Events and Lectures in April

Sarah Pickering, Ground Burst, 2005

Join fellow members for a sneak peek of the exhibition Sarah Pickering: Incident Control before the show opens to the public. Artist Sarah Pickering and curator Karen Irvine will lead this special access tour and share stories and insights into the work and installation. This is a members-only event and space is limited, so please call 312-369-7794 or email sarmiller@colum.edu to reserve your spot.

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Tuesday, April 6, 5:30pm

Join curator Karen Irvine and Sarah Pickering for a tour of Incident Control.

Thursday, April 8, 4 pm

Please join us as we celebrate the opening of Sarah Pickering: Incident Control and Geissler/Sann: the real estate.

Prior to the opening, please join curator Karen Irvine and Sarah Pickering for a tour
of Incident Control at 4pm.

At 6:30 pm Pickering will sign copies of her monograph Sarah Pickering: Explosions, Fires, and Public Order, co-published by the MoCP and Aperture.

Thursday, April 8
Gallery talk: 4pm
Reception: 5 - 7pm
Book signing: 6:30pm

This panel will discuss how we plan for and cope with traumatic events that are beyond our control as it relates to Sarah Pickeringâ??s series Incident Control. Panelists include David Gervino, Preparedness Manager and Rebecca Streifler, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Director of Health and International Services for the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, and Matthew McNiel, Case Management Services Coordinator for Outreach Community Ministries Chicago. Moderated by Corinne Rose, MoCP Manager of Education.

Thursday, April 15, 6pm

Join exhibiting artists Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann as they comment on and screen examples of their video work, including Shooter (2000), and Fuck the War (2007).

Wednesday, April 21, 6 pm @ Hokin Auditorium, 623 S. Wabash

Now Open to All Friends of the MoCP!

A specialist at the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College will lead this daylong book-making workshop, with a special focus on book structures that lend themselves to photography display. Both accordion and screw-post structures will be taught. Materials and lunch provided. Space is limited and cost is $50 per person. Members, please call or email Sarah Miller to reserve your spot by Monday April 19 at 312-369-7794 or sarmiller@colum.edu.

Saturday, April 24, 10am-5pm