Discovery! LOOKING AT GREAT CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE TOUR Ride around the city center to see renowned buildings which may include Jeanne Gang’s Aqua, Crown Hall and Trump Tower. We will also visit the offices of one of the great architecture firms, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, who will talk about their buildings, show models and interiors. Lunch at the Cliff Dwellers, a private club where Louis Sullivan was a member, and enjoy a spectacular view of a great modern city. Bus leaves Grayslake Area Library at 8:30 a.m.; bus leaves Southlake Campus, Vernon Hills at 9 a.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early. 7899 CTRP 19-001 Meets Thursday, April 4 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 Room V138
Southlake Campus
Rubin
SACRED SPACE FIELD TRIP Visit a collection of architecture gems that represent a variety of styles from Renaissance, English Gothic, Scandanavian vernacular, as well as modern, designed by prominent Chicago architects. Explore how each architect responded to the question, What is sacred space? Bus leaves Grayslake Area Library at 8:30 a.m.; bus leaves Southlake Campus, Vernon Hills at 9 a.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early. Tour to include St. Gabriel Catholic Church (Burnham and Root), Lakeview Presbyterian Church (Burnham and Root), Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Shaw), Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral (Louis H. Sullivan), Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica and Madonna della Strata Chapel. The list of churches may change due to circumstances beyond our control. Bus leaves Grayslake Area Library at 8:30 a.m.; bus leaves Southlake Campus, Vernon Hills at 9 a.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early. 7900 CTRP 19-002 Meets Thursday, May 9 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 Room V138
Southlake Campus
Wilwerding
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Art and Architecture PRAIRIE SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE, A CHICAGO MOVEMENT Once the Victorian era subsided and British Arts and Crafts crossed the pond, America. and in particular the Midwest. began to design and build with a new fresh perspective. Louis Sullivan imagined a Chicago style structure with natural forms and ornamentation that reflected Chicago’s natural prairie. His protégé Frank Lloyd Wright continued this design force into the 20th century with a contemporary flair. We will examine the Prairie Style and both architects in this first week.
ARCHITECTS OF THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL Chicago’s Prairie School architects were many and varied. This course will start with George Grant Elmslie and progress to George Maher; both successful in public spaces as well as in residential work. They and William Purcell and William Drummond as well as Hugh Garden broke the mold in creating designs for the modern Chicago family. In this class we will focus on their similarities as well as their distinctive and unique styles; both in the city and spreading to Chicago’s affluent north shore. Many chose to build in the Prairie Style. (2 sessions) 7872 CDIS 24-001 Southlake Campus Meets Thursdays, March 7-14 1-3 p.m. $32 Room R230 Bremer
AMERICAN WOMEN SCULPTORS (4 SESSIONS) Edmonia Lewis (ca. 1845-1911), American, surpassed exorbitant odds to become the first professional African-American and Native American female sculptor and was the first such artist to celebrate her racial identity. She combined a unique blend of talent, emotion and perspective, and often sculpted those who were heroes to her – leaders in the abolitionist movement and courageous women like Cleopatra and Hagar. Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908), American, whose work frequently addressed the theme of strong, independent women who are ultimately punished for their seemingly inappropriate power and ambition. She was the leader of a small group of women who studied sculpture in Rome in the 1850s. She also devised new processes such as a method of converting the ordinary limestone of Italy into marble. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), American, great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Her sculptures are simple, direct and for the most part traditional in character. She worked on large and modest scales, creating many sculptures in reaction to World War I, which deeply affected her.
LOOKING AT GREAT CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE Arts Educator Linda Rubin will offer skills to evaluate and enjoy more recent architecture in our city, from the treasures of Mies van der Rohe of the 1950s and onwards.
Barbara Chase-Riboud (b. 1939 - ), American, a sculptor (poet and novelist) whose dramatic artistic explorations of literary and historical themes have earned her a presence in major museums around the world. Africa Rising (1998) is the name she has given to the on-site sculpture honoring the burial ground that was recently excavated in New York, yielding the remains of more than 400 African Americans.
7873 CDIS 24-002 Meets Tuesday, April 2 1-2:30 p.m. $18 Room R230
7892 CDIS 91-001 Lake Forest Senior Center Meets Wednesdays, April 3-24 10-11:30 a.m. $56 Great Room Lewis
Southlake Campus
Rubin
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