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PROGRAMMING: March 1: Public Conversation with the Guerrilla Girls, led by exhibition curator and partners. Q&A session will follow. The Conaway Center, 1104 S Wabash, 1st floor [...]
February 16, 2012
Programming: November 18: Artist Talk "Taboo Fashion and Chameleon Identities" with artists Aisha Bell and Ebony G. Patterson, 11–12:30pm November 22: Cafe Society discussion with artist Myra Greene and Curator, 4[...]
January 3, 2012
Opening: September 8, 5–8pm, part of ArtCrawl, Columbia's annual fall artwalk Curator Tour: Thursday, October 6, 6pm Artist Lecture: October 27, 6pm Dafi Kühne, Sward Visiting Artist Wood Type, Evolved [...]
September 9, 2011
Opening: September 8, 5:00–8:00pm, part of ArtCrawl, Columbia's annual fall artwalk Artist Lecture: September 26, 6:00pm, Conaway Center - The Uncommon Nature of Artists as Collaborators, with[...]
August 29, 2011
Exhibiting Artists Alberto Aguilar, Pamela Bannos, Viv Corringham, Adam Farcus, Regan Golden, Bill Guy, Kirsten Leenaars, Daniel Mellis, Ryan B. Richey, Michael X. Ryan, Fred Sasaki, Allison Yasukawa, Mary Lou Zelazn[...]
July 6, 2011
The Journal of Artists' Books: JAB29 The Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago is pleased to announce the Spring 2011 issue of the Journal of Artists' Books (JAB). We proudly consider JAB29 th[...]
May 16, 2011
In 2001, artist David Buckland created Cape Farewell to instigate a cultural response to climate change. Since then, Cape Farewell has brought together leading artists, writers, scientists, educators, and media for a se[...]
February 25, 2011
MIDWINTER is the day on the calendar when there is the least amount of daylight and the longest period of night. It is on this day when the balance between light and dark swings decidedly in favor of the dark. Inspired b[...]
January 17, 2011
Considered among the most important political artists of this decade, The Yes Men (Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno) are a group of culture-jamming activists who practice what they call “Identity Correction.”
September 7, 2010
Fair Use is a multimedia exhibition at Columbia College Chicago's Glass Curtain Gallery that sets out to foster critical discussion about intellectual property rights. The exhibition looks at how contemporary artists and[...]
March 2, 2010
