City Gallery
City Gallery
Tim Long
DANIEL BURNHAM'S ENDURING VISION FOR THE PHILIPPINES:
Photographs by Tim Long
City Gallery of Photography
“Daniel Burnham’s Enduring Vision for the Philippines: Photographs by Tim Long” was originally scheduled to open May 7th at the City Gallery of Photography in the Historic Water Tower. The show will open instead on September 4th, (Daniel Burnham’s birthday!) 2009. The show, which will be up for 3 months, is organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional work by Tim Long can be viewed as part of the exhibit “The Edge of Intent” at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, 600 S. Michigan Avenue. May 1- July 5, 2009.
The City Gallery is in the Historic Water Tower at 806 N. Michigan Avenue.
Please contact the Department of Cultural Affairs for further information.
City Gallery History
The City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower was established by the Department of Cultural Affairs, and opened to the public on March 20, 1999. The Water Tower was previously used as a visitors' information center, which has since relocated across Michigan Avenue to the Water Works Pumping Station. Rather than leave one of Chicago's favorite buildings empty, Commissioner Weisberg directed the Public Art Program to curate exhibitions of Chicago-themed photography by Chicago photographers and artists. The City Gallery has featured four exhibitions a year, both group and solo shows. Annual attendance regularly exceeds 115,000 visitors.
Solo exhibitions have included Othello Anderson, Patty Carroll, Tom Denlinger,
Steven Gross, Ken Indermark, Gail Kaplan, Accra Shepp, Bob Thall, Carlos Flores, Victor Skrebneski, Tone Stockenstrom, Stephen Szoradi, Jay Wolke, and Michael McGuire.
Group shows have included Toy Box, photographs of the Toy collection at the Museum of Science and Industry by Leah Missbach, Pierce Schmidt and Joe Ziolkowski; For the Love of the Game, baseball photographs by Steven Green and RonVesely (the official photographers of the Cubs and the White Sox); Unpaving Paradise: Environmental photography by Chase Browder, Jin Lee and Alexis Petroff in partnership with the Notebaert Nature Museum and the Chicago Center for Green Technology; Servings, food photography by Laura Letinsky, Brian Ulrich, Tammy Mercure, Chris Raeker, and Nathan Baker; Chicago's Magnificent Mile: 90th Anniversary of GNMAA, historical photographs of Michigan Avenue; Connecting: Contemporary Fashion Photography curated by Barbara Glass featuring Dagmar, Jeff Stella, and Michael Voltattorni; and many more.
In February, 2007, The
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Photography
Department of Columbia College Chicago partnered in an agreement
for Columbia College Chicago to curate and install photographic
exhibitions at City Gallery, dedicated to
presenting Chicago-themed photographic work, and/or photo-based work by
Chicago photographers and artists. Columbia College Chicago continued
developing the mission, standards, and exhibition access that
the Department of Cultural Affairs has set for the City Gallery.
In March of 2009, the Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago ended its relationship with the City Gallery of Photography at the Historic Water Tower. The next exhibit at the City Gallery, organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs, featured historic photographs of the Chicago Fire from the Bank of America Collection.
"Our work with the Department of Cultural Affairs to program the City Gallery of Photography has been an exciting project for the Photography Department, and we are very grateful to have had this opportunity. Starting in February 2007, the Photography Department worked with the Department of Cultural Affairs to curate and manage the City Gallery. Over the next two years, we developed and installed nine different exhibitions of contemporary photography. Columbia College Photography faculty and staff contributed to the design of the exhibitions; students, faculty, and staff participated in the installation of shows; and students served as docents.
We would especially like to thank Lois Weisberg and Nathan Mason, Matt Nielson, Jose Chao, Brian Dunne, and Jason Roberts, from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Bobby Canatello, from the Department of Water, Alison Carey, Liz Chilsen, Dawoud Bey, Barbara Kasten, of Columbia College, and all the many students who worked with us on these exhibits. We are particularly grateful to the photographers who allowed us to show their work in that exciting venue."
Bob Thall, Chair
Photography Department
Columbia College Chicago
Solo exhibitions have included Othello Anderson, Patty Carroll, Tom Denlinger,
Steven Gross, Ken Indermark, Gail Kaplan, Accra Shepp, Bob Thall, Carlos Flores, Victor Skrebneski, Tone Stockenstrom, Stephen Szoradi, Jay Wolke, and Michael McGuire.
Group shows have included Toy Box, photographs of the Toy collection at the Museum of Science and Industry by Leah Missbach, Pierce Schmidt and Joe Ziolkowski; For the Love of the Game, baseball photographs by Steven Green and RonVesely (the official photographers of the Cubs and the White Sox); Unpaving Paradise: Environmental photography by Chase Browder, Jin Lee and Alexis Petroff in partnership with the Notebaert Nature Museum and the Chicago Center for Green Technology; Servings, food photography by Laura Letinsky, Brian Ulrich, Tammy Mercure, Chris Raeker, and Nathan Baker; Chicago's Magnificent Mile: 90th Anniversary of GNMAA, historical photographs of Michigan Avenue; Connecting: Contemporary Fashion Photography curated by Barbara Glass featuring Dagmar, Jeff Stella, and Michael Voltattorni; and many more.
In March of 2009, the Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago ended its relationship with the City Gallery of Photography at the Historic Water Tower. The next exhibit at the City Gallery, organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs, featured historic photographs of the Chicago Fire from the Bank of America Collection.
"Our work with the Department of Cultural Affairs to program the City Gallery of Photography has been an exciting project for the Photography Department, and we are very grateful to have had this opportunity. Starting in February 2007, the Photography Department worked with the Department of Cultural Affairs to curate and manage the City Gallery. Over the next two years, we developed and installed nine different exhibitions of contemporary photography. Columbia College Photography faculty and staff contributed to the design of the exhibitions; students, faculty, and staff participated in the installation of shows; and students served as docents.
We would especially like to thank Lois Weisberg and Nathan Mason, Matt Nielson, Jose Chao, Brian Dunne, and Jason Roberts, from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Bobby Canatello, from the Department of Water, Alison Carey, Liz Chilsen, Dawoud Bey, Barbara Kasten, of Columbia College, and all the many students who worked with us on these exhibits. We are particularly grateful to the photographers who allowed us to show their work in that exciting venue."
Bob Thall, Chair
Photography Department
Columbia College Chicago