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*All events are free with museum admission unless marked with an asterisk.
Gallery Talk: Exhibition Overview June 28, July 23, August 13, 30, and September 17 at 12:00 Gallery 150 Lecture: Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier, 1890-1940 June 30 at 2:15 Judith A. Barter, exhibition curator Rubloff Auditorium To register, call (312) 443-3915. *For members only. For membership information, click here. Gallery Talk: Exhibition Overview with Escorts for the Blind September 3, October 8 at 9:45 Use the Columbus Drive entrance. To register, call (312) 443-3680. *Free, but registration is required. ExpressTalk: The Advance Guard or The Military Sacrifice by Frederic Remington July 2 at 12:00 Gallery 100 Lecture: Remington Reconsidered July 18 at 11:00 Fullerton Hall Nancy Anderson, National Gallery of Art *Reserved seating for lecture series ticket holders EVENING PROGRAMS Lecture: The Frontier in American Culture July 8 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Richard White, Stanford University Lecture: Sensing the West: How the Eye and the Ear Coped with New Territory August 5 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Patricia Limerick, University of Colorado Lecture: Window on the West: Chicago’s Victorian Indians and Bohemian Artists September 9 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall Judith A. Barter, exhibition curator LECTURE SERIES Click here or call (312) 575-8000 for registration information. +Art Plus: "Window on the West: Artists and Patrons of the New Frontier" Thursdays, July 17–July 31 at 6:00, Newberry Library Fridays, July 18–August 1 at 11:00, Morton Auditorium (July 18, Fullerton Hall) July 17, 18 Remington Reconsidered Nancy Anderson, National Gallery of Art July 24, 25 Nampeyo of Hano and the Sikyatki Revival, 1895–Present Leah Bowe, research assistant July 31, August 1 A Red-Blooded Collection: George Harding and Frederic Remington Judith A. Barter, exhibition curator PERFORMANCES Voices: Black Elk Speaks July 10 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall Voices: Poets of the American West July 17 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall Voices: Marsden Hartley and American Views August 28 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall Voices: Garland, Remington, and Theodore Roosevelt September 11 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall Voices: O’Keeffe—Sage and Sky September 13 at 12:30; September 18 at 12:00 Fullerton Hall FAMILY PROGRAMS All family programs meet in the Kraft Education Center. Click here or call (312) 857-7161 for further information. The Artist’s Studio: Saddle Up! Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in July (except July 1 and 4) Drop in between 12:30 and 3:30. All ages Work with wire and clay to create your own sculpture of a horse and rider based on the art of Frederic Remington. The Artist’s Studio: Beaded Treasures Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays in August (except August 16) Drop in between 12:30 and 3:30. All ages Create your own beaded jewelry inspired by images in the exhibition and Native American beadwork in the museum’s collection. Family Gallery Talk: Westward Ho! Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in July (except July1 and 4) at 1:30 (30 minutes) ages 6 and up Visit the special exhibitions Window on the West and Unknown Maker: The Art of the American Daguerreotype to learn what life was like in America during the mid-1900s. Storytelling: Buffalo Tails and Tales: Fact, Fiction, and the Future Tuesdays in August at 1:30 and 2:30 (30 minutes) All ages The building of the transcontinental railroad (1865–1915) changed the lives of 60 million buffalo forever. Megan Wells, a national award-winning storyteller, weaves history, legend, music, and the lessons we can learn from this period of American history. TEACHER PROGRAMS +Course: Chicago: Window on the West July 23–24, 9:30–3:30 Fee: $100; 10 CPDUs This two-day program highlights the exhibition Window on the West, presents ideas for linking American arts and history to classroom instruction, and explores westward expansion and Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. A copy of the curriculum manual "American Art and Culture" is included in the program fee. For more information or to register, call (312) 443-3575 or click here. GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER +Western Movies Ride Again! July 4–31 164 N. State Street The Gene Siskel Film Center presents "Western Movies Ride Again," in conjunction with Window on the West. This series includes early silent Westerns produced by the Chicago-based Essanay company featuring the movies’ first great cowboy star, "Bronco Billy" Anderson. One of the Essanay programs is accompanied by a lecture by Arnie Bernstein, leading expert on local film history. Other films include classic Westerns by such masters of the genre as Anthony Mann, Samuel Fuller, Sam Peckinpah, William Wyler, and Howard Hawks, featuring iconic Western stars such as James Stewart, John Wayne, Joel McCrea, and Gary Cooper. For more information, visit the Film Center or call (312) 846-2600 to receive the Film Center schedule by e-mail or postal mail. |
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