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Chicago is home to many inspiring museums, and today—on —we're giving a special shout-out to our peer institutions in the Chicago Association of Specialized Museums! CASM is a coalition of small, quirky institutions that encourage and help Chicagoans and tourists alike to . From art and design to literature and poetry to behavioral and surgical science, member institutions of CASM offer plenty of niches to discover and explore.
From our galleries to yours, happy to you, American Writers Museum, Design Museum of Chicago, International Museum of Surgical Science, McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum, Mindworks, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Museum of Contemporary Photography and Poetry Foundation!
Image: Installation photograph by Cheri Eisenberg of the exhibition "The Life and Death of Charles Williams" at Intuit
Designing a Better Chicago shines a light on our city’s extraordinary design legacy—the local talent, assets, and community that have long supported civic good through design. Join the 2020 grant winners (Kathy Gregg, Friedman Place and Maya Bird-Murphy, Mobile Makers Chicago) the 2021 grant winners (Tariyawn Knighten, The Tilden Pilot to Permanent Design Incubator and Emily Winter, The Weaving Mill), and the 2022 winners (to be awarded) to hear about their outstanding efforts to design a better Chicago. The panel will take place Wednesday, June 15, moderated by Tanner Woodford, Founder and Executive Director of the Design Museum of Chicago.
TODAY 4/1 (4p - 7p): Another VaxChiArt Exhibition is opening at Rowan Park Field House, supporting local artists and promoting vaccination in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Design Museum of Chicago.
The opening event today is free and open to the public. If you can’t make the opening event, the exhibition will be up for one month.
See all the art and other upcoming events on Chicago.gov/VaxChiArt.
The opening of the VaxChiArt 2.0 Exhibition here on the KKC Campus in collaboration with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Chicago Department of Public Health, and Design Museum of Chicago was amazing! Thank you to local artists who contributed their collections to this exhibit. The work is phenomenal and encourages our community to check it out through the end of April. The exhibit is open to everyone!
Visit Chicago.gov/VaxChiArt, to see the artists and for more information.
Today 3/31 (3pm-6pm), the VaxChiArt Exhibition will open to the public here on the Kennedy-King College Campus in the new Center of Equity for the Creative Arts (CECA) in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events,
Chicago Department of Public Health, & the Design Museum of Chicago.
Students, faculty, and staff, come ready to enjoy free food, fun, music, and a surprise special guest in the KKC U-Building Black Box. Face masks are required.
See the art and other upcoming events on
http://Chicago.gov/VaxChiArt.
The City of Chicago, in collaboration with the Design Museum of Chicago, commissioned local artists to create original designs depicting health, vitality, community and vaccine distribution to encourage everyone to get vaccinated. Click below for upcoming, related exhibitions opening this week!
TOMORROW (3/30): We'll be unveiling one of the murals in our VaxChiArt series! This is a collaboration with the Design Museum of Chicago, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and local artists.
Come one, come all for music, special guests, and see all the art on chicago.gov/vaxchiart.
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On Wednesday, March 30th, we will be unveiling one of the Murals in our VaxChiArt series! This is a collaboration with the Design Museum of Chicago, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and local artists.
Come one, come all for music, special guests, and see all the art on chicago.gov/vaxchiart.
You can breathe a little easier knowing you are protecting your health.
Check out this awesome piece by Czr Prz for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events' campaign in collaboration with Design Museum of Chicago.
Get vax'd and boosted. Resources are available: chi.gov/covidvax.
The vaccine helps us celebrate 🎊
Check out this awesome piece by CHema Skandal for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events' campaign in collaboration with Design Museum of Chicago.
Get vaccinated and boosted today. More resources are available at chi.gov/covidvax.
Protect each other 💙
Check out this awesome piece by Emmy Star Brown for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events' campaign in collaboration with the Design Museum of Chicago.
Get vaccinated and boosted today. More resources are available at chi.gov/covidvax.