Talk: MCA ‘68—Art & Violence, Then & Now
About
On the 50th anniversary of the opening of Violence! In Recent American Art
This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival and is part of Art Design Chicago, a year-long celebration of Chicago’s art and design history spearheaded and funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art with support from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
Please be advised: this program contains some graphic imagery and a performance depicting resistance to police violence.
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About the Speakers
Alison Cuddy is Marilyn Thoma Artistic Director at Chicago Humanities Festival. Prior to the festival, she spent more than 10 years at WBEZ, the NPR affiliate in Chicago.
Greg Foster-Rice is associate professor of the History of Photography at Columbia College Chicago. He is the curator of The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold: Art, Identity & Politics at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (October 11–December 21, 2018) and editor of the accompanying book, both of which feature artworks that were in Violence! in Recent American Art
Danny Giles is an artist based in Chicago. He is a lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the academic director at the Ox-Bow School of Art. Recent exhibitions include Walls Turned Sideways, a group exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston curated by Risa Puleo.
As director and chief curator of DePaul Art Museum Julie Rodrigues Widholm leads the museum's strategic and artistic vision to promote equity and interdisciplinary education in the arts, while positioning Chicago as a global art city.
Funding
This program is made possible by the Kristina Barr Lectures, which were established through a generous gift by The Barr Fund to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign.