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Millennium Park Downtown
Chicago, IL 27401
Millennium Park Downtown
Chicago, IL 27401
Mission: The Art Institute of Chicago collects, preserves, and interprets works of art of the highest quality, representing the world's diverse artistic traditions, for the inspiration and education of the public and in accordance with our profession's highest ethical standards and practices.
Drawn by its beauty and the fabulous free public events, hundreds of thousands of visitors come to the Chicago Cultural Center every year, making it one of the most visited attractions in Chicago. The stunning landmark building is home to two magnificent stained-glass domes, as well as free music, dance and theater events, films, lectures, art exhibitions and family events. Completed in 1897 as Chicago’s first central public library, the building was designed to impress and to prove that Chicago had grown into a sophisticated metropolis. The country’s top architects and craftsmen used the most sumptuous materials, such as rare imported marbles, polished brass, fine hardwoods, and mosaics of Favrile glass, mother-of-pearl and colored stone, to create an architectural showplace. Located on the south side of the building, the world’s largest stained glass Tiffany dome ― 38 feet in diameter with some 30,000 pieces of glass ― was restored to its original splendor in 2008. On the north side of the building is a 40-foot-diameter dome with some 50,000 pieces of glass in an intricate Renaissance pattern, designed by Healy & Millet. In 1991, the building was established as the Chicago Cultural Center by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the nation's first and most comprehensive free municipal cultural venue. Every year, the Chicago Cultural Center presents hundreds of free international, national, regional and local artists, musicians and performers, providing a showcase where the public can enjoy and learn about the arts. Come for the beauty, stay for the events.
The ten-story Fine Arts Building, also known as the Studebaker Building, is located at 410 S Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park in Chicago in the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. It was built for the Studebaker company in 1884–5 by Solon Spencer Beman, and extensively remodeled in 1898, when Beman removed the building's eighth (then the top) story and added three new stories, extending the building to its current height. Studebaker constructed the building as a carriage sales and service operation with manufacturing on upper floors. The two granite columns at the main entrance, 3ft in diameter and 12ft high, were said to be the largest polished monolithic shafts in the country. The interior features Art Nouveau motifs and murals dating from the 1898 renovation.Currently, true to its name, it houses artists' lofts, art galleries, theatre, dance and recording studios, interior design firms, musical instrument makers, and other businesses associated with the arts. It also holds offices of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Jazz Institute of Chicago, the Grant Park Conservancy, the World Federalist Association, the Chicago Youth Symphony, the Boitsov Classical Ballet School and Company, and the venerable Artist's Cafe, known to generations of late-night diners. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 7, 1978.
Since 1916, The Arts Club of Chicago has been a preeminent exhibitor of international art, a forum for both established and emerging artists, and a celebrated venue for performers from around the world. For over 95 years, The Arts Club has opened its membership to artists and art patrons, and its exhibitions to the public.
Artists include: Jaime "Ames" Navarro, Ralph Corona, BJ Storms, Jake Ames and Bryan Ortega * Walk In's Welcome*
Please note the Sullivan Galleries will be closed December 22, 2012—January 1, 2013. The Sullivan Galleries represent 32,000 square feet of exhibition space-the only single contemporary gallery site of its size in the Chicago Loop. Located in the Sullivan Center at 33 South State Street, the historic site of Louis Sullivan's masterpiece Carson Pirie Scott & Co. building, the galleries feature exhibitions, performances, lectures, and screenings by SAIC students, faculty, and guest artists. Recently relocated to 33 South State Street, the Betty Rymer Gallery features a range of exhibitions of work by SAIC students, faculty, and international artists. The Sullivan Galleries brings to Chicago audiences the work of acclaimed and emerging artists, while providing the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and the public opportunities for direct involvement and exchange with the discourses of art today. With shows and projects often led by faculty or student curators, it is a teaching gallery that engages the exhibition process as a pedagogical model and mode of research.
Founded in 1976 as the Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, the museum collaborates with artists, photographers, communities, and institutions locally, nationally, and internationally. As the leading photography museum in the Midwest, presenting projects and exhibitions and acquiring works that embrace a wide range of contemporary aesthetics and technologies, the museum offers students, educators, research specialists, and general audiences an intimate and comprehensive visual study center. The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) is a stimulating and innovative forum for the collection, creation, and examination of contemporary imagemaking in its camera tradition and in its expanded vocabulary of digital processes. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the museum considers all elements of our mission to promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the artistic, cultural and political implication of the image in our world today, within the context of public service and responsibility to the community and museum profession. The Museum is committed to broadening the visual arts by constantly searching for new national and international talent to exhibit rather than simply following suit established by larger institutions. To this end, the museum’s programming guides the public to a greater understanding of thought-provoking contemporary photography as well as an appreciation for traditional work that has not yet received critical acclaim. Admission is always free for visitors.
Elephant Room is a contemporary art space based in Chicago that focuses on presenting a diverse selection of emerging artists across a range of mediums.
Our store, where a centuries-old Chinese Wedding Cabinet sits comfortably beside a modern sofa, intertwines global and local design. Every inch of our 18,000 square foot store is designed to inspire. Curated vignettes mix imported antiques and vintage finds from around the world with custom pieces handcrafted in Chicago. Come discover a whole new world of decorating...with free parking
The Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery is part of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Columbia College Chicago. The gallery's mission is to present professional exhibitions and educational programming that encompasses the broadest possible definition of visual art, photography, fashion, and design. This is a direct reflection of the pedagogical diversity of the SFPA and the vast array of ideas, media, and techniques explored by artists today. The gallery presents emerging and established artists whose work reflects any of the disciplines taught in the School.
The Gage Gallery was founded in 2001, shortly after Roosevelt University's expansion into the historic Gage building on Michigan Avenue. Situated directly across the street from Chicago's Millennium Park, the gallery has exhibited nationally and internationally known photographers and artists, and has hosted numerous public lectures, panel discussions and symposia. The gallery is committed to showing contemporary work that addresses the important social issues of our time. The Gage Gallery is affiliated with, and supported by the College of Arts and Sciences at Roosevelt University. Gage Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9-6 and Saturday 10-4. Staff Information Michael Ensdorf, Founder and Director Juli Rowen, Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Kaitlin Cashman, Gallery Assistant Tyra Robertson, Media Assistant
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink or McCormick Tribune Plaza is a multi-purpose venue within Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. On December 20, 2001, it became the first attraction in Millennium Park to open. The $3.2 million plaza was funded by a donation from the McCormick Tribune Foundation. It has served as an ice skating rink, a dining facility and briefly as an open-air exhibition space.The plaza operates as McCormick Tribune Ice Rink, a free public outdoor ice skating rink that is generally open four months a year, from mid-November until mid-March, when it hosts over 100,000 skaters annually. It is known as one of Chicago's better outdoor people-watching locations during the winter months. It is operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs rather than the Chicago Park District, which operates most major public ice skating rinks in Chicago.For the rest of the year, it serves as Plaza at Park Grill or Park Grill Plaza, Chicago's largest outdoor dining facility. The 150-seat park grill hosts various culinary events as well as music during its months of outdoor operation, and it is affiliated with the 300-seat indoor Park Grill restaurant located beneath AT&T Plaza and Cloud Gate. The outdoor restaurant offers scenic views of the park.
Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, US, and originally intended to celebrate the second millennium. It is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5acre section of northwestern Grant Park. The area was previously occupied by parkland, Illinois Central rail yards, and parking lots. The park, which is bounded by Michigan Avenue, Randolph Street, Columbus Drive and East Monroe Drive, features a variety of public art. As of 2009, Millennium Park trailed only Navy Pier as a Chicago tourist attraction. In 2015, the park became the location of the city's annual Christmas tree lighting.Planning of the park began in October 1997. Construction began in October 1998, and Millennium Park was opened in a ceremony on July 16, 2004, four years behind schedule. The three-day opening celebrations were attended by some 300,000 people and included an inaugural concert by the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. The park has received awards for its accessibility and green design. Millennium Park has free admission, and features the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Cloud Gate, the Crown Fountain, the Lurie Garden, and various other attractions. The park is connected by the BP Pedestrian Bridge and the Nichols Bridgeway to other parts of Grant Park. Because the park sits atop a parking garage and the commuter rail Millennium Station, it is considered the world's largest rooftop garden.
El Millennium park, o Parque del milenio, es un desarrollo urbano recreativo y artístico en la ciudad de Chicago, Estados Unidos. El parque ocupa diez hectáreas localizadas entre las avenidas Michigan, Columbus Drive y las calles Randolph y Monroe. De admisión gratuita, el parque se encuentra abierto diariamente, entre las 6 y las 23 horas.AntecedentesEl terreno mencionado perteneció a la compañía ferroviaria de Illinois, entre la década de 1850 y finales del siglo XX. El parque Grant se construyó en 1917 alrededor de la propiedad de esta compañía, respetando el plan maestro de la ciudad de 1909. De esta forma, el área del parque terminado tenía una "imperfección", que era la propiedad ferroviaria, considerada intocable.En 1977, varios grupos cívicos propusieron convertir al parque Grant en un área para la práctica de las artes, incluyendo un pabellón de conciertos. Sin embargo, no había un planteamiento financiero, ni apoyo del gobierno, por lo que el proyecto derivó en el anfiteatro Perillo Music Shell, de menor envergadura, que satisfacía parcialmente la propuesta.A finales de la década de 1990, el alcalde Richard M. Daley ordenó el desarrollo de planes para reconstruir el área del parque Grant, incluyendo el desmantelamiento de las vías férreas (inactivas) y el estacionamiento existente, buscando tener el mejor "vestíbulo de entrada" para la ciudad de Chicago. En 1998 se consolidaron todas las ideas, que combinaban escultura monumental, un pabellón de conciertos y arquitectura de paisaje en un desarrollo urbanístico sin precedentes en el país, que fue abierto al público en julio de 2004.Obras de arteEl Parque del Milenio ha ganado varios premios por sí mismo. Sin embargo, en él se reúnen varias obras de arte y arquitectura que individualmente han destacado en sus campos. La obra más notoria es el Pabellón de Conciertos Jay Pritzker, diseñado por el arquitecto canadiense Frank Gehry, el cual puede recibir a siete mil personas, distribuidas entre las gradas y el césped frente al escenario. También se encuentran la escultura Cloud Gate, de Anish Kapoor; la fuente Crown Fountain del español Jaume Plensa, y el jardín Lurie, de Kathryn Gustafson, Piet Oudolf y Robert Israel.