Learning Lab Artist-in-Residence
Open during Meet an Artist
Second and Fourth Fridays & Saturdays of each Month, 12-2 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center, 1st Floor South • FREE Admission
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Learning Lab is an interactive studio that offers sights, sounds, and experiences for visitors of all ages and a wide range of abilities. Reinvigorated by design team Made in Englewood (Eric Hotchkiss and Andre Westhelle).
Learning Hub in the Learning Lab
The Learning Lab is a free public space that makes learning visible.
Do you want to make the Chicago Cultural Center your hub for educational and creative activities?
Educators, artists, and non-profit organizations are invited to submit proposals to make our Lab your Hub.
Meet an Artist-in-Residence
Meet a local artist who is part of a 3-month residency in an open studio.
Re/Imagining Read/Write Library
October – December 2024
Second and Fourth Fridays & Saturdays, 12-2 p.m.
- Oct. 11, 12 & 25, 26
- Nov. 8, 9 & 22, 23
- Dec. 13, 14 & 27, 28
Read/Write Library, platformed by Sixty Inches from Center's Artists + Archives Fest, presents a pop-up library and program series inviting the public to help us reimagine what a community archive should be. They make the historical record “rewritable” by encouraging everyone with a connection to Chicago to add their own publications, sharing their creativity, expertise and research.
Admission is FREE
Open Daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Exhibitions close 15 minutes before the building closes
(Closed Holidays)
Plan Your Visit
Self-Guided Public Art Tour Guide (PDF)
Find us:
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
Chicago Cultural Center Google Map
Take CTA to Chicago Cultural Center
- From the elevated lines: exit at Washington/Wabash and walk east.
- From the subway: exit at Lake (Red Line) or Washington (Blue Line) and walk east.
- Served by Michigan Avenue buses 3, 4, 19, 20, 26, 60, 66, 124, 143, 147, 151, 157 and Washington St. buses 4, J14, 20, 56, 66, 147
Education and Engagement
- Learning Lab / Learning Light - Explore how your movements affect light and color in this installation by Liviu Pasare visible from both inside and outside the Learning Lab.
- Sound Dome - Now Playing…Sights and Sounds. Listen to a curated selection of words, music, and sound by artists from around the world. Submit content online at "Now Playing...Sights & Sounds" in the Learning Lab
- Video Projection - Now Playing…Sights and Sounds. Enjoy selected artwork and videos of programs from artist around the world, in YouTube 30 seconds to 5 min. Submit content online at "Now Playing...Sights & Sounds" in the Learning Lab
- Magnetic Wall - Engage with matching and mapping activities in this interactive wall designed by Design Museum Chicago. Get to know 20 women artists who have shaped the cultural landscape of Chicago, thru this sketch of a mural by Kerry James Marshall, on view on the exterior of the Chicago Cultural Center on Garland Court (PDF)
- Rolling Walls - Divide and define the space with two mobile walls inspired by CTA cars and feature exhibition space for small objects as well as storage for the A-frame tables.
- Interactive Wall - Explore making your own music by tightening strings and pegs or tapping on a slotted drum, peer into spaces for intimate viewfinder surprises, or relax with a book off the shelf.
- Mobile Art Cart - Hands on exploration of color, light, tone, and space on the go. Created by Rich Faron and Museum Explorer.
Enjoy these features from beyond the glass doors
Explore how your movements affect light and color in this installation by Liviu Pasare entitled, “Learning Lab / Learning Light.”
Enjoy selected artwork and videos of programs from artists around the world projected onto the wall as part of a curated series, "Now Playing…Sights and Sounds.”
