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Death and the Powers, a Robot Opera

April 2, 6, 8, 10, 2011 Chicago Opera Theater Production designer Alex McDowell, RDI, FRSA,  is Hollywood’s go-to guy when directors such as Tim Burton and Steven Spielberg seek an eclectic, dynamic look. McDowell designed the opera – over 5 years and a couple of generations of students at MIT Media Lab, where he is a visiting [...]

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Art of Science and Learning – Chicago

May 16 – 17, 2011 Illinois Institute of Technology Harvey Seifter has received a NSF grant for a project known as The Art of Science Learning.  This project focuses on the use of arts-based learning to foster scientific literacy in the general population and STEM skill development in an innovative and economically competitive 21st Century [...]

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Chicago: I Wish I Worked There! – A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business

June 24th 6pm to 8:30pm Catalyst Ranch, 656 W Randolph St, Chicago Cost: $20/person or 2 new children’s books (all proceeds & books will be donated to Room to Read®). I Wish I Worked There! – A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business I thought you might be interested in attending a light [...]

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Andries Botha: Can We Live Without the Elephant?

June 18 11:30 – 1:00 pm Rice Hall Field Museum Bliss Browne invites Fellows to a public lecture by Andries Botha in Rice Hall of the Field Museum on “Can We Live Without the Elephant?” joined by Vance Martin, President of the WILD Foundation, the leading global organization on wilderness conservation. This lecture will include an [...]

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Andries Botha and Theaster Gates: Public Intellectuals Shaping Public Space

June 15 7:00 – 8:30 pm Franke Conference Room University of Chicago Bliss Browne invites Fellow to a public conversation. Andries Botha and Theaster Gates, artist and Director of Arts Programming at the University of Chicago will engage in a public conversation on “Public Intellectuals Shaping Public Space” at the Franke conference room at the [...]

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Andries Botha: an interactive children’s program

June 12 (Sat) 10 – 11:30 am Crown Hall Bliss Browne invites Fellows to an interactive arts program for children 5-12 in Crown Hall at IIT, co-sponsored by the Mies Van der Rohe Society and Open Lands.  Andries will “through the arts of storytelling, music and drawing evoke in children the wonderment of nature.” He will [...]

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