All Docent Day Recording and Additional Readings
Dear CAC Docents, I would like to thank all of you who attended last Saturday’s All Docent Day program and presidential election announcement (not necessarily in that order). For those…
Dear CAC Docents, I would like to thank all of you who attended last Saturday’s All Docent Day program and presidential election announcement (not necessarily in that order). For those…
Dear Docents and Volunteers, It is hard to believe that we are now 8 months into this pandemic and the last time the staff and volunteers were in the office…
To complement the program of All Docent Day, we present some resources highlighting the work of Black architects and their work in Chicago. We begin with a bit of…
The Nominating/Elections Committee is pleased to announce the Docent Council Elections results. Here are the docents who will be joining or returning to Docent Council beginning in January 2021.…
By Hy Speck, Class of 1995 In 1970, a famous pop singer, composer, and recording artist created and recorded a song about a famous architect. Who is the singer, the…
Open House Worldwide Festival Do you love OHC? Imagine OHC with more than 40 cities from around the world! The CAC is proud to take part in a 48-hour, FREE…
By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide At Open House Chicago, the young women of our Girls Build! program opened doors to the CAC, welcoming visitors to our home base. Serving as…
Our last post featured resources on a few female architects in Chicago. If you attended Open House Chicago's "My Neighborhood, My Story" program about the Riverwalk with Carol Ross Barney,…
By Ed McDevitt, Class of 2010 Chicago now has three new library branches in buildings developed to co-locate affordable housing and library facilities. An initiative of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the…
River Docent Training is on the schedule for next spring! Training will start around the time that the River Cruise season commences – think early spring of 2021. We will…