Monday, June 17

Morning session: School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

  • Participant Introductions, Workshop Goals

  • Discussion: What is design history? Where do we find it? How do we use it?

Afternoon session: Newberry Library

  • Introduction: The John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing Collection with Paul Gehl

  • Viewing and Presentation: Printing and Labor History with J. Dakota Brown and Jill Gage

  • Discussion: Using Print Archives to Teach Technological Change

Tuesday, June 18

Morning + Afternoon sessions: Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 

  • Workshop: Accessible Teaching with Bess Williamson

  • Tour: Hull House Residence and Exhibitions

End of day: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)

  • Tour: UIC Campus Walk with Jonathan Mekinda

Wednesday, June 19

Morning + Afternoon sessions: Pilsen Arts & Community House (PACH)

  • Introduction: PACH with Teresa Magaña

  • Presentation: Neighborhood Writing and Research with Amira Hegazy and Sir Charles

  • Tour and Workshop: Neighborhood Walk and Documentation Exercise

  • Discussion: The Neighborhood as Archive

Thursday, June 20

Morning session: Art Institute of Chicago (AIC)

  • Presentation: Photographs and Other Museum Objects with Leslie Wilson

  • Viewing and Workshop: Teaching with Object Collections with Bess Williamson and Liz McGoey

Afternoon session: Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection at SAIC

  • Viewing: Artist Communities and the City with April SheridanWorkshop: Teaching Resource Development

Friday, June 21

Morning session: Hyde Park Art Center

  • Tour: The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige with Robert Earl Paige and Allison Peters Quinn

  • Presentations: Teaching Resource Previews

Afternoon session: Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection

  • Introduction: Archiving Chicago’s Black Design History with Elizabeth Loch and Raquel Flores-Clemons 

  • Viewing and Presentation: Institutes of Design on the South Side with Chris Dingwall

  • Workshop: 30-Minute Exhibitions

End of Day: Closing Reception at Bronzeville Winery

 
 
 

The Chicago Designs workshop is part of Art Design Chicago, a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that highlights the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.

We also acknowledge the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as the institutional host of this program for 2024.