January Events at Columbia College Chicago
Raul Corrales, “Maria and Mario. Dos Fotografos, Dos Epocas, Dos Estados,” 1980, from the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s collection, featured in the exhibition “MoCP at Fifty: Collecting Through the Decades.”Learn more about our performance spaces at www.colum.edu/spotlight
Ongoing Events
MoCP at Fifty: Collecting Through the Decades
January 22–May 16, 2026
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago
Admission: Free
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Museum of Contemporary Photography presents a milestone exhibition examining how its collection has evolved since the museum’s founding. Featuring rarely exhibited and newly acquired works from across five decades, the exhibition traces shifting artistic, cultural, and institutional values—highlighting changes in representation, expanding definitions of photography, and the role museums play in shaping the photographic canon.
Lamination Machine
On display until February 6, 2026; Opening Reception December 4, 2025, 4–6 p.m.; Closing Reception and Catalog Release February 6, 2026, 4–6 p.m.
Hokin Gallery, 623 S. Wabash Ave., 1st Floor
Admission: Free
“Lamination Machine” is a multimedia exhibition exploring shifting consumer relationships and humanistic approaches to the value of everyday objects. Featuring work across a range of mediums, the show examines how lamination—both as a material process and metaphor—reveals what we preserve, discard, or overlook in daily life. Participating artists include Kristian Alvarado, Carley Brown, Jenna Davis, Lawrence Howell Hight-Goggin, Isabella Miller, Eliana Pinkert, Christian Romero, Nat Slavin, Regina Telinski, and Isa Woodard.
The 2025 Albert P. Weisman Award Exhibition
On display until March 17, 2026
Columbia College Chicago, The Center Galleries, Student Center, 754 S. Wabash Ave.
Admission: Free
Presented by Columbia College Chicago’s School of Business and Entrepreneurship, this exhibition features the bold and creative works of the 2025 Weisman Award recipients, including Emma Bolas ’25, Olivia Byam ’25, William Duwe ’25, Ayu Eini, Dominic Frugoli, Thein Hoang Bui, Samuel Kirkwood Jr., Cam Mather ’25, Carmen Ordoñez, Hossam Moussa, Haley Patton, Ravia Rasool, Fatemeh Rezaeipour, Aidan Vogel, Ziyi Yuan, Linhan Zhang, and Jiamin Zhao ’25.
January 2025
Wednesday Noon Guitar Concert Series
January 28, 2026, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
The Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Admission: Free
This weekly concert series features solo and duo guitar performances by students from the School of Audio and Music, offering a midday opportunity to experience a range of styles and approaches in an intimate performance setting.
About Ram
January 29, 2026, 7:30 p.m.; January 30, 2026, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.; January 31, 2026, noon
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S. Michigan Ave.
Admission: $35 general; $15 students and seniors
Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust makes their Chicago debut with “About Ram,” an experimental theatrical work drawing from Bhavbhuti’s “Ramayana.” Blending animation, digitally projected dance, masks, and puppetry, the piece explores Hindu principles such as dharma. Presented in partnership with the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.