Raven Chacon Lecture: Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Join us in person for a lecture by artist Raven Chacon followed by an audience Q&A.
Raven Chacon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, performer, and installation artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. A recording artist over the span of 22 years, Chacon has appeared on more than 80 releases on various national and international labels. In 2022, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his composition Voiceless Mass. Since 2004, he has mentored over 300 high school Native composers in the writing of new string quartets for the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project (NACAP).
Established in 2006 by a generous gift from Bill and Stephanie Sick, this distinguished visiting professorship enables internationally renowned artists and designers to visit and teach at SAIC.
This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. For additional access requests visit saic.edu/access.
Image: The Living Earth Show duo, Travis Andrews (left) and Andy Meyerson (right) performing Raven Chacon’s Tremble Staves at Sutro Baths. Photo: Roger Jones
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