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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago050
in Chicago, IL 60637about Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago:
The Smart Museum of Art is a museum with a mission to educate and engage visitors. Through its permanent collection as well as special exhibitions and programs, the Smart is a memorable excursion for the entire family.
Located on the Hyde Park campus of the University of Chicago, it proudly displays over 10,000 items in its permanent collection, spanning five thousand years of eastern and western civilization. The vast collection includes sculpture, paintings, photography, glass, furniture, and decorative arts, by familiar artists such as Degas, Matisse, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mark Rothko.
Several programs and festivities provide kids and families with educational and hands-on experiences. smART Explorers is an intensive course for 5th graders where they are immersed in art through discussions, activities, and museum visits. Art Afternoons offer a different hands-on art activity each week in the summer. Family Days are filled with art activities, family tours, and gallery games.
Family memberships are available for $50, and ensure invitations to special exhibits, lectures, and workshops.
The Smart Museum Café offers sandwiches, salads, pasta, bagels scones, coffee, juice, and soda. Dine inside amidst the art, or outside in the Elden Sculpture Garden.
And don't forget the Museum Shop, where you can pick up a catalogue on any of the exhibits.
Located on the Hyde Park campus of the University of Chicago, it proudly displays over 10,000 items in its permanent collection, spanning five thousand years of eastern and western civilization. The vast collection includes sculpture, paintings, photography, glass, furniture, and decorative arts, by familiar artists such as Degas, Matisse, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mark Rothko.
Several programs and festivities provide kids and families with educational and hands-on experiences. smART Explorers is an intensive course for 5th graders where they are immersed in art through discussions, activities, and museum visits. Art Afternoons offer a different hands-on art activity each week in the summer. Family Days are filled with art activities, family tours, and gallery games.
Family memberships are available for $50, and ensure invitations to special exhibits, lectures, and workshops.
The Smart Museum Café offers sandwiches, salads, pasta, bagels scones, coffee, juice, and soda. Dine inside amidst the art, or outside in the Elden Sculpture Garden.
And don't forget the Museum Shop, where you can pick up a catalogue on any of the exhibits.
message from Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago:
This summer, join in the Smart's free family activities on the first Saturday of every month! Each drop-in program features hands-on art activities and tours that encourage children and parents to engage in some creative looking:
Saturday, June 2, 1â??4 pm
Family Day: Wright Here, Wright Now
Get inspired by glass works by Frank Lloyd Wright and then create a "window" with paper and transparencies.
Saturday, July 7, 1â??4 pm
Family Day: Bright Lights, Big City
Create pastel paintings inspired by landscapes and portraits on view, using light and dark colors to evoke brightness and shadow.
Saturday, August 4, 1â??4 pm
Family Day: Play with Korean Clay
Make pottery inspired by traditional Korean stampware called buncheong that is decorated with images of nature.
Saturday, September 8, 1â??4 pm*
Family Day: Art Monsters!
Get inspired by mythic beasts from Europe and Asia and then create your own monster mask.
* Note: because of the Labor Day holiday, September's family day will be on the second Saturday of the month.
Family programs at the Smart are free and open to all. Art-making supplies and other materials are provided. Programs are best for kids 4â??12. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
tips:
The Smart offers free family activities on the first Saturday of each month. Drop in between 1 and 4 pm and join in the art-making fun!
Family guides are available and free at the front desk. Check out a smARTkids Gallery Guide, a hands-on kit for parents and kids to explore the galleries, and learn how the art was made.
getting there:
From Lake Shore Drive, take the 53rd Street exit and follow signs to the University of Chicago. Parking is available in the University's parking garage located on the south side of 55th Street between Greenwood Avenue and Ellis Avenue. The garage is free after 4pm on weekdays and all day on weekends.
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