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An initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art in partnership with artists and organizations across the city, Art Design Chicago is a series of events and exhibitions that highlight the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.

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Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-taught Art in Chicago

May 23, 2025-March 22, 2026

Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-taught Art in Chicago

Intuit Art Museum

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Learn about the people, places, and ideas that drive Chicago’s dynamic arts
ecosystem. Dive in and discover interviews, essays, news, videos, and more.

Still Here: Exploring Past Histories and Present Realities of Displacement in Chicago

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Art for Zhegagoynak and the Politics of Space: Lessons from “Woven Being”

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View of an art gallery with sculptures on pedestals.

Grounding, Advocating, and Experimenting with Craft: What I Learned From “Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s–80s and Beyond”

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The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige: A Reflection on Community, Glamour, and Style

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A set of three images depicting typography on signs that say "All Rise Lounge," "Kajiken," and "Tacos, That Way."

Typographical Scavenger Hunt: Using “Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types” as a Framework

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Welcome to Zhegagoynak

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A dense collage of brightly colored floral images on a black background.

Myth of the Organic City: Exploring the Naturalization of Technology as a Site for Environmental Critique

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Gallery installation view of a colorful mural depicting a Black man holding a child, a car, two busses, and a variety of other objects.

Learning Together: Documenting Chicago’s History of Art Education

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Rewilding History: A Review of “Myth of the Organic City”

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Radical Craft: Firebird Community Arts and Red Line Service pick up the threads of Hull-House

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Art Design Chicago amplifies Black and Indigenous histories with 2025 exhibitions

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Visitors standing and interacting in front of stacks of full bookshelves.

When Clouds Roll Away: A Community Reflection on the Johnson Publishing Company Archives

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A vintage photo of a group of coworkers sitting in front of a blackboard with a picture of a ship on it.

Toy Stories: The Amazing Journey of Dalia Verbickas Ancevicius

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Adversarial Joy: Art, History, and Storytelling in “Paper Cuts”

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Creative Conversations with Dawit L. Petros

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Questions with a Curator featuring Lois Taylor Biggs

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A gallery installation including large skeleton puppets and a wall-mounted video monitor.

Chicago’s History of Radical Art Pedagogy

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Curator Amira Hegazy, wearing a long black dress and hair pulled back, stands in front of the opening exhibition text panel for "Letters Beyond Form."

WDCB Radio Tours “Letters Beyond Form” at the Design Museum of Chicago

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A photograph of Mary Lawson interviewing Akito Tsuda. They sit at a big red table with photographs hung on a wall in the background.

Thank You for This Question

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Four artists and two curators pose together in front of an gallery wall.

Stories found within art and spoken by Native artists in six contemporary exhibitions in Chicago

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