Columbia College Chicago’s Iconic Manifest Arts Festival Returns to South Loop May 10
Columbia’s signature event includes more than 100 free public programs with live music, dance, and art as well as exhibitions curated by more than 2,000 student artists.
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Fashion Studies Associate Professor Virginia Heaven is interviewed on the exhibit Silver Screen to Mainstream: American Fashion in the 1930s and ’40s, which she guest curated for the Chicago History Museum. More coverage at WTTW and Art Daily.
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Renowned Detroit-based Shanghainese artist Ouizi (Louise Jones, nee Chen), known for painting the exterior of the Sherwood Music School at Columbia as part of the Wabash Arts Corridor, will install two new floral murals in West Town and Lakeview.
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NEWCITY
Loss and Gain: A Review of Documents by Jan-Henry Gray
Creative Writing alum Jan-Henry Gray’s MFA ’16 debut poetry collection Documents is reviewed. More coverage at the Academy of American Poets.
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COMPLEX
How New Age Music Journalists are Turning Their Passion Into a Music Industry Career
Alum Jacob Miller discusses how his blogging and writing career has launched him into the music industry.
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MICHIGAN AVENUE
March/ April ‘Secret Source’ Nena Ivon Dishes on her Local Loves
Fashion Studies faculty member Nena Ivon describes her go-to Chicago spots, her personal fashion icon, and more.
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Spring 2019 LAS Dean’s Lecture: Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly
Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Steve Corey, PhD, and English and Creative Writing Associate Professor Jim DeRogatis will discuss DeRogatis’ decades-long career covering the allegations of abuse against musician R. Kelly and the making of his new book Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly.
Tuesday, April 23
5:30-7 p.m.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th Floor
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“Fashion and Justice: Creative Interventions” Open Lecture and The Fashion and Justice Workshop
The Fashion Studies Department will host two events, an open lecture and a daylong interactive workshop, centered on the intersection of fashion and justice, featuring visiting scholars Kimberly Jenkins and Jonathan Michael Square.
Open Lecture: “Fashion and Justice: Creative Interventions”
Friday, April 19
6-7:30 p.m.
The Hokin Project Galley
623 S. Wabash Ave.
Fashion and Justice Workshop
Saturday, April 20
8:45 a.m.-5 p.m.
Room 301
624 S. Michigan Ave.
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