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The Arts Come Alive at UChicago Whether you major in the arts, philosophy, or molecular engineering, at UChicago you can take advantage of hundreds of artistic groups, activities, and events on campus regardless of your field of study. As a social outlet, cultural endeavor, or professional specialization, the arts here know no bounds. Le Vorris and Vox Circus The University of Chicago’s student-led circus performs in Rockefeller Chapel on campus. Students from all backgrounds— artists, psychologists, computer scientists—showcase their talents in unique performances each quarter. Diana H. Mark S. Antonia C. Lucy L. Alessandra S. Edward M. Nicholas C. Violet W. French Computer Science Social Service Administration Music Political Science Visual Arts Interdisciplinary Studies South Asian Languages in the Humanities and Civilizations With a strong tradition of Whether you’re a Cinema and Media UChicago Careers in Journalism, cross-disciplinary practices mixed Studies major or a physics student Arts, and Media prepares students with intellectual curiosity and with a penchant for painting, you for a life in the arts after college. creative energy, the University can pursue your artistic passion Open to students of all majors, fosters a bustling arts community. here through UChicago’s incredible this program provides internships, Students can pursue their artistic diversity of on-campus arts offerings: mentorships, and apprenticeships passions through majors and where students can work one-on- minors like: n 60 student-run arts-related one with established artists and organizations build their professional networks n n Architectural Studies 35+ theatrical productions while still in the College. staged by approximately Past placements include: n Art History 500 students annually n Cinema and Media Studies n n More than 150 faculty members Paramount Pictures n Creative Writing in the arts n The Paris Review n Music n Dozens of world-class n New York Philharmonic n Theater and Performance performances and exhibitions n The New Republic Studies on campus at Court Theatre, n WBEZ (Chicago Public Radio) n Visual Arts the Smart Museum, and the n Mark Morris Dance Group Renaissance Society Pictured: The Logan Cabaret series Pictured: A student DJ at UChicago’s Pictured: University Theater produces over offers a platform for individual artists student-run radio station, WHPK, 35 shows a year. Featured here is Proof, by and groups to take the stage in the state- broadcasting live across Chicago Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright David of-the-art Logan Center for the Arts. since 1968. Auburn, AB’91. Photo by Jason Smith engage Photo by Jason Smith play Photo by Jason Smith advance with a robust arts curriculum with a community of artists your career in the arts Our world-renowned arts faculty Some of the greatest art in the The University of Chicago has includes Pulitzer Prize winners and world is created and housed launched the careers of a century Guggenheim Fellows, composers collaborate in the city of Chicago, right at explore of great artists in all fields. succeed of international acclaim, and with a world-class faculty your fingertips. UChicago a city of opportunities These alumni have transformed alongside great alumni contemporary visual artists who students have unprecedented their fields in thought and are making an imprint on the art access to this art through the practice, winning Pulitzers, world. They include: Arts Pass, providing them with Emmys, Oscars, and Tonys along free and discounted visits to the way. Here are just a few: n William Pope.L, acclaimed over 70 partner institutions, interdisciplinary artist and including: n Kurt Vonnegut, AM’71 associate professor in the Pulitzer Prize–winning author Department of Visual Arts n Art Institute of Chicago n Katherine Dunham, PhB’36 n Wu Hung, celebrated art n Museum of Contemporary Art dance pioneer historian and director of the n Steppenwolf Theatre n Philip Glass, AB’56 Center for the Art of East Asia n The Second City groundbreaking composer n Theaster Gates, professor in n Lyric Opera n Kimberly Peirce, AB’90 the Department of Visual Arts n Chicago Symphony Orchestra director of Boys Don’t Cry and former director of Arts n DuSable Museum of African and the remake of Carrie and Public Life American History n National Museum of Mexican Art Pictured: Augusta Read Thomas, former Pictured: Color Jam, a public art installation Pictured: Balloon fashions designed by composer-in-residence with the Chicago by Jessica Stockholder, chair of UChicago’s physics major Willie Chyr, AB’09, whose Symphony Orchestra and current University Department of Visual Arts, transformed work has been featured in a major national Professor of Composition in the Department a downtown Chicago intersection into an ad campaign. of Music and the College. explosion of color. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane Photo by Jason Smith Photo by Jason Smith REVA AND DAVID LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS Nexus of Creative Inquiry and Practice The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts is the multidisciplinary arts College Admissions center at the University of Chicago. Designed by renowned architects 1101 East 58th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, the building integrates classroom, studio, arts.uchicago.edu practice, performance, and exhibition spaces to create a dynamic, collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu collaborative environment for arts and scholarship. It is a catalyst for creativity available to every undergraduate, regardless facebook.com/uchicagoadmissions of his or her major. twitter.com/viewchicago youtube.com/uchicagoadmissions uchicagoadmissions.tumblr.com uchiadmissions LEVEL 10 DelGiorno Deck instagram.com/uchicagoadmissions LEVEL 9 Performance Penthouse LEVEL 8 Terrace Seminar Room LEVEL 7 Performance Lab for Dance Spaces for All LEVEL 6 With 11 stories, 184,000 square Visual Arts Classroom feet, and over 90 spaces for undergraduates to make and experience art, it’s easy to LEVEL 5 find a space that’s right for you. Performance Lab for Theater Visit arts.uchicago.edu to learn more about what’s going on in the Logan Center right now! LEVEL 2 “Driven by the creative experimentation Screening Room and intellectual fearlessness of our students, faculty, and professional LEVEL 1 Exhibition Gallery organizations, the arts are central to Performance Hall Theater West (black box) the life of the University of Chicago.” Theater East (fixed seat) Larry Norman, Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures, LOWER LEVEL Digital Media Center Theater and Performance Studies, and the College Music Practice Rooms ADM 13 312 Photo by Jason Smith.