Creative Chicago: Continuing the Conversations
Launched in 2018, Creative Chicago is an ongoing dialogue about creativity and the future of Chicago, co-presented with the Terra Foundation for American Art. In 2019, we celebrated the official book launch of Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon at EXPO CHICAGO, and presented an array of interactive programming that continues this vital conversation.
Taking place at EXPO CHICAGO in 2018, Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon with Hans Ulrich Obrist was a five-hour series of conversations with artists, authors, architects, and others representing Chicago’s diverse creative community. In September 2019, Terra Foundation President Elizabeth Glassman, former Chicago Humanities Festival Marilynn Thoma Artistic Director Alison Cuddy, and artist Edra Soto presented the unveiling of a publication that documents the event and explores the work of the 20+ participants. Published by the Terra Foundation for American Art, Creative Chicago features texts of Obrist’s conversations, along with photographs of the program against the stage installation by Barbara Kasten. Presented by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Chicago Humanities Festival.
2019 Programming
Creative Chicago | Panel 1: The State of Arts and Culture in Chicago
Creative Chicago | Panel 2: Policies for an Arts-Driven City
Creative Chicago | Breakout Session 1: The Folded Map Project
Creative Chicago | Breakout Session 2: Trading Races
Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon
A series of interviews with artists, authors, architects, and others representing Chicago’s diverse creative community, presented by the Chicago Humanities Festival
What do artist Theaster Gates, architect Jeanne Gang, and donut shop owner Buritt Bulloch have in common?
They’re all contributing to Chicago’s ever-evolving creative culture—and sat down with Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in London and one of the world's leading art curators and critics, known for his long-form, dynamic interview marathons. Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon was Obrist’s first U.S. marathon, and takes a multi-dimensional, multidisciplinary look at creativity in the city, past, present and future.
Through a wide-ranging dialogue with over 20 Chicago-based creatives, Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon examined the forces that have made and continue to make Chicago a creative powerhouse.
Creative Chicago was presented by the Chicago Humanities Festival, in partnership with EXPO CHICAGO, Navy Pier, and Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art exploring Chicago’s art and design legacy, with presenting partner, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
The event, featuring 20 artists, architects, authors, and representatives from the city, took place on Sept. 29 2018 at Navy Pier.
Creative Chicago was free and open to the public.
