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Author Burt Michaels By Burt Michaels, class of 2019 Photographs by the author For the second time in as many months, I found myself at… Read More

Street Art All around Chicago, in its buildings, bridges and train stations, we can find art.  Whether it is a mural that was commissioned ,… Read More

Docent Council’s July/August meeting was held Monday, July 24, 2023.  This was our first hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting, and a good number of regular attendees and… Read More

Jim Bartholomew 2008 or Jim Javorcic 1999 River Cruise, July 2023 Jim, our tour guide gave us so much fabulous information about architecture and Chicago… Read More

by Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 This article is a bit late – Cole already has made himself welcome at Chicago Architecture Center for a… Read More

All four of these Short Tales evoke strong emotional feelings – comfort, excitement, discouragement, and delight. Diane Wagner, 2005, reminds us that sometimes we provide… Read More

Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 & Susan Robertson, 2009 Photographs by the authors Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart… Read More

by Emily Clott, Class of 2012 Eleanor Gorski, CAC’s new President and CEO, has made change the order of the day. She has been deliberate… Read More

by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 Beginning in 1979, Chicago’s Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy began to award an annual prize to living… Read More

Author Kathy Krepps by Kathy Krepps, Class of 2017 Commemorating Willis Tower’s 50 year milestone includes honoring the innovative engineer who came up with the… Read More