Culture Coast is proud to present our first-ever Culture Crawl; an all-day event highlighting just a few of the many cultural gems in our membership network. All events are free and family-friendly. Highlights include a Black-Comics exhibition opening, make and take art activities, guided gallery tours, dance lessons and more! Learn more about Culture Coast at culturecoast.org
10am-5pm
Special Exhibit: A Cosmopolitan City
The Oriental Institute Museum
1155 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637
Come visit the special exhibit before it is closed. Explore how Old Cairo’s communities lived together and melded their traditions to create an ever-growing, multi-cultural society during the 7th to 12th centuries AD.
12-6pm
“Black Comic Book Heroes and Villains”
ONLI STUDIOS at the South Side Community Art Center.
3831 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60653
This is a celebration of the Black Age of Comics Movement, which seeks to expand the world of graphic novels and comic books to embrace creators and concepts derived from the Black, African, Urban, or indie experience.
1-4pm
Smart Fest
Smart Museum of Art
5550 South Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
Celebrate the openings of Jessica Stockholder’s new installation Rose’s Inclination and the Smart’s wholly reinstalled collection galleries. This family-friendly opening reception features a colorful, collaborative sculpture-making activity and more.
3-4pm
Collector’s Talk
Diasporal Rhythms at Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
Diasporal Rhythms will present on the practice of art collecting.
4-7pm
Outdoor Art-making Activity for All Ages
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615
Culture Crawlers are invited to use a variety of media—paint, markers, string, and more—to make beautiful panels come to life. Participants will then have the opportunity to display their panels side-by-side with other participants’ works on the Art Center’s exterior doors to create one large collective installation. Also tour the Arts Center’s current exhibits.
7-8pm
Free Beginning Ballet (technique and tone) class (ages 10-100)
Hyde Park School of Dance Studio B
5650 South Woodlawn Avenue
Try a dance class with HPSD’s Artistic Director, August Tye! A great introduction for completely new dancers or those with a bit of experience.
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