Venetian Gothic Architecture In Chicago
by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 Venetian Gothic is an attractive architectural style demonstrating lightness and grace with an essential element being the the ogee arch. Its revival since the…
Happy Volunteer Appreciation Week!
This upcoming week, April 16th through the 22nd, is Volunteer Appreciation Week! Thank you to everyone of you for all the dedication and hard work you give to the CAC.…
April, Docent Council Minutes
For those who are interested, the docent council minutes for April are now located on the Bridge. To access them, they are filed under Files & Documents, Docent, Docent Council,…
CAC Docent Trainee Schools Antiques Roadshow Art Appraiser
Bob Levy, a current river docent trainee (and former executive producer of Gossip Girl), recently caught an episode of Antiques Roadshow in which an art appraiser reviews an early-20th century…
VolunteerMatters Issues Update
As many of you know, the past few months we have been experiencing issues with VolunteerMatters on the first Saturday of each month. Despite this not having been an issue…
Docent Council Meeting Summary, April, 2023
by Jill Carlson, Class of 2013 Here’s an overview of the April 4 Docent Council meeting held on Zoom. The rest of the 2023 meetings will be hybrid or in…
Residential Designs of Louis Sullivan
by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 If you were to believe Frank Lloyd Wright, Adler & Sullivan did not design houses, except when they were forced to by clients. In…
A Forgotten Chicago Fire
By Richard L. Keal, Class of 2013 Most Chicagoans know about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and many Chicago history buffs know of the Iroquois Theater Fire of 1913. …
Reframed: The Future of Cities in Wood Talking Points Update!
We have a new exhibition scheduled to open in our second floor gallery spaces on April 25th. Wood is transforming the way we live, again. One of humanity’s oldest construction…
Girls Draw (Michael Courier photo)
Women’s History Month – Women and Girls in Architecture
This is the story of progress! It happened through a one-time bus tour and an unexpected reaction in young people. This article from the archives tells about the research and…
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