Chicago Cultural Center

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Image: rendering of Kerry James Marshall mural on the back of the Chicago Cultural Center on Garland Court, fall 2017

78 E. Washington Chicago, IL 60602
312-744-6630
dcase@cityofchicago.org
www.chicagoculturalcenter.org
Reopening June 2, 2021

Current and Upcoming Events at Chicago Cultural Center

Exhibitions
Edra Soto: Screenhouse
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Oct 01, 2021
Exhibitions
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford: League of Nations
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Aug 29, 2021
Exhibitions
what flies but never lands?
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Sep 05, 2021
Exhibitions
CHICAGO: Where Comics Came to Life (1880-1960)
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Oct 03, 2021
Exhibitions
Jin Lee: Views & Scenes
Chicago Cultural Center
Sep 18, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022

Past Events
Exhibitions
Great Ideas of Humanity
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Apr 19, 2020
Exhibitions
In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration
Chicago Cultural Center
Through May 10, 2020
Exhibitions
Luis Sahagun: Both Eagle and Serpent
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Apr 26, 2020
ExhibitionsPerformances
Requiem: A White Wanderer
Chicago Cultural Center
Friday, Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2020 11 am – 6 pm
Exhibitions
Growing Community
Chicago Cultural Center
Through May 10, 2020
Markets / Sales
Millennium Park Art Market
Chicago Cultural Center
Friday, Nov 22 – 24, 2019 12 – 5 pm
Exhibitions
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jan 05, 2020
Galas / Special Events
Chicago Jazz Festival
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2019 6:30 – 9 pm
Film / Video
ReelAbilities Film Festival
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, Aug 22, 2019 6 – 8 pm
Performances
Dance to China!
Chicago Cultural Center
Sunday, Aug 18, 2019 2 – 3 pm
Film / Video
Chicago Digital Media Production Fund Showcase
Chicago Cultural Center
Monday, Aug 12, 2019 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Talks
Tim Samuelson: Bronzeville Echoes
Chicago Cultural Center
Friday, Aug 9, 2019 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Performances
Crossing Borders Music
Chicago Cultural Center
Sunday, Jul 21, 2019 2 – 3:30 pm
Talks
Container Vegetable Garden Lecture
Chicago Cultural Center
Sunday, Jun 23, 2019 1 – 3 pm
Film / Video
The Lavender Scare
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Jun 15, 2019 2 – 4 pm
Performances
Columbia College Chicago Community Schools Dance Concert
Chicago Cultural Center
Sunday, Jun 9, 2019 3 – 4 pm
Exhibitions
National Veterans Art Museum Triennial: On War & Survival
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jul 28, 2019
Exhibitions
National Veterans Art Museum Triennial: On War & Survival
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jul 29, 2019
Exhibitions
Goat Island Archive: We have discovered the performance by making it
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jun 23, 2019
Exhibitions
Panoramic Vistas: Photography by David Bechtol
Chicago Cultural Center
Through May 03, 2019
Tours
Chicago Children's Choir Open Rehearsal: Black History Month Concert Series
Chicago Cultural Center
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 5 – 7 pm
Exhibitions
Furtive
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Apr 07, 2019
Exhibitions
In Good Company
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Apr 07, 2019
Exhibitions
Forgotten Forms
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Apr 07, 2019
Exhibitions
Bronzeville Echoes: Faces and Places of Chicago’s African American Music
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jul 28, 2019
Exhibitions
Chicago! The Play, The Movies, The Musical...The Murders
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jul 28, 2019
Exhibitions
Cecil McDonald, Jr.: In the Company of Black
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Apr 14, 2019
Performances
Everyone's a Designer: Live Storytelling Event
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Jan 12, 2019 1:30 – 3:30 pm
TalksEducation
University of Chicago First Friday Lecture Series
Chicago Cultural Center
Friday, Jan 4, 2019 12:45 – 2 pm
Talks
African American Designers in Chicago: Gallery Talk
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, Jan 3, 2019 12:15 – 1 pm
Education
Everyone's a Designer: Learning Lab Meet an Artist
Chicago Cultural Center
Friday, Dec 21, 2018 12 – 2 pm
Art Fairs
Pocket Con 2018
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Dec 15, 2018 12 – 6 pm
Exhibitions
Everyone’s a Designer/Everyone’s Design
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Feb 03, 2019
TalksEducation
University of Chicago First Friday Lecture Series
Chicago Cultural Center
Friday, Dec 7, 2018 12:15 – 2 pm
ToursYouth / Families
Jukebox Featuring Bollywood Grove
Chicago Cultural Center
Friday, Dec 7, 2018 11 – 11:45 am
ToursYouth / Families
Dance Along Nutcracker
Chicago Cultural Center
Sunday, Dec 2, 2018 11 am – 4 pm
Exhibitions
Keep Moving: Designing Chicago's Bicycle Culture
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Mar 03, 2019
ToursFilm / Video
The T
Chicago Cultural Center
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2018 6 – 8 pm
Exhibitions
African American Designers in Chicago: Art, Commerce and the Politics of Race
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Mar 03, 2019
Exhibitions
Nature, The Glorious Handiwork of the Creator
Chicago Cultural Center
Friday, Sep 14 – Nov 9, 2018 11 pm – 12 am
Exhibitions
Tuned Mass: Jeff Carter, Raheem Majeed & Susan Giles
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jan 06, 2019
ExhibitionsTalks
Year of Creative Youth Exhibitions
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jan 06, 2019
Exhibitions
Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Jun 2 – Oct 1, 2018 5 – 9 pm
Exhibitions
Bronzeville Echoes: Faces and Places of Chicago’s African American Music Search Events
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Jan 06, 2019
Talks
Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush Gallery Talk
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, Apr 19, 2018 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Exhibitions
Keith Haring: The Chicago Mural
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Mar 3 – Sep 23, 2018 10 – 11 pm
Exhibitions
Scott Stack: Interior and Exterior
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 10 – Aug 5, 2018 10 – 11 pm
Exhibitions
Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 10 – May 6, 2018 10 – 11 pm
Exhibitions
de-skinned: duk ju l kim recent work
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 3 – Jul 29, 2018 10 – 11 pm
Exhibitions
Cleveland Dean: Recto/Verso – Duality of a Fragile Ego
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 3 – Jul 29, 2018 10 – 11 pm
Exhibitions
Xavier Toubes: Descriptions Without a Place
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 3 – Jul 29, 2018 10 – 11 pm
Film / Video
Film Screening: "My Neighborhood: Pilsen"
Chicago Cultural Center
Wednesday, Dec 6, 2017 6:30 – 9 pm
Exhibitions
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Sep 16, 2017 – Jan 7, 2018 5 – 6 pm
Tours
Chicago Park District and Chicago Sculpture International: Sculpture Around Town
Chicago Cultural Center
Wednesday, Jun 21 – 25, 2017 6 – 7 pm
Tours
Chicago Park District and Synapse Arts
Chicago Cultural Center
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 6 – 7 pm
Tours
Silk Road Rising
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, May 25, 2017 3 – 6 pm
Youth / Families
Young People's Concerts
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, May 18 – Jun 1, 2017 10:30 am – 12 pm
Art Fairs
Chicago Sculpture Exhibit
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, May 11 – Oct 1, 2017 6 – 7 pm
Tours
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday, May 11 – Oct 1, 2017 5 – 6 pm
Exhibitions
Candida Alvarez: Here
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Apr 29 – Aug 6, 2017 4 – 5 pm
Exhibitions
The Wall of Respect: Vestiges, Shards and Legacies
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 25 – Jul 30, 2017 4 – 5 pm
Talks
Discussion with Artists and Curators: The Wall of Respect
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 25, 2017 1 – 3:30 pm
Talks
Artist Talk: Eugene Eda's Doors for Malcolm X College
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 25, 2017 11 am – 12 pm
Nicole Marroquin and Andres L. Hernandez: Printing Workshops
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 25, 2017 10 am – 6 pm
Exhibitions
Nicole Marroquin and Andres L. Hernandez: Historical F(r)ictions
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 18 – May 7, 2017 4 – 5 pm
Exhibitions
50 x 50 Invitational / The Subject is Chicago: People, Places, Possibilities
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Feb 11 – Apr 9, 2017 4 – 5 pm
Exhibitions
Artist in Residence: Aram Han Sifuentes
Chicago Cultural Center
Tuesday, Feb 7 – May 18, 2017 4 – 5 pm
Exhibitions
Eugene Eda’s Doors for Malcolm X College
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Jan 21 – Jun 25, 2017 4 – 5 pm
Exhibitions
The Pride & Perils of Chicago’s Public Art
Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, Jan 14 – Jul 30, 2017 4 – 5 pm
Exhibitions
Chicago Architecture Biennial Installations
Chicago Cultural Center
Through Dec 31, 2018