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Calendar of Events
All events take place at LUMA, 820 N. Michigan Avenue, unless otherwise noted.
RSVP to
luma@luc.eduor 312.915.7630.
These programs are generously
sponsored by a grant from the
Illinois Arts Council Agency.
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Sketching in the Galleries
Every Tuesday
4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Free to the Public
Join Luma for open sketching in the
galleries. Be inspired by the works from
the D’arcy Collection. Free sketchpads for
participants courtesy of Dick Blick.
Spring 2017 Exhibitions
Opening Reception
Friday, February 10, 2017
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
$15 • Members & LUC: Free
Please join LUMA in celebrating the
opening of two spring exhibitions:
Peter
Gelker: Whirligigs
and
Wayang: The Art of
Indonesian Puppetry.
Gallery Tour with Artist and
Curator: Peter Gelker and
Lynn Gamwell
Saturday, February 11, 2017
1:00 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Join artist and psychoanalyst Peter Gelker
and curator Lynn Gamwell for a gallery tour
as he discusses the inspiration, motivation,
and process of creating his whirligigs.
Puppeteer Show
Saturday, February 25, 2017
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Free with museum admission
LUMA will be hosting puppeteer
Ngurah Kertayuda for a puppet show in
coordination with our
Wayang: The Art of
Indonesian Puppetry
exhibition.
Artist in Conversation:
Steve Schapiro Civil Rights
Photographs
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
6:00 p.m.
Free to the Public
In a conversation hosted by Paul Berlanga,
Steve Schapiro will speak about his newest
publication featuring photographs from
the Civil Rights Movement. Having
documented figures such as Mohammed
Ali and Martin Luther King Jr., Schapiro
has captured some of the most significant
moments of the past 50 years. This program
is in conjunction with Schapiro’s exhibition
Misericordia: Together We Celebrate
.
Misericordia Exhibitions
Opening Reception
Saturday, March 28, 2017
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Join us for the opening of both
Misericordia:
Together We Celebrate
by Steve Schapiro in
the Harlan J. Berk Works on Paper gallery
and
Artists in All
created by residents of
Misericordia in our Jean Morman Unsworth
Art Expressways gallery. Meet the artists
whose work is featured in the museum.
Gallery Talk in D’Arcy Gallery:
Picturing Women in
Renaissance Art
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
6:00 p.m.
Free to the Public
In this talk Loyola University Art History
Professor Marilyn Dunn will examine how
imagery and themes in both domestic
and religious art objects related to female
gendered experience in the Renaissance.
Lecture:
Sita and Surpanakha:
Indian Womanhood in a Tholu
Bommalata Ramayan
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
6:00 p.m.
Free to the Public
Tholu Bommalata
, a shadow puppet custom
of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is
similar to
Wayang
for both act as forms of
education and entertainment. In this talk
Loyola Art History Professor Sarita Heer
will be contextualizing Indian womanhood
in other forms of Indian visual culture to
demonstrate how the Sita and Surpanakha
puppets of a
Tholu Bommalata Ramayan
educate women on correct conduct.
Wayang Puppet Workshop
Saturday, April 1, 2017
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Make your very own puppet inspired by our
exhibition
Wayang: The Art of Indonesian
Puppetry
. All supplies will be provided.
Panel Discussion: Art Education
and Misericordia
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Free to the Public
Steve Schapiro and art instructors from
Misericordia will be participating in a panel
discussion at LUMA about the importance
of creative expression, and how art can be
used as an outlet to foster personal identity
and enrich our daily lives.
The Dalang
: Loyola Dance
Department
Saturday, April 8, 2017
1:00 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Visit the museum for a free dance
performance in the galleries led by students
in Loyola’s dance program.
Earth DayWorkshop
Saturday, April 22, 2017
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Join LUMA in celebrating Earth Day this
year with a recycled material crafting
session. Using vinyl street banners from
past LUMA exhibitions, learn how to make
placemats, plant pots, and more.
All materials will be provided.