Explore with Chicago Humanities
For us, the humanities is all about asking questions, celebrating creative expression, and discovering new ideas. Together we create, debate, reflect, ponder, probe, examine, and explore. Organized by topics and themes from our 30+ year history, our library of videos, articles, reading lists, and more helps you get informed, energized, and inspired.
Program Series
Verge Series
Explore the evolving intersection of art and artificial intelligence in this groundbreaking series. Led by a team from technology news website The Verge, Emilia David, Mia Sato, and David Pierce each delve into a session on how AI is reshaping the realms of art, film, and digital content creation. From the impact of generative AI systems in the art world to the role of AI in transforming film production and the challenges in distinguishing AI-generated content, join industry experts as they navigate these crucial debates. This series aims to uncover artists' real aspirations in this AI era, examine the transformation of traditional creative processes, and provide a glimpse into the future of art and cinema influenced by AI.
The Verge AI Sessions: AI and Humans
The Verge AI Sessions: Art Creator or Thief?
The Verge AI Sessions: AI at the Movies
Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (PNAP) Partnership
The Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (PNAP) is a visual arts and education project that connects teaching artists and scholars to incarcerated students at Stateville Maximum Security Prison through classes, workshops, a policy think tank, and guest lectures. Chicago Humanities partners with PNAP for two programs on incarcerated people and our communities.
Everyday Objects: Public Housing to Prison Pipeline
Chicago Humanities Tapes
Join podcast host Alisa Rosenthal as she sneaks you into can’t-miss special events and once in a lifetime conversations direct from the live Chicago Humanities experience. You’ll hear fresh interviews along with previously unreleased audio from our 30+ year archive on entertainment, politics, literature, and technology.
New episodes drop every other Tuesday. Listen directly below or on your favorite podcast platform.
