Semillas: Artwork by Raul Ortiz Bonilla
Through his signature puntos and semillas, Puerto Rican artist Raul Ortiz Bonilla presents a story of migration and diaspora.
Free
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Soy Boricua
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesFrom digital collage to painting to glasswork to photography, twelve non-male Diasporican artists explore their expansive identities and how they intersect in their own ways.
Free
Letters from Home
Artists from Sweden and Chicago collaborate to create original works interpreting early 20th century letters to Chicago immigrant Emil Olsson from his family in Sweden.
Free – $6
ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood
Chicago Architecture Center 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis exhibition tells the story of building with mass timber and features architectural models of mass timber projects, from public spaces to office buildings.
$14
The Girl in The Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto
In 1945, a 14-year-old's diary was discovered in Auschwitz. The exhibition explores Rywka's life in the Łódz Ghetto and what might have happened after her deportation to Auschwitz and beyond.
Free – $18
Summer Weddings
Weddings bring us together. They are a chance to celebrate love and the beginning of a couple’s new life together. Weddings also celebrate our history and culture. Join the Museum […]
ECAC Summer Camp
$150
The Spirit of Place: Earth is Home – Lithography by Kurt Seaberg
Seaberg uses his lithographs of the beautiful natural landscape of Minnesota and Sweden to connect with his Sami heritage and to remind us of beauty, community, and sense of place.
Free – $6
Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present. Join us for the opening reception. Yulia Gasio will give a presentation at 2pm.
M.K Čiurlionis Virtual Reality Film “Trail of Angels”
Take a VR journey through the works of the paintings and music of M.K. Čiurlionis.
$35
Resistencia y Libertá por Bombazo Wear
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesBomba music and dance provide resistance, self-expression, and community building for Afro-Puerto Ricans. This exhibit displays the evolution of bomba attire since the 17th century.
Made in Taiwan | 台灣製造 CATHY HSIAO & NESTOR SIRÉ
Artists Cathy Hsiao and Nestor Siré comment on our digital connectivity. Taking porcelain and recycled plastic, they reveal how economies thrive under political and economic erasure.
Free
Shelly Jyoti – Indigo: The Blue Gold
Acclaimed Indian visual and textile artist Shelly Jyoti depicts the indigo's colonial history and impact — the cultivation, exploitation, and servitude that happened because of one plant.
$5 – $10
Virtual Reality Film Experience: Walk to Westerbork
With cinematography, animation, and archival photos, Rodi Glass revisits the sites of her survival as a young girl from Amsterdam, Westerbork transit camp, and Vittel internment camp.
DIY Tie-Dye Patterns for Shirts
In this workshop, students will create their own tie-dyed t-shirt using the traditional zā rǎn method. Tie-Dye is a common dyeing technique that presents in many different cultures. In Asian, […]
$15 – $20
Grace & Frank: The Story of a Social Reformer and Her Young Architect
The Bagley House, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s earliest independent commissions, has been saved from demolition. Learn about preservation plans for this landmarked home.
$15
Balzekas Museum Aviation History Workshop About Pilots Darius & Girenas
The Balzekas Museum is celebrating two Chicago heroes: Lithuanian-American aviation pioneers who set out to break the world distance record by flying to Lithuania.
Free
Esmeralda Santiago Book Launch of “Las Madres”
A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them […]
$30
Conversation: Carol Ross Barney on Architecture
Join renowned Chicago architect and 2023 AIA Gold Medal recipient Carol Ross Barney for a conversation on her life and work.
Free
Vibrant and Colorful Music and Dances of Bollywood
Audiences will experience and enjoy the Bollywood fashions, colors, and musical influences with dancers and musicians performing Bollywood music and dance.
Free