Place Lab blends policy and art to drive neighborhood growth
A partnership between University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life initiative and the Harris School of Public Policy brings together artists, policymakers, faculty and students to design and implement new approaches to urban development. The event ann...
Visual arts teachers learn how to CoCre8
More than 130 visual arts teachers came to the University of Chicago campus on Friday, Feb. 5 to immerse themselves in some of the CoCre8 program activities designed by arts education coordinators at UChicago’s Arts + Public Life initiative at the Ar...
What I Learned When the Chicago Architecture Biennial Came to the South Side
In op-ed, Paola Aguirre, research analyst at Place Lab, discusses initiative led by Prof. Theaster Gates that explores how architecture fosters creative communities
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Cultural partners infuse youth with arts
UChicago arts leaders collaborate with schools on K-12 arts education program
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Chicago artist Theaster Gates: 'I’m hoping Swiss bankers will bail out my flooded South Side bank in the name of art'
Prof. Theaster Gates, director of Arts + Public Life, transforms aging South Side buildings into affordable housing sites and community centers
