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Talks
Our talks bring speakers from a wide range of disciplines together to investigate, share, and explore art and contemporary culture. From conversations in the galleries to more formal lectures, innovative thinkers and makers discuss contemporary art and ideas. Nothing is off limits.
Events
- Apr 7, 2024–Sep 22, 2024 Tour | Nicole Eisenman: What Happened
- October 5, 2024 Talk | Why I Don't Talk About "The Body"
- October 26, 2024 Talk and Workshop | Politics of Poetics: Heid E. Erdrich and Andrea Carlson
- November 10, 2024 Talk | The Living End Artist Roundtable
- November 12, 2024 Talk | Lee Quiñones, Dao-Yi Chow, and Romi Crawford
- December 7, 2024 Talk | On Techno and Art: Robert Hood, Arthur Jafa, and DeForrest Brown Jr.
Past Events
- August 3, 2024 Talk | Andrea Carlson
- July 21, 2024 Music Talk | An Oral History of Alice Coltrane
- July 20, 2024 Talk | Willie Cole
- June 18, 2024 Screening and Talk | The Project of Togetherness with the New Art School Modality
- June 1, 2024 Talk | Arthur Jafa and Theaster Gates
- May 18, 2024 Deem Symposium | Designing for Dignity 02: A Convening of Possibilities
- May 4, 2024 Talk | Roundtable on Virginia Jaramillo
- April 30, 2024 Talk | Access Praxis: Ariella Granados
- April 9, 2024 Talk | Politics of Poetics: CAConrad
- April 6, 2024 Talk | Puerto Rican Archives: Preserving Community Memory
- April 3, 2024 Screening + Talk | David Lamelas: This Is My Place
- March 19, 2024 Talk | Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
- Feb 18, 2024–Feb 25, 2024 Tour | Faith Ringgold: American People
- February 17, 2024 Talk | Gerardo Mosquera
- February 16, 2024 Talk | Chotin': Curatorial Practices at the Edge
- February 6, 2024 Talk | Sowing Change with Erika Allen and Linda Goode Bryant
- January 30, 2024 Talk | Roundtable on Faith Ringgold
- January 27, 2024 Talk + Workshop | #BLKGRLSWURLD Zine
- January 20, 2024 Talk | Lotus L. Kang with Lola Kramer and Jack Schneider
- January 16, 2024 Talk | Sowing Change with Erika Allen and Linda Goode Bryant
- November 2, 2023 Talk | Helen Molesworth and Madeleine Grynsztejn
- October 10, 2023 Talk | Sky Hopinka
- September 30, 2023 Postponed Talk | Caroline Kent on Rebecca Morris
- September 10, 2023 Talk | Chicago Performs Artists
- July 27, 2023 Talk | Politics of Poetics: Layli Long Soldier and Tanya Lukin Linklater
- July 13, 2023 Talk | Shilpa Gupta
- June 11, 2023 Talk | Gary Simmons
- May 7, 2023 APIDA Arts Festival
- May 4, 2023 Talk | In Conversation In the Community: Spirit Work
- May 2, 2023 POSTPONED Talk | Barak adé Soleil with "Promenade" Performers
- November 13, 2022 Talk: Martine Syms with Jadine Collingwood and Allyson Nadia Field
- May 22, 2022 Music Talk: Nona Hendryx and Jamila Woods with Ayana Contreras
- April 5, 2022 The Sara Albrecht Artist Talk: Andrea Carlson
- February 26, 2022 Talk Andrea Bowers with Charles Gaines and Rodney McMillian
- February 15, 2022 Talk: Art + Activism in Latin America
- February 1, 2022 Talk: Art + Activism with Andrea Bowers, John Quigley, and Marcos Ramirez ERRE
Funding
Lead support for the 2020-21 season of MCA Talks is made possible by The Richard and Mary L. Gray Lecture Series through a generous gift to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign.
Generous support is provided by The Antje B. and John J. Jelinek Endowed Lecture and Symposium on Contemporary Art; the Kristina Barr Lectures, which were established through a generous gift by The Barr Fund to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign; The Gloria Brackstone Solow and Eugene A. Solow, MD, Memorial Lecture Series; and the Allen M. Turner Tribute Fund, honoring his past leadership as Chair of the Board of Trustees.