Crown Fountain is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Chicago's Millennium Park, which is located in the Loop community area. Designed by Catalan artist Jaume Plensa and executed by Krueck and Sexton Architects, it opened in July 2004. The fountain is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed between a pair of glass brick towers. The towers are 50ft tall, and they use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to display digital videos on their inward faces. Construction and design of the Crown Fountain cost $17 million. The water operates from May to October, intermittently cascading down the two towers and spouting through a nozzle on each tower's front face.Residents and critics have praised the fountain for its artistic and entertainment features. It highlights Plensa's themes of dualism, light, and water, extending the use of video technology from his prior works. Its use of water is unique among Chicago's many fountains, in that it promotes physical interaction between the public and the water. Both the fountain and Millennium Park are highly accessible because of their universal design.
Lurie Garden is a 2.5acre garden located at the southern end of Millennium Park in the Loop area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Designed by Kathryn Gustafson, Piet Oudolf, and Robert Israel, it opened on July 16, 2004. The garden is a combination of perennials, bulbs, grasses, shrubs and trees. It is the featured nature component of the world's largest green roof. The garden cost $13.2 million and has a $10 million endowment for maintenance and upkeep. It was named after Ann Lurie, who donated the $10 million endowment. For visitors, the garden features guided walks, lectures, interactive demonstrations, family festivals and picnics.The Garden is composed of two "plates" protected on two sides by large hedges. The dark plate depicts Chicago's history by presenting shade-loving plant material. The dark plate has a combination of trees that will provide a shade canopy for these plants when they fill in. The light plate, which includes no trees, represents the city's future with sun-loving perennials that thrive in the heat and the sun.
WHEN Friday, September 9, 2016, 4:30-10 PM Saturday, September 10, 2016, 2:30-8 PM TICKETS $35 in advance, $45 at the gate Ticket price includes souvenir wine glass, 12 tastings, one pint of any beer available at the festival, seminars, musical entertainment, and the opportunity to purchase wine at a discount. Designated Driver Tickets - $15 This ticket includes two non-alcoholic drinks, seminars, musical entertainment, souvenir wine glass upon departure. Attendees under 21 are admitted for free when accompanied by a paid adult. HOW TO PURCHASE Online: www.windycitywinefestival.com By phone: 877-772-5425 (additional fee applies) At entry gate on the day of the festival
The Chicago Club, founded in 1869, is a private social club located at 81 East Van Buren Street at Michigan Avenue in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Its membership has included many of Chicago's most prominent businessmen, politicians, and families.HistoryIn the mid-1860s, a social group formed in Chicago, Illinois that met on State Street. The group later met on the top floor of the old Portland Block on the southeast corner of Dearborn and Washington Streets. Known as the "Dearborn Club", members would meet in afternoons to drink and play cards. Members included Western Union co-founder Anson Stager, former New York State Senator Henry R. Pierson, Judge of the Cook County Court Hugh T. Dickey, and dry goods merchant Philip Wadsworth. The club was shut down by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in 1868.In January 1869, former members of the Dearborn Club organized a meeting in the Sherman House. Although nothing was decided, a second meeting was scheduled, and there a resolution was passed to create a new club for one hundred Chicago citizens. For one hundred dollars, a gentleman could join the Chicago Club. Wadsworth was elected the first president. Stager, Charles B. Farwell, George Pullman, George & David Gage, and Wirt Dexter each lent the club five hundred dollars to cover early expenses. Former state representative Edward S. Isham drafted incorporation papers and Wadsworth delivered them to the state capitol of Springfield. The club then rented the former Henry Farnam mansion on the corner of Michigan Avenue between Jackson and Adams Streets. The first meeting of the Chicago Club was held on May 1, 1869.
The Auditorium Building in Chicago is one of the best-known designs of Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler. Completed in 1889, the building is located at the northwest corner of South Michigan Avenue and Congress Street (now Congress Parkway). The building, which when constructed was the largest in the United States and the tallest in Chicago, was designed to be a multi-use complex, including offices, a theater and a hotel. As a young apprentice, Frank Lloyd Wright worked on some of the interior design.The Auditorium Theatre is part of the Auditorium Building and is located at 50 East Congress Parkway. The theater was the first home of the Chicago Civic Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It currently hosts the season performances of the Joffrey Ballet.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1970. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975, and was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1976. In addition, it is a historic district contributing property for the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. Since 1947, the Auditorium Building has been part of Roosevelt University.
SAIC Performance's interdisciplinary approach builds on a broad range of performative modes including live actions, interactive digital technologies, movement research, tactical and site performance, performance installation, & performative writing.
SAIC Performance's interdisciplinary approach builds on a broad range of performative modes including live actions, interactive digital technologies, movement research, tactical and site performance, performance installation, & performative writing.
The Santa Fe Building, also known as Railway Exchange Building, is a 17-story office building in the Historic Michigan Boulevard District of the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It was designed by Frederick P. Dinkelberg of D. H. Burnham & Company in the Chicago style. Dinkelberg was also the associate designer to Daniel Burnham for the Flatiron Building in New York City.The building is recognizable by the large "Motorola" logo on the roof, which is visible from Grant Park across Michigan Ave and from Lake Michigan. It is also notable for the round, porthole-like windows along the cornice. The center of the building features a lightwell, which was covered with a skylight in the 1980s.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design. It is located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. The school is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either entity. Providing degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels, SAIC has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top two graduate art programs in the nation, as well as by Columbia University's National Arts Journalism survey as the most influential art school in the United States.Tracing its history to an art students cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and school, SAIC has been accredited since 1936 by the Higher Learning Commission, by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design since 1944, and by the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design since its founding in 1991. Additionally it is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.Its downtown Chicago campus consists of seven buildings located in the immediate vicinity of the AIC building. SAIC is in an equal partnership with the AIC and share many administrative resources such as design, construction, and human resources. The campus, located in the Loop, comprises chiefly three buildings: the Michigan, the Sharp, and the Columbus . SAIC also owns additional buildings throughout Chicago that are used as student galleries or investments.
La Metropolitan Tower est un gratte-ciel situé au 310 South Michigan Avenue, dans le quartier historique de Historic Michigan Boulevard District, dans le secteur du Loop à Chicago. Inscrite sur la prestigieuse liste des Landmarks de Chicago, la Metropolitan Tower atteint 144 m de haut. La Metropolitan Tower qui abritait autrefois exclusivement des bureaux a été transformée en immeuble résidentiel comprenant 242 appartements. Le bâtiment appartient à la firme Metropolitan Properties, dont le siège se trouve à Chicago. Les résidences varient en taille de 1 200 pieds carrés à 4 000 pieds carrés. Les appartements les plus luxueux disposent d'une vue sur la ville à 360 degré avec ascenseurs privés. Les prix varient de 300 000 dollars pour un appartement de 70,8 m² à 1,3 millions de dollars pour 179,5 m². La Metropolitan Tower comprend également des bureaux de la Chase Bank. Conçue par la firme d'architecte Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, la Metropolitan Tower a été nommée Straus Building lorsqu'elle fut achevée en 1924.
The American Academy of Art is an art school located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1923 for the education of fine and commercial arts students. The American Academy of Art offers four-year, accredited Bachelor of Fine Arts degree programs in web design, illustration, modeling, painting and others.The school's Bill L. Parks Gallery is open to the public and features exhibitions of works by students, faculty, visiting arts and works from the Academy’s permanent collection.HistoryThe American Academy of Art was founded in 1923 by Frank Young to train students for careers in commercial and fine art.CurriculumEnrollment is typically between 400 and 500 students. Annual tuition is currently $24,000+.The Academy has curriculum for bachelor's degrees. Eight areas of study are offered for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, all of which require 126 credit hours to graduate. These programs include:3D modeling and animationLife drawingMultimedia/web designOil paintingGraphic designWatercolor paintingIllustration / Digital illustrationPhotographyThe Academy requires all incoming freshmen to take both life drawing and art composition for the freshman year.The Academy is accredited by: The Higher Learning Commission. The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT). (The Academy is also a member of the North Central Association.)Notable alumni/studentsJason SeilerAlex RossRichard SchmidJohn TobiasKanye WestSandy DvoreGil ElvgrenJill ThompsonJoyce BallantyneLoren LongRupert Kinnard