Free programming, new tours, coloring and crafts
MAY 7, 2020 • ISSUE 06
CAC LIVE: PROGRAMS
PART OF THE CAC’S “WHAT’S NEXT” SERIES
Rethinking Green Space for a More Resilient Chicago
Wednesday, May 13 at 3pm
Demand for green space has never been so great. Ernest C. Wong, founder and principal of CAC Industry Council member site design group, ltd., outlines tensions that spatial distancing will continue to impose on parks and public spaces, and efforts to improve existing outdoor assets.
The Vision of Illinois Center
Saturday, May 9 at 1pm
Learn from CAC docent Lorie Westerman how an abandoned freight yard—right where the city was born—was transformed into an important urban development, home since 2018 to the Chicago Architecture Center.
CAC LIVE: VIRTUAL TOURS
Mid-Century Modernism
Tuesday, May 12 at 5:30pm
Sunday, May 17 at 1pm
When skyscrapers rose again after a long hiatus during World War II, a new approach to design dominated American architecture: Mid-Century Modernism. CAC docent Mike McMains leads this live, 45-minute tour highlighting buildings of this era in downtown Chicago.
CAC Live brings the world of architecture and design to you—wherever you are—through timely discussions with industry leaders, talks with acclaimed authors and experts, virtual tours focused on landmarks and historical styles, building and neighborhood stories with CAC docents, and more! Visit architecture.org/caclive to browse and register for upcoming events.
CAC FOR THE FAMILY
TAKE HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER
Applications are available now for 2020 CAC Teen Fellows. Open to incoming sophomores and juniors enrolled in Chicago high schools, this scholarship program offers opportunities to work alongside architecture and design professionals while earning college credit. Apply by May 30!
PEPPER PLANS
For this week’s episode of Architecture Essentials and its at-home activity, you’ll need a bell pepper or other medium-sized fruit or vegetable. Wait: Is this a cooking show or a design lesson? CAC Senior Manager of Education and Experience Angela Esposito has the answers.
COLORFUL CHICAGO
There’s a wide variety of housing types in Chicago. Five are especially common and give the city’s neighborhoods a unique architectural feel. Download our mini coloring book and fill in a beautiful drawing of each type, either by printing them out or coloring them onscreen using a tablet.
THE CITY COMES TO YOUR SENSES
Previously on “Storytime with the CAC,” CAC Manager of School and Family Programs Rebecca Boland brought you “Mighty, Mighty Construction Site” by Sherri Duskey Rinker. This Friday, May 8 at 12:30pm Central Time, tune into the CAC’s Facebook page to read the 1971 classic “Apt. 3” written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.
A GOLDEN VARIETY
With its dynamic history expressed through multiple eras of development, Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood offers engaging architecture walks in any direction. This week, CAC docent Virginia Gerst tells us about the star-studded opening of Astor Tower…
…CAC Education Guide Burt Michaels shares his appreciation for two neighboring residential towers…
…and CAC docent Dave Utech appreciates the nontraditional sanctuary of First Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church.
CAC RECOMMENDS
Spring is here and many of us hope to spend at least some of it outside. What factors determine how a city’s open spaces look and feel—and which neighborhoods they’re in? We’re grabbing our gardening gloves and digging into this week’s installment of CAC Recommends.
ONE MORE THING
Last month, CAC Program Operations Specialist Ian Spula had five questions for Casey Jones of Industry Council partner member Perkins and Will. Spula’s latest interviewee is award-winning author, historian preservationist and planner Julia Bachrach, who has seven answers about parks—and a new companion named Tippy Pickles.
April 21, CAC President and CEO Lynn Osmond joined peer leaders from Association of Architecture Organizations members for Global Dialogue. Alongside NLA’s Peter Murray, Kent Martinussen of the Danish Architecture Centre and Ben Prosky of AIA New York and the Center for Architecture, Osmond discussed the impact of COVID-19 on each of their cities, as well as the behavior and expectations of urban residents.
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