Chicago Cultural Center Open House
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.
4-8 p.m. • FREE Admission • RSVP Online
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Join us at the Chicago Cultural Center on Thursday, April 17th for a Professional Development Edition Open House event from 4-8 p.m.! Stop by and enjoy the live activities, professional development opportunities and experience the transformative visual arts exhibitions on display.
Chicago Cultural Center Open Houses offer a later hours experience of DCASE's artists in residence, music programming, gallery exhibitions, shopping, socializing and more in our architecturally stunning homebase.
RSVPs are encouraged via Eventbrite; but not required.
Sessions with an * require registration onsite as space is limited.
1st Floor
Learning Lab
4-8 p.m. - Chicago Public Library: Chicago Artists Archives
Welcome Center
4-7 p.m. - Traveling Typist: Write a Poem
4:30 p.m. - Building Tour with DCASE Interns (25min)
Buddy store
Open until 8 p.m.!
2nd Floor
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Hall
4-8 p.m. - In Good Spirits: Mocktails
4-8 p.m. - Community Canvas: A Mural Project: Design a Mural
6-7:30p.m. - Speed Networking/Portfolio Review with Chicago Curators *
G.A.R. Rotunda
4:30-6 p.m. - One on One Sessions: Project Development*
Discuss your creative project questions (film, public art, or grants) with a DCASE staffer to get feedback.
4-8 p.m. - DCASE Opportunities Fair
Claudia Cassidy Theater
4-8 p.m. - Film Girlz Brunch Professional Development For Filmmakers
Chicago Rooms
7 p.m. - Exhibition Tour with the Artist
Until 7:45 p.m. - Exhibition: Bryana Bibbs
3rd Floor
Preston Bradley Hall
4-7 p.m. - Weaving Workshop with Bryana Bibbs
4-5:30 p.m. - Workshop: Harmonica with South Side Jazz Coalition
5:30-7:30 p.m. - Workshop: CLATA presents Intro to Bilingual Improv
5-7 p.m. - Headshots & Artist Photos*
4th Floor
Room 408
7-8 p.m. - Public Art Process: Presentation & Information Overview of the public art process, from conception to installation with a Q&A session at the end.
Yates Gallery and Exhibit Hall
5 p.m. - Exhibition Tour with the Curator
Until 7:45 p.m. - Exhibition: A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
4th Floor North Landings
Chill Out Space!
