Stories
From experimental art to the Chicago creative community, MCA Stories offer insight to contemporary culture through the voices of artists, archivists, writers, and more.
Results
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Talk: Roundtable of Virginia Jaramillo
Curators Iris Colburn, Erin Dziedzic, and Catherine Morris discuss Virginia Jaramillo’s profound commitment to abstraction.
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Object Lesson: How Virginia Jaramillo Made Paper
Watch longtime Virginia Jaramillo collaborators Susan Gosin and Paul Wong of Dieu Donné reflect on the artist's "ethereal and delicate" paper works.
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Making Paper like Virginia Jaramillo with Paul Wong
Paul Wong, Artistic Director Emeritus of Dieu Donné Paper Mill, crafts sheets of paper in the style of Virginia Jaramillo.
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Access Praxis: Ariella Granados
Hear from Ariella Granados in this annual collaborative event that brings ideas about disability arts and culture into reality.
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MCA NOW | Access Praxis: Ariella Granados
Hear from Manager of Learning Daniel Atkinson about Access Praxis, an annual collaborative event in The Commons. “Praxis” is ideas in action; Access Praxis brings ideas about disability arts and culture into reality.
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MCA NOW | 7NMS: Marjani Forté-Saunders and Everett Saunders
Hear from Laura Paige Kyber, Assistant Curator of Performance, about the 7NMS performance "Prophet: The Order of the Lyricist."
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MCA NOW | SPACE
Hear from Manager of Learning Miguel Aguilar about the School Partnership for Art and Civic Engagement.
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Talk | Politics of Poetics: CAConrad
Hear from CAConrad in the first event in a new quarterly program series that highlights today’s leading poets.
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Object Lesson: La Crucifixión de Don Pedro Albizu Campos
Poet and historian Eduardo Arocho speaks about the mural La Crucifixión de Don Pedro Albizu Campos.
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MCA NOW | Laura Ortman
Hear from Laura Paige Kyber, Assistant Curator of Performance, about Laura Ortman's performance "Smoke Rings Shimmers Endless Blur."
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MCA NOW | Samita Sinha
Hear from Laura Paige Kyber, Assistant Curator of Performance, about Samita Sinha's performance "Tremor."
