happy #museummonday !! here are some pretty old pics from @artinstitutechi . does anyone else think the mummy portrait guy in slide 4 is really hot??
📸 by me, july 2022
From free museum days to food and arts festivals, there’s never a shortage of places to be in Chicago 🏙️
Here’s our July bucket list:
FREE MUSEUM DAYS (for IL residents)
Field Museum: Wednesdays
Museum of Contemporary Art: Tuesdays
Art Institute of Chicago: Thursdays after 5pm
Shedd Aquarium: Tuesdays after 5pm
Chicago History Museum: 7/4 & 7/17
DuSable Black History Museum & Education Center: Wednesdays
Adler Planetarium: Wednesdays at 4pm
EVENTS:
Navy Pier Fireworks: Wednesdays and Saturdays
African/Caribbean International Festival of Life: 7/4-7/7
Nascar Street Race Weekend: 7/6-7/7
Windy City Smokeout: 7/11-7/14
Millennium Park 20th Anniversary Celebration: 7/18-7/21
Fiesta Del Sol: 7/25-7/28
Taste of Chicago: 7/27
Chinatown Summer Fair: 7/27-7/28
Faces of Fitness: 7/27-7/28
#chicago#chicagofestivals#chicagosummer#thingstodoinchicago
“A Rose for Georgia” is a piece made by Chicago-based artist Journie Cirdain specifically for the Art Institute of Chicago’s Project Windows, a window display competition and citywide celebration of Georgia O’Keeffe in conjunction with the current exhibition of her work, “My New Yorks.”
Cirdain’s piece is made with the same dimensions as O’Keeffe’s painting “City Night,” now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. In “City Night,” O’Keeffe looks up from street level between two towering New York skyscrapers at the illuminated night sky. The tall, elongated rectangle of the canvas itself emphasizes the canyon-like height of the city buildings.
Similarly, “A Rose For Georgia” towers through the center of the canvas at human-scale. Using O’Keeffe’s special interest in axial symmetry as inspiration, Cirdain paid special attention to the natural occurrence of patterning and mirroring inherent in a rose.
Additionally, this drawing is composed on white silk because O’Keeffe’s home, which Cirdain has visited, is filled with airy white fabrics. The walls are adobe and the rooms are minimalist and intentional. She clearly valued the sensual texture of organic and natural materials. Cirdain’s work honors this attention to simplicity, form, and nature.
Walk on by, gaze for a while, and vote for our entry!
FREE CHICAGO MUSEUM DAYS IN JULY 2024 ♥️
Beat the heat this summer in Chicago by checking out the free museum days! Not only are these free days a great way to chill out inside, but they are a great way to explore Chicago’s award-winning museums without spending money!
Make sure to take a look at each museum’s website for their individual hours and information/specific details about Free Days while planning your visit. (Most museums do require you to be an IL resident).
What museum is on your MUST DO list?! 🌇
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