Communications and Marketing
Where’s the May 7 issue of CAC@Home: Members’ Edition? Here.
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Earned Media
It was a good week. Here are some links, hot off the press:
“Chicago: Entre Arquitectura Clásica y Posmoderna” is the cover story in the May / Jun issue of National Geographic Traveler Mexico. Here’s the print layout which on pages 55 and 56 includes a full-bleed image of the Chicago City Model Experience. Here’s the digital publication. The approximate ad value of this coverage, shared by 14 Chicago businesses including the CAC, is $129K.
For WTTW’s series bringing people inside temporarily closed cultural institutions, Chicago Tonight producer Marc Vitali interviewed Lynn Osmond, cutting in clips from a variety of CAC Live and CAC For the Family programs.
Mayor Lightfoot’s Press Office issued a release gathering statements from city leaders including Lynn Osmond about the Protecting Chicago Reopening Framework.
Architectural Record has multiple CAC Live events on its calendar including Mike McMains’ Mid-Century Modernism Tour and Brutalism and Postmodernism Tour, Ernest Wong’s Rethinking Green Space for a More Resilient Chicago, and Bobbi Pinkert’s If the Walls of Farnsworth House Could Talk.
Architectural Digest PRO covered CAC For the Family again, saying that “Design-minded kids may want to join Chicago Architecture Center’s five-day ‘Design Club.’ From May 11 to May 15, CAC education staff will show children ages 6–12 how design impacts everyday life through activities, lessons, and videos.”
The Architect’s Newspaper covered CAC@Home and CAC For the Family.
The Architect’s Newspaper also has many CAC Live events on its calendar including Ernest Wong’s Rethinking Green Space for a More Resilient Chicago, John Ota’s “The Kitchen” Book Talk, Bobbi Pinkert’s If the Walls of Farnsworth House Could Talk, Ellen Shubart’s A Tale of Two Fairs, Leslie Clark Lewis’ The Rise of the Skyscraper, Lorie Westerman’s The Vision of Illinois Center, and Mike McMains’ Art Deco Tour, Mid-Century Modernism Tour, Brutalism and Postmodernism Tour, and Contemporary Tour.
ArchDaily covered The Future of the Office and An Energy Revolution to Spark Chicago’s Post-COVID Recovery.
Archinect events listed (via Bustler) include Mike McMains’ Mid-Century Modernism Tour.
The Northwest Indiana Times published a comprehensive overview of CAC For the Family programs.
Quoting docent Leslie Clark Lewis, Select Traveler covered CAC walking tours.
Choose Chicago continues to help promote CAC Live events, such as the Art Deco Tour with Mike McMains.
Spot On Chicago covered The Future of the Office.
The Chicago Art Deco Society featured Mike McMains’ Art Deco Tour in the May 4 issue of its newsletter, The Deco Dish.
Dutch site architectuur.nl reported the Apr 21 Global Dialogue in which Lynn Osmond participated alongside peers from NLA, AIA New York, and the Danish Architecture Centre.
WorldsFairChicago1893.com came back to cover Ellen Shubart’s A Tale of Two Fairs for a second time.
Multiple outlets reported the announcement of finalists and jurors—who include Matthew Dumich—for the Forge Prize. Finalists will present live on May 13 at 12:45pm on the AISC’s YouTube channel.
Rick Kogan’s Chicago Tribune book review of “Watergate Girl” mentions the CAC and was syndicated nationally including in the Kansas City Star.
The CAC got another mention in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Wahu Times says a CAC tour is one of “9 Things to Do in America Before You Die.”
One of the internet’s less design-conscious websites included the CAC on a list of “40 Fun Things to Do in Chicago.”
PS:
Shout out to Erik Scanlon, CAC Staff and producer of thirteen (13) videos this week, including eight (8) for CAC For the Family: Design Club.