Initiatives
Building creative connections on Chicago’s South Side through artist residencies, arts education, and artist-led projects and events
Fostering the creation and presentation of arts across the university through direct grant opportunities and independent initiatives, with the goal of making the arts part the life of every member of the campus community
Providing UChicago students free or discounted admission to over 60 theater, music, dance, visual art, and cultural institutions throughout Chicago
A forum at UChicago for experimental collaborations between artists and scholars
An open-access laboratory for creative digital fabrication and visualization, designed to support activities ranging from undergraduate projects to faculty-led exploration
A multidisciplinary home for the arts at UChicago, presenting concerts, exhibitions, performances, programs, and more from world class, emerging, local and student artists
Escape the grind and head to Hyde Park to join a vibrant community engaged in the arts! Minutes from the loop, UChicago Arts After Hours is the place to connect with other young Chicagoans and meet actors, dancers, musicians, and artists after catching the newest performance or exhibition.
Dedicated to helping students of all majors launch successful careers as practicing artists, arts scholars, and arts administrators
Collections
Devoted to the study of the languages, history, culture, and archaeology of the ancient Near East
The public art collection of the University of Chicago organized by artist, work, and location.
Festivals and Special Events
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and the University of Chicago (UChicago) have been selected by the U.S. Department of State to serve as commissioners of the United States Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Begins Oct 2017
A yearlong celebration marking the fifth anniversary of the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, beginning with the Logan Five Year Bash on Saturday, October 7, 2017.
Sept 16, 2017-Jan 7, 2018
Make New History focuses on the intersections of art and architecture, historical and contemporary. Learn about UChicago's programs in the Biennial this this fall.
September 13-17, 2017
The annual international exposition of modern and contemporary art in Chicago.
Fall 2017
Lectures, tours, exhibitions, and events observing the 75th anniversary of CP-1 and the concurrent 50th anniversary of Henry Moore's Nuclear Energy sculpture.
Oct 3, 2015-Jan 3, 2016
The State of the Art of Architecture focuses on projects from around the world, offering a global stage for conversation and exchange of ideas.
Sep 14–20, 2015
A wide array of UChicago arts organizations and artists showcase their works at the 2015 EXPO CHICAGO at Chicago's Navy Pier.
Fall 2014–Fall 2015
Five innovative UChicago Arts organizations mark major anniversaries during Artennial, a celebration of the long tradition—and future—of artistic excellence at the University of Chicago.
Mar 6–15, 2015
Chicago celebrates German composer Mathias Spahlinger’s 70th year with a 10-day residency and retrospective of his music and thought.
Explore new topics in literature, visual arts, linguistics, music, and more at the annual Humanities Day at the University of Chicago.
Feb 13-Jun 15, 2014
A five-month festival featuring over 40 events and exhibitions related to Chinese cultural history at the University of Chicago.
May 9-11, 2014
A three-day festival showcasing activists, artists, journalists, and scholars influenced and inspired by Studs Terkel’s storied career as a broadcaster, historian, actor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Film & Media
A lively hub of courses, seminars, screenings, and workshops contributing to innovative work in the history, culture, and theory of film and related media
The comprehensive support facility for the Department of Cinema & Media Studies, fostering interdisciplinary film scholarship through study collections and public events programming
Literary Arts
Giving students a rigorous background in the fundamentals of creative work by providing opportunities to study with established poets and prose writers
Expanding the critical understanding of poetics as an interdisciplinary field through ongoing programs and initiatives that bring literary scholars, poets, and translators
Museums & Galleries
A space for the Arts + Public Life Initiative's artist residencies, arts education, community-based arts projects, exhibitions, performances, and talks
Presenting contemporary art programming at the Logan Center Gallery and throughout the Logan Center
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society will present its inaugural exhibition during Spring 2015 in its new gallery
Devoted to the study of the languages, history, culture, and archaeology of the ancient Near East
Music
The University of Chicago’s home for the creation, performance, and study of contemporary classical music
A new music collecting introducing audiences to the bold visions of today’s most innovative composers
The spiritual and ceremonial center of UChicago and a major performing arts producer, offering music, theatre, and visual arts events
Chicago's preeminent presenter of the world's greatest musical artists
Student Arts
Over 60 student-run organizations, ensembles, troupes, and creatively engaged cultural groups
Dedicated to helping students of all majors launch successful careers as practicing artists, arts scholars, and arts administrators
Theater & Performance
A cultural and intellectual center for a wide array of events through the Global Voices Performing Arts and Lecture Program
Representing the collaborative efforts of students, staff, and faculty committed to performance at UChicago
Visual Arts
Focused on making, we encourage the development of independent and challenging thought as expressed and inscribed in the visual arts
Presenting contemporary art programming at the Logan Center Gallery and throughout the Logan Center
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society will present its inaugural exhibition during Spring 2015 in its new gallery
The Graham School of Continuing Studies in partnership with the Hyde Park Art Center
Public art works create places around which people and memories gather. No less than buildings, public art gives UChicago's campus shape and makes the campus itself a part of intellectual life.