RESULTS & IMPACT “Chicago’s revolving doors have made the city a bustling arts hub, enticing those with a venturesome spirit and constantly pulsing with new ideas, new connections.” Maggie Taft and Robert Cozzolino “Introduction,” Art in Chicago: A History from the Fire to Now (University of Chicago Press, 2018) Cover: Visitors to Barbara Jones-Hogu: Launch of Art on theMART featuring Jan Tichy’s Artes in Horto — Resist, Relate, Unite 1968–1975, DePaul Art Museum, 2018 Seven Gardens for Chicago (detail), 2018 1 ART DESIGN CHICAGO The first large-scale exploration of the city’s art and design history to date Art Design Chicago was a spirited celebration of the unique and vital role Chicago plays as America’s crossroads of creativity and commerce. Initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art, this citywide partnership of cultural organizations examined Chicago’s art and design history and legacy through exhibitions, public programs, special events, and tours throughout 2018. Together, partners told the stories of the artists and designers that defined and continue to propel Chicago’s role as a hub of imagination and impact. 2 3 Dear Friends, Art Design Chicago Civic Committee After six years in the making, Art Design Chicago culminated in a Richard H. Driehaus (Co-Chair), memorable 2018. With more than 2.5 million attendees experiencing Art Design Chicago President, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Advisory Committee exhibitions and programs exploring Chicago’s unique art and design Amy Rule (Co-Chair), Greg Cameron, Joffrey Ballet First Lady of Chicago, 2011–2019 history, this was a moment of celebration, discovery, and impact. John Corbett, Corbett vs. Dempsey Nora Daley, Civic Leader and Board Member, Wanda Corn, Stanford University Emerita Terra Foundation for American Art The Terra Foundation for American Art sought to broaden awareness and Kim Coventry, The Richard H. Thomas Dyja, Author deepen understanding of Chicago’s distinct creative legacy. Through the Driehaus Foundation Elizabeth Glassman, commitment of the foundation’s board of directors and the vision of our Robert Cozzolino, Minneapolis Institute of Art President and CEO, Terra Foundation program staff, civic and advisory committees, programmatic partners, Alison Cuddy, Chicago Humanities Festival for American Art and financial supporters, Art Design Chicago was born. Michael Darling, Museum of Leslie Hindman, Contemporary Art Chicago Founder, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Amina Dickerson, Dickerson Global Advisors Linda Johnson Rice, The project soon galvanized the cultural community. Museums added Chairman and CEO, Wendy Greenhouse, Independent Art Historian works by Chicago artists and designers to their collections; important Johnson Publishing Company Neil Harris, University of Chicago Emeritus pieces within collections were made accessible to the public; and Clare Muñana, President, Cheryl Hughes, The Chicago Community Trust Ancora Associates archives around the city were mined for hidden artwork, ephemera, Judith Russi Kirshner, Art Critic and Educator and information. The initiative produced ground-breaking scholarship Marcia Lausen, UIC School of Design Terra Foundation represented by new books, catalogues, and digital projects, which are Lisa Yun Lee, University of Illinois at Chicago and Art Design Chicago Team lasting resources for the field; and most of Chicago’s major universities National Public Housing Museum Anne Cullen, Grants Associate, Art Design created courses devoted to the city’s art and design history. Jamey Lundblad, Chicago Department of Chicago Web & Social Media Coordinator Cultural Affairs and Special Events Amy Gunderson, Manager of Grants Victor Margolin, University of Illinois Administration & Operations We are heartened by the ways in which our partners collaborated to at Chicago Emeritus Taila Howe, Intern examine the contributions of Chicago’s creatives, past and present, and Cesáreo Moreno, National Museum Maureen Jasculca, Art Design Chicago how audiences enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to learn of Mexican Art Communications Manager something new about the city’s history. Hugh Musick, University of Illinois at Chicago, Tessa Mazor, Grants Assistant Program for Healthcare Delivery Design Charles Mutscheller, Manager of The narratives illuminated last year are not the whole story. Art Design Tim Samuelson, Chicago Department of Communications Cultural Affairs and Special Events Chicago has been a spark to ignite further investigations of the Colleen Ryan, Intern Daniel Schulman, Chicago Department of many artists and designers who have shaped the culture of Chicago Emma Schneider, Intern Cultural Affairs and Special Events and contributed to the artistic landscape nationally and internationally. Joseph Shansky, Art Design Chicago Tom Shapiro, Cultural Strategy Partners Communications Coordinator Ideas have already surfaced for future projects about Chicago’s Janet Carl Smith, Arts Consultant Jennifer Siegenthaler, Program Director, artistic past and creative present. We can’t wait to get started. Jacqueline Terrassa, The Art Institute of Chicago Education Grants & Initiatives Lynne Warren, Museum of Eva Silverman, Art Design Chicago Project Thank you for your participation. Contemporary Art Chicago Director Sarah Wheat, Intern Elizabeth Glassman Amy Zinck, Executive Vice President President and CEO, Terra Foundation for American Art 4 5 “Art created and exhibited on the South Side in the 1960s and 70s told stories, identified and explored targets of critique, and called its viewers to unite in solidarity with their own and other communities, expressing political affinities that were often fragile and complex, whether within or across groups identified by race, gender, class, or geography.” Rebecca Zorach, The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side, 1960–1980 exhibition catalogue (Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, 2018) Curator Juarez Hawkins and visitors to Bill Walker: 6 Urban Griot, Hyde Park Art Center, 2017 7 Art Design Chicago Partners Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 6018North Kavi Gupta Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community Institution College Art Encounter Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at The Art Institute of Chicago Urbana-Champaign Art on theMART Leslie Hindman Auctioneers The Arts Club of Chicago Los Angeles County Museum of Art 95 + Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, University Northwestern University Bradley University Art Department Minneapolis Institute of Art PARTNERS Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía The Caxton Club of Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Center for Urban Education at DePaul University Museum of Contemporary Photography at Chicago Architecture Biennial Columbia College Chicago Our partners put forward thought-provoking Chicago Architecture Foundation Museum of Modern Art and deeply researched projects and programs— Chicago Art Deco Society Museum of Vernacular Arts and Knowledge all examining the artists and designers who have Chicago Athletic Association Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park Chicago Cultural Alliance National Hellenic Museum made Chicago a creative hub. Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and National Museum of Mexican Art Special Events National Public Housing Museum Chicago Film Archives Navy Pier Chicago History Museum Newberry Library Chicago Humanities Festival Noble Art Tours “One of my lasting impressions Chicago Park District Northwestern University Press of Art Design Chicago will be the value Chicago Parks Foundation Opendox of collaborating with other institutions. Chicago Public Art Group Pentimenti Productions It can be challenging work at times, Chicago Public Library Project Osmosis but the reward is in working with new Chicago Public Library Foundation Rebuild Foundation people, broadening our constituencies, City Club of Chicago The Renaissance Society at the University of and opening doors between previously Corbett vs. Dempsey Chicago isolated artistic communities.” De La Warr Pavilion The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Greg Foster-Rice, Department of Arts Education at The Richard H. Driehaus Museum Department of Photography, Chicago Public Schools Richard Norton Gallery Columbia College Chicago DePaul Art Museum The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Design Museum of Chicago Sixty Inches From Center Diasporal Rhythms Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago DuSable Museum of African American History South Side Community Art Center Ed Paschke Art Center South Side Projections Edgar Miller Legacy Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Elmhurst Art Museum Leadership Elmhurst College UChicago Arts EXPO CHICAGO Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Floating Museum The University of Chicago Center in Paris Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art The University of Chicago Department of Art Gallery at Skidmore College History Friends of Historic Second Church The University of Chicago Graham School of Gallery 400 Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago The University of Chicago Press Glessner House Museum University of Illinois at Chicago Goldsmiths Centre For Contemporary Art University of Illinois Press Hayward Gallery Touring University of Southern California Hyde Park Art Center Vamonde | Travel Like A Local Illinois Executive Mansion Association Video Game Art Gallery