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Human|Nature Programming Launches September 4

CHICAGO, IL – The relationship between humans and nature, as well as the nature of human nature is the theme of Columbia College Chicago’s third year of Critical Encounters, a campus-wide learning initiative that examines topics of serious social... more...

Television Department Co-Sponsors Illinois Humanities Council Short Film Contest

“Looking For Democracy” Short Film Contest Announces Call for Entries The Public Square and its partners challenge local residents to define what democracy means to them and how it affects their lives. DEADLINE EXTENDED to September 15! CHICAGO—Columbia College’s Television... more...

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Scavenger Constructs: Site-Specific Sculptures

11 September, 2008 - Scavenger Constructs: Site-Specific Sculptures September 2- October 18, 2008 [C]Spaces: Glass Curtain Gallery 1104 S. Wabash Ave Chicago, IL 60605 Phone: 312-344-6643 Reception September 4, 5-7 pm Lecture by Mara Baker in the Conaway Center, Oct 16, 6 pm Hours: Mon-Wed, Fri: 9:00am 5:00pm Thur more...

Albert P. Weisman Award Exhibition

12 September, 2008 - Albert P. Weisman Award Exhibition Hokin Gallery September 2 - October 18, 2008 Opening Reception, Talk the Walk: Thursday, October 16, 5:00 - 8:00 pm Best of Show Announcement: October 16, 5:30 pm The Albert P. Weisman Award was established in’74 to encourage both undergraduate and graduate more...

Charles Darwin, William Morris, and Christopher Dresser: The Debate over Form versus Function

9 September, 2008 - The curator of the recent exhibition Design in the Age of Darwin at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University addresses the uncanny unity of vocabulary and metaphor employed by designers and natural scientists in the generation following the publication in 1859 of Charles Dar more...