The Impact and Importance of Chicago's Art Fairs and Festivals: A Discussion with Chicago Artists
Join the discussion with Chicago artists Cranston Knight, (Photographer, Poet) Carmen Perez-Stoppert(Sculptor, Jewelry) Ken Reif(Painter) as they share their experiences with Chicago art fairs and festivals. Learn of the impact Chicago's art fairs have had on these artists' careers and the importa… Read More >
Join the discussion with the curators of CCC's latest digital exhibit A Snapshot of Chicago Art Fairs: 1948-2004
CCC is proud to release on 12/17 its latest digital exhibit, A Snapshot of Chicago Art Fairs: 1948-2004. Curated by Autumn Mather and Molly Szymanski, the exhibit features information on 22 art fairs and visual art festivals throughout Chicago and presents materials from 16 archival collections in t… Read More >
Cait Coker on “We Are Each Other’s Harvest:” Gwendolyn Brooks and the Formation of the Black Literary Canon
August 24, 1949: Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks is published. It is her second volume of poetry, and readers admire and struggle with its technical forms, its atomizations, and critiques of racial life in Black America. At the book’s center is a forty-three-stanza poem called “The Anniad” in which … Read More >
Indigenous People and the Chicago Portage
Join us as John William Nelson, Eric Hemenway, and Raphael Wahwussuck discuss the critical importance of Chicago’s regional waterways to Indigenous history. Read More >
A Discussion with Chicago's New Directors
CCC in partnership with the Black Metropolis Research Consortium is proud to host A Discussion with Chicago's New Directors. Join Chicago Collections Consortium's Board Chair, Ellen Keith, Director of Research and Access and Chief Librarian at the Chicago History Museum as she speaks with Chicago's … Read More >
Political Collections in the Archives of the Chicago Public Library
As we near the end of this campaign season, complete with a Democratic National Convention here in Chicago, join the staff of CCC member Chicago Public Library Special Collections to look back on the history of politics in Chicago. They will share historical and archival resources like photographs, … Read More >