Vacant lot on Chicago’s South Side to become new public space courtesy of Southwest Airlines
Open call for design concepts from Chicago-based artisans
UChicago Arts
Up in the air
From balloon sculptures to an avant-garde video game, the art of Willy Chyr, AB’09, is all about the journey.
The University of Chicago Magazine
Exploring the sources of musical creativity
Three esteemed UChicago composers describe the work and wonder of inspiration
Jeremy Manier
$25 million grant to support Laboratory Schools arts hall
Mellody Hobson and George Lucas honor iconic African American artist Gordon Parks.
Steve Kloehn
‘Envisioning China’ highlights sweeping influence of Chinese opera
Traditional, contemporary arts and culture of China represented in five-month festival.
Rockefeller fosters sense of community
Elizabeth Davenport, dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, explains the chapel’s importance to the UChicago community.
Susie Allen
Scholars probe interface between arts and science
ArtslScience Initiative links divergent disciplines in novel collaborations.
Drew Messinger-Michaels
Computation-enabled design under way for Chicago Lakeside Development
LakeSim prototype connects urban planning with scientific models for large-scale development.
Robert Mitchum
UChicago architecture embodies new ideas
New book traces the beauty and diversity of design on campus.
Steve Wiesenthal