Events in Grant Park
Grant Park is Chicago's premier downtown lakefront park district, home to Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, and hosting major festivals including Lollapalooza and the Chicago Jazz Festival.
36 events in this neighborhood
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JUL 18
Free
Special Events
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Family Day: Big Feelings
JUL 18 – DEC 19
Free
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Gallery Tour in American Sign Language (Saturdays)
JUL 20
Free with museum admission, no registration required
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Gallery Conversation: Life and Death Lessons from Ancient Egypt (Jul 20)
JUL 23
Free
Workshops & Classes
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Teen Summer Studio: Embroidered Embellishments
JUL 23
Free
Arts & Culture
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Conversation: Material Manipulation—Deconstructing Willem de Kooning's Drawings
JUL 23
Sin costo con boleto de admisión
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Explorando el Art Institute: Arte asiático
JUL 24
Free
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Gallery Conversation: Degenerate Art (Jul 24)
JUL 24
Free
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Go Grind Friday Nights at Grant
JUL 30
Sin costo con boleto de admisión
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Explorando el Art Institute: Arquitectura y diseño
AUG 4
$25 per person, registration required
This tour is limited to 18 participants.
Contact luminary@artic.edu to register.
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Luminary Tour: Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury
AUG 6
Free
Workshops & Classes
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Teen Summer Studio: Drawing as Abstraction
AUG 6
Free
Workshops & Classes
Grant Park
Drop-In Sketching: In the Spirit of de Kooning (Aug 6)
AUG 7
Free
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Go Grind Friday Nights at Grant
AUG 14
Free
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Gallery Conversation: Anonymity and Authorship in Two Portraits
AUG 14
Free
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Go Grind Friday Nights at Grant
AUG 15
Free
Lectures & Workshops
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Artist Conversation: KAWS and Chris Ware on Comics, Cartoons, and Willem de Kooning
AUG 19
Free
Workshops & Classes
Grant Park
Writing in the Galleries: The Perfect Sentence
AUG 20
Free with museum admission, no registration required
Workshops & Classes
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Weekday Studio: Beyond Form
AUG 20
Free
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Spotlight Talk: David Hockney's American Collectors (Aug 20)
AUG 21
Free
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Go Grind Friday Nights at Grant
AUG 22
Free
Workshops & Classes
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Cripping the Galleries: Feminist Crip Paint Power
AUG 27
Free
Lectures & Workshops
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Conversation: Homer's Odyssey in Art and Popular Culture
AUG 28
Free
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Conversación en las galerías: El anonimato y la autoría en dos retratos
AUG 28
Free
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Go Grind Friday Nights at Grant
AUG 28 – AUG 30
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Panda Fest
AUG 29
Free
Lectures & Workshops
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Member Lecture: Willem de Kooning Drawing
SEP 3
Free
Workshops & Classes
Grant Park
Drop-In Sketching: In the Spirit of de Kooning (Sept 3)
SEP 4
Free
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Go Grind Friday Nights at Grant
SEP 5
Free
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IndigiFest: Celebrating Indigenous Culture at Grant
SEP 8
$25 per person, registration required
This tour is limited to 18 participants.
Contact luminary@artic.edu to register.
Tours
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Luminary Tour: Willem de Kooning Drawing (Sept 8)
SEP 10
Free
Special Events
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Teacher Appreciation Day
SEP 12 – SEP 13
Grant Park
El Grito Chicago
SEP 17
Free
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Mindful Looking (Sept 17 at 6:00)
SEP 17
Free
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Spotlight Talk: Coronation Stone of Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
SEP 19
Free
Lectures & Workshops
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Artist Conversation: Jill Mulleady
OCT 1
Free
Workshops & Classes
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