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Join 21c Chicago and Roosevelt University for a two-night performance of the chamber music masterworks in concert
The Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University is delighted to partner with the 21c Museum Hotel Chicago in presenting chamber music masterworks in concert. These highly-talented undergraduate and graduate students hail from some of the top music schools and training centers from around the globe, and their electric performances are not to be missed. You can say later that you heard these young musicians – many bound for superstardom in the field – when they were just getting their starts in Chicago, so, join us in supporting them!
About CCPA at Roosevelt University: Comprising the Music Conservatory, the Theatre Conservatory, and the Interdisciplinary Conservatory, CCPA trains world-class musicians and theatre professionals in the heart of one of the country’s most creatively accomplished cities. We invite you to learn more about the faculty and students within our talented, diverse, and inclusive artistic community.
Roosevelt University Presents: Chamber Music Masterworks
Date: February 22 and 23
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Where: 21c Museum Hotel Chicago (55 E Ontario St. Chicago, IL 60611)
Free and open to the public

Exclusive viewing of Holding Rhythm with the artist, Colleen Plumb
2023-02-23 18:30 - 19:30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Colleen Plumb’s newest experimental video, Holding Rhythm, 2022, is the first commission made for Elevate: Rm 921. This site-specific video projection is viewable after dusk from the windows of 21c Chicago guests with interior-facing rooms. Join the artist, Colleen Plumb, and 21c Museum Manager, Juli Lowe, for a private viewing of the projection and learn more about the video and artist behind the work!
Read more about Holding Rhythm and Elevate: Rm 921 here.
Meet in the lobby at 6:30 pm. Tours are free and open to the public, RSVP by emailing Juli Lowe at jlowe@21cChicago.com. RSVP required

The Art of Romance with Dr. Tari Mack & Nigel Barker
2023-02-28 18:30 - 20:30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Ever wonder why you keep dating the same type of person over and over? Or why do all of your relationships end the same way? Stop banging your head against the wall, it’s not you, but your Unconscious Attraction!
Join us for a night of cocktails, conversation, and connection with Dr. Tari, hosted by Nigel Barker.
You will have a chance to receive a live Unconscious Attraction Reading by Dr. Tari on stage. She will tell you who you are wired to be attracted to based on your past and childhood and how you are potentially blocking healthy lasting love. After, four lucky attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a fun Dating Show live on stage! It’s not just a game, you will learn life hack questions to truly connect with people, in and out of the dating world.
Free tickets can be booked here.
About Dr. Tari Mack
Dr. Tari is doctor of Psychology and a Celebrity Love Consultant who helps people rewire their brains and relationship patterns to find healthy lasting love. She is a regular on Access Hollywood and Daytime Chicago, Resident Therapist at OpenHouse Podcast and is known for taking her clients from “From endless dating to actual love” .
About Nigel Barker
Nigel Barker is a renowned fashion photographer and TV personality who served as judge and photographer for 18 seasons on America’s Next Top Model. Barker’s presence in the fashion and entertainment industry has resulted in an array of exciting projects including the creation of his own furniture line and 2 coffee table books including the NY Times Best seller Models Of Influence. He is currently the Brand Ambassador and Creative Consultant for 21c Chicago – The Museum Hotel.

21c Chicago's OFF-SPRING Exhibit Opening Reception
2023-03-02 18:30 - 20:30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
OFF-SPRING: New Generations, 21c Chicago’s latest exhibition, opens to the public with a reception on Thursday, March 2, 2023 from 6:30 to 8:30pm. An introduction to the exhibition by 21c Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites will be followed by a presentation by featured artist Angela Ellsworth at 6:30 pm. The opening is free and open to the public to attend!
Rituals—religious and cultural, institutional and domestic—provide the thematic infrastructure for OFF-SPRING: New Generations. These sculptures, paintings, photographs, and videos employ iconographic imagery to explore the development of both personal and group identity, childhood, family, history, and gender politics. “At the wedding altar, in the family home, or in the classroom, within the fantasy of childhood play or the familiarity of grown-up habit, these new, old narratives generate a spectrum of meditations on the contemporary construction of self and society,” says 21c Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites, “In OFF-SPRING, transformations of iconic imagery from spheres both sacred and profane generate a new power, the power of potential and change.”
The exhibition, which remains on view through January 2024 throughout the 21c Chicago gallery spaces, presents a thematic group exhibition of 100 multi-media artworks by 60 artists from across the globe highlighting how religious, cultural, familial, and personal rituals shape who we are and how and where we live, love, and learn. OFF-SPRING features works by artists Gehard Demetz, Angela Ellsworth, Lalla Essaydi, Anthony Goicolea, Rachel Lee Hovnanian, Li Hongbo, Ragnar Kjartansson, Kelly Kristin Jones, Deana Lawson, Hans Op de Beeck, Chiaru Shiota, Vee Speers, Carrie Mae Weems, and others.
Image Credit:
Drew Tal Trust, 2017
About Angela Ellsworth
Angela Ellsworth is a multidisciplinary artist traversing disciplines of drawing, sculpture, installation, video, and performance. Her solo and collaborative work has taken in wide-ranging subjects such as illness, physical fitness, endurance, religious tradition, and social ritual. She is interested in art merging with everyday life where public and private experiences collide in unexpected spaces. Ellsworth has presented work nationally and internationally including The Getty Center (Los Angeles), Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, Australia), Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw, Poland), National Review of Live Art (Glasgow, Scotland), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Los Angeles, CA), Museum of Contemporary Art (Denver, CO), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (Scottsdale, AZ), and Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ). She holds an MFA from Rutgers University in painting and performance and a BA from Hampshire College in photography and painting. Ellsworth co-founded the Museum of Walking (MoW) in one of the least walkable cities in the US, Phoenix. With 120 square feet of physical space MoW’s reach is much wider than a room with four walls. MoW is committed to a conversation of land, action, and site within the context of art.
The Plural Wife Project, navigates issues of the body in relation to gender, sexuality, and cultural histories of the western United States. Exploring the inherent queerness embedded in early Mormon polygamy, the project engages contemporary notions of non-heteronormativity and re-imagines a community of women pioneering an alternative history.
Ellsworth was born in Palo Alto, California, grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and resides in Phoenix Arizona where she lives with her partner, Tania Katan, and is a Professor in the School of Art at Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts-School of Art at Arizona State University. She is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona and Modern West in SLC, Utah.
About 21c Museum Hotels
21c Museum is a multi-venue museum located in nine cities. One of the largest contemporary art museums in the U.S., and North America’s only collecting museum dedicated solely to art of the 21st century, each property features exhibition space open free of charge to the public, combined with a boutique hotel and restaurant. It was founded in 2006 by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson; philanthropists, preservationists, and collectors, committed to expanding access to contemporary art as a means of catalyzing revitalization and civic connection. 21c presents a range of arts programming curated by Museum Director, Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites, including both solo and group exhibitions that reflect the global nature of art today, as well as site-specific, commissioned installations, and a variety of cultural events. The organization collaborates on arts initiatives with artists and organizations worldwide, including Speed Art Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, MASS MoCA, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Creative Capital Foundation, Creative Time, and others.

OFF-SPRING – Guided Exhibit Tour with Juli Lowe, 21c Museum Manager
2023-03-10 17:00 - 18:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Curious about contemporary art? Learn about 21c Chicago’s current exhibition, OFF-SPRING, and the artists behind all of the works on a guided tour from 21c’s Museum Manager, Juli Lowe.
Meet us in the lobby at 5 pm to explore. Tours are free and open to the public.
Featured Image: Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman and Daughter with Make Up), 1990, Silver print

Art of Womxn: Art & Wine Tour
2023-03-16 17:00 - 19:30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Enjoy a guided art tour of our current exhibit, OFF-SPRING: New Generations with 21c Chicago Museum Manager, Juli Lowe. Learn all about contemporary art and the artists behind the exhibition. Following the art tour, we will be celebrating women in wine with Shall We Wine CEO & Founder, Regine T. Rousseau, who be providing a tasting featuring a few of her favorite wines.
RSVP via Eventbrite here.
Meet in Galleries 5 + 6 on the 2nd Floor.
Tour starts at 5:00pm, followed by a wine tasting to follow.

Jazz Jam Session with the Matt Jarosch Quintet featuring Julia Danielle
2023-03-28 19:00 - 22:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Jazz Jam Session featuring Julia Danielle
Tuesday, March 28th, 7-10pm
Free and open to the public
21c’s Jazz Jam Sessions continue bimonthly!
Jazz jam sessions have long been the place where musicians gather to connect and perform together while honing their skills. The Matt Jarosch Quintet and vocalist Julia Danielle will kick off the night with a 30-minute set before opening the evening to Jazz musicians in the audience to come sit-in!
Musicians can sign up on-site and fill out a jam session info card listing three to five tunes they can play and improvise on from memory. The jam session host will call on musicians to perform and improvise together in front of an enthusiastic live audience. A vocal microphone, drum set, bass, bass amp, and piano will be provided, otherwise bring your axe!
The evening will feature a fundraiser for BandWith Chicago. Suggested donation is $10 (collected at the door).
Wine be served. Lure Fishbar will offer special menu items in conjunction with this event (advance purchase not required but encouraged).
Julia Danielle is an up-and-coming vocalist, arranger, educator, and composer based in the heart of the vibrant jazz scene of Chicago. As the 2022 International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition Winner, part of Julia’s prize was performing alongside The Tierney Sutton Band at the infamous Blues Alley Jazz Club in Washington D.C.

About BandWith Chicago

Founded in the Fall of 2015 by Annie Palomino, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasting access to high quality performing arts instruction to underserved Chicago communities.
Since its inception, BandWith has addressed the need for access to music and creativity in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. Annie Palomino launched BandWith when the band program was dropped from LEARN Campbell Charter School due to budget cuts. Starting a nonprofit allowed Annie to continue providing free access to music instruction to students at the LEARN Campbell Campus while increasing reach to new students.
Since then, BandWith has developed into a stable organization offering individual and small group instruction, weekly ensemble play and performance opportunities to participants throughout the year. BandWith’s free in-school and after-school programs are located in East Garfield Park. They include our longest standing in-school band program, the Titan Band, within LEARN Charter School. BandWith also provides an after-school performing arts program at Marillac St. Vincent’s Hope Jr. Youth Center, which includes Drumline, WestDance, Studio-Engineering and Vocal Training/Choir. This summer, we partnered with After School Matters to support our growing Drumline Program as well as Chicago West Community Music Center to launch the WestDance Program.
BandWith offers instrumental music programs at 3 additional sites that are fee-for-service. The sites of these are St. Procopius School in Pilsen, St. Helen School in Ukrainian Village, and St. John Berchmans School in Logan Square. The three fee-for-service programs ensure BandWith’s financial viability and stability, and help subsidize the cost of our free programs. All other fundraising efforts are used to support free programs.

OFF-SPRING - Guided Exhibit Tour with Juli Lowe, 21c Museum Manager
2023-03-30 17:00 - 17:30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Curious about contemporary art? Learn about 21c Chicago’s current exhibition, OFF-SPRING: New Generations, and the artists behind all of the artworks on a guided tour from 21c’s Museum Manager, Juli Lowe.
Meet us in the lobby at 5:00 pm to explore. Tours are free and open to the public.
Featured image: Carrie Mae Weems Untitled (Woman and Daughter with Make Up), 1990

Curatorial Conversation: theNate Director and Curator Jeff Stevenson and artist Bernard Williams
2023-03-30 17:30 - 19:30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
21c Museum Hotel Chicago is honored to collaborate with theNate on this month’s Curator Conversation. Director and Curator of the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park (theNate) and the Visual Arts Gallery at Governors State University, Jeff Stevenson will be in conversation with artist Bernard Williams. theNate is receiving a new sculpture by the artists and together Jeff and Bernard will discuss the integration of Art and Landscape within the 100-acre expanse of theNate.
The Illinois Capital Development Board, Art in Architecture, Percent for Art Program, identified funds generated from the renovation of the F Wing / Science Area at Governors State University (GSU). The best use of these funds was to commission a new sculpture for theNate. 27 artists submitted applications and three finalists were identified. Bernard Williams’ design was chosen because of its response to the site and the collection, and how it will serve as an observation deck for visitors to take in the views of the 12-acre native prairie. The direct connection between the sculpture, the prairie conservation project, and the science program at GSU demonstrates the beauty of Art in Education.

More about Jeff Stevenson
Since 2017, Jeff Stevenson has served as the Director and Curator of the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park (theNate) and the Visual Arts Gallery at Governors State University. In that time, for theNate, Stevenson has supervised over a dozen conservation projects, 6 visiting exhibitions in the sculpture park (including Chakaia Booker, Neil Goodman, Indira Johnson, Denise Milan), and 2 new acquisitions (Abbott Pattison, Terrence Karpowicz). For the gallery spaces on campus, Stevenson has coordinated the installation of over a dozen exhibitions annually.
Jeff Stevenson earned a BS degree in Medical Illustration from The Ohio State University and an MFA in Painting from Ohio University. He has exhibited his artwork in group and solo shows and has received numerous awards.
Stevenson has taught Studio Art classes, Art History, Creativity, and other subjects through Governors State University, Prairie State College, South Suburban College, Columbia College, The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, and Ohio University.
He has served on boards and committees with Southland Arts, the Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, and the Flossmoor Village Art Commission, in his hometown, Flossmoor, Illinois.
More about Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams is an established artist based in Chicago, IL and working in painting, sculpture, installation, and public art. He holds a BFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MFA from Northwestern University. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the U.S. and has been represented by the N’Namdi Gallery in Detroit, the Thomas McCormick Gallery in Chicago, and the Ethan Cohen Gallery in New York. Williams has received recognition both regionally and nationally, including grants from the Illinois Arts Council, Artadia in New York in 2001, The Meier Foundation in Chicago in 2013, and The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation in New York in 2015. He has completed artist residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA., and the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York in 2013.
The artist began painting outdoor murals in the early 1990’s with the Chicago Public Art Group. While continuing with CPAG, Williams has added outdoor sculpture to his practice. In recent years he has created several outdoor steel sculptures in Chicago and completed the Black Tractor Project at the Arts Club of Chicago 2019. In November 2020-May 2021 he debuted a large sculptural work in the “Long Dream” group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. In 2022 the artist installed a large outdoor steel sculpture commission celebrating the African American suffragette, Naomi Anderson, in Michigan City, Indiana. In 2023, the artist will install steel sculptures at theNate (Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park), at Governors State University in University Park, IL, and in Dallas, Texas.

For Freedoms News
2023-04-11 - 2023-04-30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
For Freedoms News (FFN) is an artist-led reimagining of television news. Created by the artist collective For Freedoms, which centers art and creativity as a catalyst for transformative connection and collective liberation, this project began with a residency at the Brooklyn Museum concurrent with early voting in the 2022 midterm elections, continued at Untitled Art Miami Beach, as well as the unveiling of The Embrace, Boston.
This video presentation documents some of the creative experimentation from the first phase of FFN as a news program, live art installation, performance, conversation, and rallying cry from the For Freedoms ecosystem for creative civic participation. This work is being presented as a collaboration between EXPO CHICAGO and 21c Museum Hotel Chicago and is on-view at both venues.

HOW ON EARTH: Artists Address Climate Change program with NRDC
2023-04-14 17:00 - 20:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Janet Biggs, Helina Metaferia and Jennifer Wen Ma join Elizabeth Corr (NRDC) and Anne Verhallen (ATLT) to discuss their artistic practices, their works featured in EXPO CHICAGO and the inspiration behind them. Talk begins at 5:30pm and will be followed by a musical performance at 6:30pm by Kinsella & Pulse. Cocktails and light food provided.
Program is free and open to the public — registration required. RSVP here.
HOW ON EARTH: Artists Address Climate Change @ EXPO CHICAGO
NRDC and Art At A Time Like This present HOW ON EARTH , a climate-focused exhibit featuring acclaimed artists Janet Biggs, Lily Kwong, Helina Metaferia and Jennifer Wen Ma for this year’s 10th anniversary of EXPO CHICAGO. The exhibit — on view in booth 132 / Navy Pier Festival Hall — showcases the power of artists who are inspiring hope and action in their artwork to address the climate crisis.

HOW ON EARTH is complemented by a robust series of free public programming highlighting local Chicago artists grappling with environmental issues in their own practices. View the list of participating artists below, along with complete program schedule.
Learn more about HOW ON EARTH in the press release.

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Featured image: Janet Biggs (photo by Katja Aglert), Lily Kwong, Helina Metaferia (photo by Tommie Battle), Jennifer Wen Ma (photo by Andrea Spidell)

Kelly Kristin Jones: Plinths for the People co-sponsored by The Chicago Poetry Center
2023-04-15 14:00 - 15:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Plinths, the heavy platforms that hold up statues and monuments, are by their very definition not made for all. Plinths for the People takes the historical plinth and turns it into a grand stage activated by the community. Kelly Kristin Jones ensures that all stories, voices, and visions are acknowledged as community members speak their truth and perform their triumphs, creating their own kind of monument.
Join us at 21c Chicago on April 15 from 2-3pm to bear witness to those who choose to stand atop the plinth, and be inspired by Maya Odim and Luis Tubens, two Poets in Residence at The Chicago Poetry Center. Plinths for the People is co-sponsored by the Chicago Poetry Center.
Kelly Kristin Jones was raised on the westside of Chicago and received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships including a 2022 Individual Artists Program Grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, a 2021 Illinois Arts Council Agency Grant, a 2019 Chicago Artists Coalition HATCH residency, LATITUDE residency, and Luminarts Cultural Foundation Project Grant. She was a featured artist in the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial.
The mission of the Chicago Poetry Center is to connect people and poetry, equitably engage poets with communities, and foster creative literacy in the city and beyond. More information is available at www.poetrycenter.org.
Maya Odim is a poet and dancer who purposefully mounts performance works in spaces existing outside of occidental performance bounds. Maya works as an interdisciplinary artist exploring rhythms, patterns and qualities of speech through both the written word and a developing choreographic praxis. Maya holds a BA in American Studies (Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT) and is an MFA Writing candidate at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).
Luis Tubens, a.k.a “Logan Lu”, was born in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood and raised in Logan Square. In 2014, he earned a B.A. in Communications, media and theater from Northeastern Illinois University. He is the 2017 Artists in Residence at Oak Park Public Library. Luis has performed poetry across the United States including with the GUILD COMPLEX, Tia Chucha Press, and the National Museum of Mexican Art. He has toured Mexico City in 2016 and 2018 presenting his work at the acclaimed “Show Socrates MX” (2016) and the National Book Fair of Leon GTO (2018) and featured in Puerto Rico at “Poets Passage” and “Gathering of Cities” at Libros AC (2019). He has also held workshops for the residents of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center and students in the Chicago Public Schools. On stage, he has opened for notable acts including Saul Williams and Calle 13. He is the author of Stone Eagle (2017) published by Bobbin Lace Press, Chicago. Currently, Luis is the resident poet for ESSO Afrojam Funkbeat (2016 Best New Band and Best International Music Act, Chicago Reader) and represented Chicago in the 2014 and 2018 National Poetry Slam.

o_Man! and the Legacy of Curation
2023-04-15 15:30 - 16:30 | IL
Museum of Contemporary Photography’s Karen Irvine, Chief Curator and Deputy Director, and Kristin Taylor, Curator of Academic Programs and Collections, will lead a discussion with Natalie Krick and Kelli Connell whose collaborative project o_Man! recontextualizes Edward Steichen’s renowned 1955 exhibition, The Family of Man, which included 503 photographs narrating the human experience from a distinctly western, patriarchal perspective, and which traveled to thirty-seven countries on six continents until 1994. By removing and reordering the images with text from The Family of Man’s original catalogue and Steichen’s oeuvre, Connell and Krick offer a reconsideration of which stories are told within museum spaces, by whom, and for whom.
About the panelists:
Kelli Connell is an artist whose work investigates sexuality, gender, identity and photographer / sitter relationships. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J Paul Getty Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dallas Museum of Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, among others. Publications of her work include PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice (Aperture), Photo Art: The New World of Photography (Aperture), and the monograph Kelli Connell: Double Life (DECODE Books). Connell has received fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation, MacDowell, PLAYA, Peaked Hill Trust, LATITUDE, Light Work, and The Center for Creative Photography. Connell is an editor at SKYLARK Editions and a professor at Columbia College Chicago.
Karen Irvine, Chief Curator & Deputy Director, is in charge of the museum’s artistic program and has organized over sixty exhibitions of contemporary photography at the MoCP and other venues including the Hyde Park Art Center; Rockford Art Museum; Lishui International Photography Festival, China; Daegu Photography Biennale, South Korea; and the New York Photo Festival. Known for developing projects with both emerging and established artists that look at pressing justice issues, her most recent projects at MoCP include Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency, co-organized with Kristin Taylor, and American Epidemic: Guns in the United States. Karen has contributed texts to many publications including FOAM, Art on Paper, Panorama, and Contemporary magazines and monographs including Paula McCartney: Non-flights of Fancy (Princeton Architectural Press); Barbara Probst: Exposures (Steidl); Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson (MACK), and Trinity by Brohm and Valentina Seidel (Snoeck), amongst many others. She holds a BA in French and International Relations from Tufts University, Medford, MA, an MFA in Photography from FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic, and an MA in Art History from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Natalie Krick (b. 1986 Portland Oregon) is a Seattle based artist whose work investigates visual perception and pleasure through complicating the act of looking. She holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA from Columbia College Chicago. In 2015 Krick was a recipient of an Individual Photographer’s Fellowship from the Aaron Siskind Foundation for her project Natural Deceptions. In 2017 Natural Deceptions was published by Skylark Editions and Krick was awarded the Aperture Portfolio Prize. Krick’s work has recently been exhibited at SF Camerawork, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Aperture Foundation, The Museum of Sex, and Blue Sky Gallery. Her photographs has been highlighted in several international publications including BOMB, The New Yorker, Vogue Italia, PDN, Aperture, and Vrij Nederland.
Kristin Taylor, Curator of Academic Programs & Collections, leads the MoCP education programs and curates exhibitions that contextualize the museum’s permanent collection. She organized the MoCP exhibitions Beyond the Frame (2022); Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency (2021); Chicago Stories: Carlos Javier Ortiz and David Schalliol(2019); among others. She manages the museum’s podcast, Focal Point, which engages artists in discussion around the themes and processes in contemporary photography. Kristin holds a BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MA in Visual Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago.

United States Artists Conversation with Salvador Jiménez-Flores
2023-04-15 17:00 - 18:30 | IL
Please join Judilee Reed, President and CEO of United States Artists, in conversation with Salvador Jiménez-Flores, an interdisciplinary ceramicist and 2021 USA Fellow in Craft, on Saturday, April 15 at 5pm. Attend the conversation as they discuss the politics of identity and states of double consciousness, addressing issues of colonization, migration, “the other,” and futurism through a mixture of socially conscious installation, public, and studio-based art.
Reception and viewing of the 21c exhibition, OFF-SPRING: New Generations, will begin at 5:00 pm; program will begin at 5:30 pm. Light snacks, beer and wine will be served. Presented in partnership with 21c Museum Hotel Chicago.
Free and open to the public. RSVP here.
More about United States Artists
We believe in artists and their essential role in our society.
In 2003, the Urban Institute conducted a study, which revealed that 96% of Americans valued art in their lives, while only 27% valued artists.* Motivated by the study and in response to the NEA’s severe budget cuts, four inspiring leaders of the Ford, Rockefeller, Rasmuson, and Prudential Foundations spearheaded the launch of an organization to illuminate the value of artists to American society and address their economic challenges. The organization was originally established in Los Angeles by founding CEO Katharine DeShaw in 2006, and then moved its headquarters to Chicago in 2014 under the leadership of Carolina García Jayaram. During Deana Haggag’s tenure as President and CEO, from 2017 until 2021, USA saw unprecedented growth, expanding its Fellowship award program, launching the Berresford Prize, and developing multi-year partnerships with foundations and other nonprofits to advance support for individual artists and the field.
Since our founding, we have awarded more than 750 artists and cultural practitioners with over $36 million of direct support through the USA Fellowship. Recognizing the country’s most compelling artists in all disciplines including Architecture & Design, Craft, Dance, Film, Media, Music, Theater & Performance, Traditional Arts, Visual Art, and Writing. With this unrestricted award, recipients decide for themselves how to best use the money—whether it is creating new work, paying rent, reducing debt, getting healthcare, or supporting their families.
Most recently, USA spearheaded Artist Relief, a $20 million emergency initiative to support artists facing dire financial circumstances due to COVID-19. Organized by a multi-disciplinary coalition of nonprofit individual artist funders, Artist Relief provided emergency grants to artists practicing across ten disciplines and in nearly every state and US territory starting in April 2020, distributing $5,000 grants for a total of more than $20,000,000.
To make this work possible, we actively fundraise each year and receive support from a broad range of philanthropic foundations, companies, and individuals committed to cultivating contemporary culture in the United States. Additionally, we work annually with select nominators, panelists, and USA’s Board of Trustees to determine each year’s class of awardees. It is through the intersection of these relationships, and in the spirit of collaboration, that we are honored to support the country’s most compelling artists and cultural practitioners.

*From “Investing in Creativity: A Study for the Support Structure for U.S. Artists,” 2003.

Art and Wine Tour
2023-04-20 17:00 - 18:00 | IL
Sip on a glass of wine and enjoy a guided tour of our current exhibit, OFF-SPRING. Learn all about contemporary art and the artists behind the work. Meet in Gallery 5 + 6 on the 2nd Floor. Tour starts at 5:00pm and is free and open to the public.

Try It, Good Luck, I Believe in You
2023-04-20 18:00 - 19:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
By leaning into her mantra, “voice lessons are life lessons,” Rachel Page turns simple techniques learned from her years of taking and teaching music lessons into skills that can be transferred to other aspects of our lives. By infusing her sunny attitude into a blend of performance, conversation and participation, Rachel creates an encouraging atmosphere that’s sure to bring you joy. Join Rachel for the first iteration of Try It, Good Luck, I Believe in You on Wednesday, April 20 at 6pm.
Officially, Rachel Page is an international performer, educator and consultant based in Chicago, Illinois, but when you ask her, she will tell you she’s a musician and people person. She has always been interested and inspired by others. Rachel firmly believes that voice lessons are life lessons, and regardless of origin and skillset, music connects us all. Music deepens the human experience and provides us access to emotions that we can’t always (or don’t want to) name. The work that Rachel finds most meaningful is collaborative, creative, and requires optimism, vulnerability and courage.
This mindset has led Rachel to jump off many a cliff, often in far corners of the world. She holds a master’s degree in Music Theatre Vocal Pedagogy with a concentration in Business Design and Innovation, and she has operated her own private vocal studio since 2014. Rachel co-founded moxie productions in 2020 with her artistic partner Lindsay Bartlette Allen and is the co-creator and composer of Someone You Know, moxie’s premier musical. She has performed with Second City on Norwegian Cruise Lines, served as the program director for Kwan Kwan Music Theatre School in China, and lived in Barcelona where she collaborated with Eolia Conservatory to direct a well-received workshop of Someone You Know.
She knows that even in this day and age, we are all just trying our best, and she is grateful to be able to create music wherever and whenever she can.
Learn more at rachelpagesings.com

Art & Wine Tour
2023-05-11 17:00 - 18:30 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Sip on a glass of wine and enjoy a guided tour of our current exhibit, OFF-SPRING. Learn all about contemporary art and the artists behind the work. Meet in Gallery 5 + 6 on the 2nd Floor. Tour starts at 5:00pm and is free and open to the public.
Following the tour, 21c’s Artist in Residence Rachel Page will perform Try It, Good Luck, I Believe in You. The program will begin at 6pm in the Main Gallery and is free and open to the public. Learn more here.

Try It, Good Luck, I Believe in You
2023-05-11 18:00 - 19:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
By leaning into her mantra, “voice lessons are life lessons,” Rachel Page turns simple techniques learned from her years of taking and teaching music lessons into skills that can be transferred to other aspects of our lives. By infusing her sunny attitude into a blend of performance, conversation and participation, Rachel creates an encouraging atmosphere that’s sure to bring you joy. Join Rachel for the second iteration of Try It, Good Luck, I Believe in You on Thursday, May 11 at 6pm.
Officially, Rachel Page is an international performer, educator and consultant based in Chicago, Illinois, but when you ask her, she will tell you she’s a musician and people person. She has always been interested and inspired by others. Rachel firmly believes that voice lessons are life lessons, and regardless of origin and skillset, music connects us all. Music deepens the human experience and provides us access to emotions that we can’t always (or don’t want to) name. The work that Rachel finds most meaningful is collaborative, creative, and requires optimism, vulnerability and courage.
This mindset has led Rachel to jump off many a cliff, often in far corners of the world. She holds a master’s degree in Music Theatre Vocal Pedagogy with a concentration in Business Design and Innovation, and she has operated her own private vocal studio since 2014. Rachel co-founded moxie productions in 2020 with her artistic partner Lindsay Bartlette Allen and is the co-creator and composer of Someone You Know, moxie’s premier musical. She has performed with Second City on Norwegian Cruise Lines, served as the program director for Kwan Kwan Music Theatre School in China, and lived in Barcelona where she collaborated with Eolia Conservatory to direct a well-received workshop of Someone You Know.
She knows that even in this day and age, we are all just trying our best, and she is grateful to be able to create music wherever and whenever she can.
Learn more at rachelpagesings.com

Jazz Jam Session
2023-05-16 19:00 - 22:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Jazz Jam Session
Wednesday, June 21, 7-10pm
Free and open to the public
21c’s Jazz Jam Sessions continue monthly!
Jazz jam sessions have long been the place where musicians gather to connect and perform together while honing their skills. The Matt Jarosch Quintet will kick off the night with a 30-minute set before opening the evening to Jazz musicians in the audience to come sit-in!
Musicians can sign up on-site and fill out a jam session info card listing three to five tunes they can play and improvise on from memory. The jam session host will call on musicians to perform and improvise together in front of an enthusiastic live audience. A vocal microphone, drum set, bass, bass amp, and piano will be provided, otherwise bring your axe!
The evening will feature a fundraiser for BandWith Chicago. Suggested donation is $10 (collected at the door).
Wine be served. Lure Fishbar will offer special menu items in conjunction with this event (advance purchase not required but encouraged).
Future Jazz Jam Sessions:
July 25
August 8
September 1 – Jazz Fest after hours Jam session

About BandWith Chicago

Founded in the Fall of 2015 by Annie Palomino, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasting access to high quality performing arts instruction to underserved Chicago communities.
Since its inception, BandWith has addressed the need for access to music and creativity in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. Annie Palomino launched BandWith when the band program was dropped from LEARN Campbell Charter School due to budget cuts. Starting a nonprofit allowed Annie to continue providing free access to music instruction to students at the LEARN Campbell Campus while increasing reach to new students.
Since then, BandWith has developed into a stable organization offering individual and small group instruction, weekly ensemble play and performance opportunities to participants throughout the year. BandWith’s free in-school and after-school programs are located in East Garfield Park. They include our longest standing in-school band program, the Titan Band, within LEARN Charter School. BandWith also provides an after-school performing arts program at Marillac St. Vincent’s Hope Jr. Youth Center, which includes Drumline, WestDance, Studio-Engineering and Vocal Training/Choir. This summer, we partnered with After School Matters to support our growing Drumline Program as well as Chicago West Community Music Center to launch the WestDance Program.
BandWith offers instrumental music programs at 3 additional sites that are fee-for-service. The sites of these are St. Procopius School in Pilsen, St. Helen School in Ukrainian Village, and St. John Berchmans School in Logan Square. The three fee-for-service programs ensure BandWith’s financial viability and stability, and help subsidize the cost of our free programs. All other fundraising efforts are used to support free programs.

Artist Reception with Kiki McGrath
2023-05-18 18:30 - 20:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Please join us for an artist reception of Kiki McGrath: 8HRS on May 18 from 6:30-8:00pm in Gallery 3.
8HRS is a video documenting a performance in the former laundry room of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, DC. The artist repeatedly ironed family linens that have passed through the hands of five generations of women: a meditation on the relationship of domestic and spiritual labor, and a feminist inquiry into ritual, gender, and power.
Starting at dawn, McGrath worked for eight hours, and in accordance with most state labor laws, took two 15-minute breaks and one half-hour lunch break. She was alone in silence throughout the day, with only the sounds of the steam iron and the church bells ringing on the hour. A patch of sunlight moved across the wall, marking the passage of time.
This all-male Catholic monastery is part of a larger Western European system that for centuries has relied on unpaid labor from female communities. By performing on these grounds McGrath aimed to provoke reflection on unspoken expectations and power: which repetitive behaviors lull us into maintaining the status quo; what gender roles support our domestic and economic structures; who benefits from institutions that undervalue female labor and agency?
Kiki McGrath works in laundry rooms, chapels, galleries, and gardens. She combines performance and assemblage to explore themes of labor, ritual, and social history. She received a fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, graduate awards from American University, and has participated in residencies in the US and Italy. McGrath holds an MA in Museum Studies from George Washington University and an MFA in Studio Arts from American University. Based in Chicago, she works as a visual arts editor for the EcoTheo Review.

Elevate at 21c presents temporary exhibitions of works by artists living and working in the communities surrounding each 21c Museum Hotel Chicago. Elevate provides hotel guests and visitors with unique access to the work of notable regional artists, while featuring their work in the context of 21c’s contemporary art space.

Summer Music Series
2023-05-19 18:00 - 19:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL, 60611
Summer Music Series at 21c Chicago
Every Friday at 6pm in the Lobby
Free and Open to the public
