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Events and Lectures in March
Artists’ Reception: Talkin’ Back: Chicago Youth Respond
March 1, 2007
When: Thursday, 5-7pm
Where: MoCP, 600 S. Michigan Ave.
Join us for the opening reception of this special four-day exhibition of work by Chicago youth who created works integrating photography and writing through programs sponsored collaboratively by the Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Center for Community Arts Partnerships, Columbia College Chicago and After School Matters.
Lecture: Robert Heinecken: Rat Pack Surrealist
March 1, 2007
When: Thursday,6 pm
Where: MoCP
Artist and writer Mark Alice Durant has written extensively on the nexus of photography, performance and cultural phenomena with essays appearing in journals including Art in America, New Art Examiner, Exposure, ArtUS, and Afterimage. Among his numerous publications, he is the co-author and editor of Robert Heinecken: A Material History (2003) and the author of Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology and the Paranormal (2006).
Curator's Tour: Robert Heinecken: Sex and Food
March 8, 2007
When: Thursday, Noon
Where: MoCP
Join Rod Slemmons, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography and Smart Museum curator Stephanie Smith for tours of exhibitions of Heinecken’s work currently on view at the Smart Museum and the MoCP.
LECTURE: Vik Muniz
March 20, 2007
When: Tuesday, 6:30 pm
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Theater, 220 E. Chicago Ave.
Free. Reservations required.
Contact the MCA box office at 312.397.4010
The MoCP and the MCA will together host Vik Muniz, artist and self-described “low-tech illusionist,” whose work is held in the MoCP’s permanent collection and will be on view in the exhibition Exposed: Defining Moments in Photography from the MCA Collection, February 29-July 29, 2007. The Richard and Mary L. Gray Lectures are made possible through a generous gift to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign for the Museum of Contemporary Art.