According to administrators, arts courses face “logistical” challenges, including space and faculty shortages.
Topic: arts
Letter: Artistic differences
Frustrating scarcity of Core art classes results in wasted time, talent for College students.
Westward bound: U of C arts hub opens in Washington Park
The incubator will house artists-in-residence and host exhibits and performances.
Dancing in the dark
The University should support the neglected art form of dance by including facilities in the new Campus North residence hall.
Off-center for the arts
Departure of SHoP from Fenn House calls University’s commitment to art, community into question.
Turning over a new page
With University’s increased arts emphasis, Creative Writing should be a priority.
Arts hub stuck in funding limbo
After a year of art, music, poetry, and writing workshops, the Southside Hub of Production is struggling to find an outlet for when their current lease ends.
MCA revisits its beginnings
The Museum of Contemporary Arts celebrates its origins with new retrospective exhibit.
(500) docents of summer: upcoming gallery openings
Cool art galleries to check out this summer.
In Yo-Yo Ma, Woodlawn school finds its master of ceremonies
The fine arts program at the University’s Woodlawn Charter School has been flourishing. Yo-Yo Ma knows why.
Drawn together
The Logan Center needs to be a space where disciplinary lines intersect rather than divide.
Logan to stage student shows in preview
University Theater productions will be center stage this spring, alongside a number of student exhibitions.
Chicago Manual of Style | The rise and fall of waist and hem
Absurd legwear trends, from bell bottoms to overalls.
Accomplished music director aims to bring U of C Presents into Hyde Park and beyond
U of C Presents’ new director looks to expand the program to attract both students and Chicago residents.
Feast your mind
Smart Museum’s interactive exhibition opening reveals the value of bringing Chicagoans to campus.
Collegiate collectibles: Exhibit charts student history
The Regenstein’s latest Special Collections exhibit showcases more than a century of student life.
Abandoned project an ugly menace, 47th Street residents say
Construction of an arts space at East 47th Street and South Greenwood Avenue has been largely abandoned, prompting neighborhood outcry.
Injury shuts down dance room, leaving RSOs up in the air
After a dance injury last Thursday led to the indefinite closure of the Ida Noyes Hall Dance Room, dance RSOs are scrambling to find space to rehearse.
Norman reappointed Deputy Provost of the Arts
Professor Larry Norman, who oversaw the development of several large-scale arts initiatives in his first three-year term as Deputy Provost of the Arts, was reappointed to that position earlier this month.
Arts to heat up in new “incubator”
The University has invested heavily in a Washington Park educational initiative that will provide young students in the area with instruction in the arts, as well as grant fellowships and studio space to Chicago-based artists.