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Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy Member's Preview
Friday, June 25, 2010, 6 - 9 pm
Be among the first to preview this major presentation of Calder works drawn from the MCA's extensive holdings and Chicago area and national public and private collections, along with new works by several sculptors who have been directly influenced by Calder.
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The Artist's Studio as Tour
Saturday, February 20, 2010; 9:30am-3:30pm
As a unique benefit for MCA Members, join us for this members-only day-trip and meet some of the local artists who make Chicago's art scene so vibrant. The tour begins at 9:30 am in the MCA's Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Education Center lobby with an introduction to Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out. Then, Joan Arenberg of Art on the Move Tours leads the group on a journey throughout the city to visit the studios of Production Site artists Justin Cooper, Deb Sokolow, and John Neff, and enjoy lunch at Wishbone on Washington Boulevard before returning to the MCA.
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The Artist's Studio As Party
Thursday, February 4, 2010, 6 - 9 pm
Celebrate the MCA's most highly anticipated exhibition of the winter, Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out, with a no-holds-barred, blowout opening night event. The Artist's Studio As Party is a fundraiser that honors the artists, the spaces, and the creative spirit of contemporary art. VIP tickets includes a VIP reception and access to VIP lounges and complimentary beverages throughout the evening.
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Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008 Member's Preveiw
Friday, November 13, 2009, 6 - 9 pm
The preview includes informal gallery discussions and participatory activities to help you gain a deeper perspective on the exhibition and the artwork. RSVP not required. Present your current MCA membership card or join at the door for admission for you and a guest. Also on view Liam Gillick: Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario; Daria Martin: Minotaur; Jeremy Deller: It Is What It Is. Cash bar available.
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Double Discount Days in the MCA Store
May 1 - 10, 2009
Just in time for your Spring shopping, receive a 20% discount on regularly priced items in the MCA Store. Check out our collection of jewelry, books, and home accessories during this thank-you to our members.
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Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson Members' Event
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 6-9pm
Join us in celebrating the opening of Take you time: Olafur Eliasson. View work by one of the most influencial and exciting artists today. Exhibition viewing and cash bar. Present your membership card or Event invitation, or join at the door for free admission for you and a guest.
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DYnamic MAXimum CelebratION
Friday, March 13, 2009, 6 - 9 pm
Celebrate the opening of Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe with a fantastic fundraising event! Please visit mcachicago.org/max for details and ticketing information.
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Meet the Curator
Wednesday, August 18 from 5:30 - 8 pm
Join the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in welcoming Michael Darling as the new James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator. Darling will share his personal curatorial vision and career highlights, followed by a celebratory reception on the MCA Terrace.
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Private Curator Tour
Thursday, August 12 from 6 - 7 pm
Curator Lynne Warren leads Circle Donors on a private tour of the MCA's blockbuster summer exhibition, Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy.
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Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy Circle Preview
Thursday, June 24, 2010, 6 - 9 pm
Be among the first to preview this major presentation of Calder works drawn from the MCA's extensive holdings and Chicago area and national public and private collections, along with new works by several sculptors who have been directly influenced by Calder.
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Private Curator Tour
Wednesday, March 31, 2010; 6 - 7 pm
Julie Rodrigues Widholm, the MCA's Pamela Alper Associate Curator, will lead a private exploration of Rewind: 1970s to 1990s Works from the MCA Collection that highlights iconic works from the MCA Collection.
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The Artist's Studio As Party
Thursday, February 4, 2010, 6 - 9 pm
Celebrate the MCA's most highly anticipated exhibition of the winter, Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out, with a no-holds-barred, blowout opening night event. The Artist's Studio As Party is a fundraiser that honors the artists, the spaces, and the creative spirit of contemporary art.
VIP ticket - $75 (over 21 only)
Includes VIP reception from 5-6pm, and access to VIP lounges and complimentary beverages throughout the evening
Regular ticket - $45/NonMember $35/MCA Member
Includes exhibition viewing, fantastic food, live music, artist guests, and interactive entertainment
Children 12 and under are free.
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The Seldoms, private performance
Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Get the chance to see artistic work in its formative state! The Seldoms, known for clear-edged, challenging dances, perform a dance excerpt from their current work in progress, Marchland. MCA Circle Donors are invited to a private viewing of the work to date, followed by discussion facilitated by The Seldoms Artistic Associate, Doug Stapleton.
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Fall Exhibition Celebration
November 13, 2009
talics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008; Liam Gillick: Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario; Daria Martin: Minotaur; Jeremy Deller: It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq
5 to 6 pm - Exhibition preview and champagne celebration for Circle Donors
6 to 9 pm - Members' Opening
7:30 pm - Donors at the Circle Benefactor level and above are invited to an off-site reception with the Pritzker Director and exhibition curators.
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Private Curator Tour - Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008
November 11, 2009, 6 to 7 pm
Francesco Bonami, the artistic director of Fondazione Sandretto in Turin and of Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery in Florence, will lead a private exploration of exhibition Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008.
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A Special Evening with Lucinda Childs and Philip Glass
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 6 pm
The MCA is thrilled to welcome the Lucinda Childs Dance Company and Philip Glass for the 2009 Performance Benefit. One of the country's leading choreographers and an original member of the Judson Dance Theater in New York, Lucinda Childs created her landmark work DANCE in 1979 with mesmerizing music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt. This performance is a newly reconstructed work.
For more information, to sponsor or to purchase tickets to this event, please contact Andrea Miller at 312.397.3868 or amiller@mcachicago.org.
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Get to know Emerge: Where Artists, Curators, Collectors Converge
October 10, 2009
Artists Liam Gillick and Jeremy Deller join MCA Curator Dominic Molon for a public dialog on their concurrent exhibitions at the MCA, their artistic strategies, and the ideas that inform their work. Following the public program at the MCA, Circle Donors are invited to meet the artists for cocktails and conversation.
3 to 4 pm - Lecture at MCA
4 to 5 pm - Cocktails Hour with the artists
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Private Curator Tour - Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection
Thursday, September 3, 2009, 5 - 6 pm
Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Pamela Alper Associate Curator, will take us on a private exploration of the newly installed exhibition, Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection, heralded by art advisor, Paul Klein, as "compassionately considered" and "a joyous pleasure."
RSVP by Friday, August 28, 2009 to 312.799.3504 or circlersvp@mcachicago.org.
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Circle Guarantor Reception with the Modern Wing
May 16, 2009, 5:30 - 7 pm
Donors at the Circle Guarantor level and above are invited to share a special cocktail reception at the MCA in celebration of the opening of the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. Remarks by MCA Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn will begin at 6 pm.
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Circle Preview of Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson
April 29, 2009, 6 - 8:30 pm
Be the first to view the Chicago presentation of Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, the first comprehensive survey in the United States of works by the artist, who is renowned for immersive environments, sculptures, and photographs. Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn, who organized the exhibition while she was a curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will offer her unique perspective on the artist's works, giving Circle Donors inside access to this impressive and triumphant show.
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Circle Performance Preview - Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes: De Monstruos y Prodigios
March 20, 2009: 6:30 pm reception, 7:30 pm performance
Experience the riches of the MCA Stage at this preview performance of the award-winning theatrical opera. Direct from Mexico City, this lavish visual and musical production is brought to life by lyrical performances and rowdy escapades. As an MCA Circle Donor, enjoy priority seating in the theater and a pre-preformance reception with director Claudio Valdés.
Space is limited. to purchase tickets or reserve priority seating call 312.799.3504 or email circlersvp@mcachicago.org. Reservations must be made by Sunday, March 1. (this offer applies only to the performance on Friday, March 20)
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DYnamic MAXimum CelebratION
March 13, 2009, 6 - 9 pm
Celebrate the opening of Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe with a fantastic fundraising event! Please visit mcachicago.org/max for details and ticketing information.
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Alfredo Jaar Lecture and Dinner (Circle Patron and above)
September 9, 2008, 5:30 - 9 pm at the Gleacher Center
Artist, architect, and filmaker Alfredo Jarr discussed his extensive body of work for donors at the Circle Patron level and above. This event was presented by the MCA Collectors Forum.
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Circle Preview of Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT
October 29, 2008, 6 - 8 pm
Circle Donors celebrated the MCA's highlighted fall exhibition at this electrifying event. The most significant presentation of Jenny Holzer's work at a US museum in nearly two decades, Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT centers on her newest works in sculpture and LED installation as well as paintings based on declassified US government documents. Donors also viewed a special projection on the facade of the museum after dark.
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Feast for the Eyes
September 20 - October 16, 2008
Combining the visual and culinary arts, this series of events featured dinners and cocktail parties at venues in and around Chicago, hosted by the city's top collectors. Each event included special guest appearances by celebrity chefs, preeminent curators, and stellar artists. Visit http://www.mcachicago.org/feast for more information.
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Donor Trip to New York City
September 19 and 20, 2008
Circle Donors joined MCA Curator Dominic Molon on a whirlwind trip to the city that never sleeps. Trip participants viewed Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls on the East River, visited Jeff Koons's studio, and went behind the scenes on a tour of Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Alfredo Jaar Lecture and Dinner (Circle Patron and above)
September 9, 2008, 5:30 - 9 pm at the Gleacher Center
Presented by the MCA Collectors Forum, this event invited donors at the Circle Patron level and above to hear artist, architect, and filmaker Alfredo Jarr discuss his extensive body of work. This intriguing talk was followed by a buffet dinner with the artist. This event was presented by the MCA Collectors Forum.
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Evening with the Curator Reception
September 3, 2008, 5:30 - 9 pm
MCA Curator Lynne Warren led guests on an insider's tour of Everything's Here: Jeff Koons and his Experience of Chicago, a companion show to the Jeff Koons exhibition.
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Circle Preview of Jeff Koons
May 29, 2008, 6 - 8 pm
Circle Donors were the first to see the MCA's much-anticipated Jeff Koons exhibition. Jeff Koons and curator Francesco Bonami hosted this exclusive preview event.
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Insights on Karen Kilimnik
February 23, 2008
Circle Donors enjoyed a private brunch in Puck's Cafe with artist Karen Kilimnik, followed by a talk in the MCA Theater Ingrid Schaffner, Senior Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania and curator of the exhibition.
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40 Free Days
September 29 - November 14, 2007
On September 29 the MCA launched a public celebration of its 40th anniversary with free admission to the museum for 40 fun-filled days of events, including open art studios, on-site artist demonstrations, and curator conversations. Nearly 80,000 visitors and more than 1,000 new members took part in the festivities.
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MCA@40 Gala
October 6, 2007
More than 500 guests joined rock-and-roll legend Patti Smith, celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, and designer-turned-DJ Todd Oldham for an electrifying evening commemorating the museum's 40th anniversary.
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Combined Circle and Members' Preview of Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967
September 28, 2007
The fall season kicked off with a preview party for Sympathy for the Devil. Coinciding with the museum's 40th anniversary, the exhibition examined the dynamic relationship between rock music and visual art over the past 40 years. Circle Donors were also invited to a post-preview dinner celebration at the Hark Rock Hotel.
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Circle Preview of Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City
June 21, 2007
At the Circle Preview of Escultura Social, which featured the work of emerging artists from Mexico City, Circle Donors enjoyed cocktails, appetizers, and special performances by artists Pablo Helguera and Los Super Elegantes.
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A Day at the MCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
9:30 am leaves from Macy's Oakbrook
10:30 - 11:30 am Docent Tour of Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
12:30 pm Lunch in Chinatown
Cost is $55/members, $60/guests.
RSVP by September 17, 2010. For information contact Anna Mathy at (630) 393-7512.
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Milwaukee Private Collections Visit
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Two Milwaukee Private Collections, featuring notable Russian art as well as a final opportunity to see the world's largest collection of self-taught art before its pending donation to a museum.
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Beyond the City Limits: Oak Park as Artists' Colony
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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A Day at the MCA
Sunday, Februray 28, 2010
10:30am Bus leaves Oak Book
11:30 am Brunch at Puck's Café
1 pm Exhibition Tour, Production Site
3 pm Dance performance, Akram Kahn Company
Cost is $75/person; contact Anna Mathy 630-393-7512 for reservations and information.
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Art & the Law! Corporate Art Collections in downtown Chicago
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 & Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
In October we will visit the Sidley Austin art collection which includes more than 900 pieces of contemporary art by many of the most recognized contemporary artists of the 20th century including Joel Shapiro, Robert Mangold, Robert Motherwell and Pat Steir. The art collection of one of the nation's largest law firms has been assembled over the past 20 years and it is now housed in their signature facility at One South Dearborn. Dinner to follow at Ruby of Siam. In November, we will visit Kirkland & Ellis LLP, which is housed in a new building designed by Pickard Chilton, Kirkland & Ellis' collection includes many site specific works of art. Proposals were submitted by artists from around the country. Consideration was given to representing a diversity of artists and styles so as to balance the ideas between representational work and abstraction. Artists included are Richard Hunt, Spencer Finch, Jeremy Long, Terence La Noue and Stephen Powell.
For more information on these and other upcoming Affiliate events please contact Member Services at memberservices@mcachicago.org or 312-397-4040
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Mix it Up
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
We'll visit a contemporary art and photography collection in a 100 year old Gold Coast residence. Next we'll weave through the modern art and sentimental collection of a textile artist and designer in Lincoln Park. After lunch, we'll journey back to the ‘20s and ‘30s for a final treat - a docent-led tour of one of the most comprehensive private collections of Chicago Modernist paintings at DePaul University.
For more information on these and other upcoming Affiliate events please contact Member Services at memberservices@mcachicago.org or 312-397-4040
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Daniel Burnham - 100 Years Later
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Explore Burnham, pas and present, with our knowledgeable and fascinating tour guide, Bill Hinchliff. In Millennium Park, we will discuss the two temporary pavilions designed by renowned architects Zaha Hadid and Ben van Bekel. The brand new riverwalk and Helena Hernmarch's fabric mural are among the many sights we will tour. A special art collection with complete the day.
For more information on these and other upcoming Affiliate events please contact Member Services at memberservices@mcachicago.org or 312-397-4040
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It's Perfect! (Opening Reception)
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Join us for our opening meeting at an extraordinary setting in Highland Park. The home was originally designed by Arthur Heun in 1928 and has been modernized and enlarged with great care by the present owners. The interiors were guided by the well-known designer Barbara Barry and the lower-level theatre and spaces by Marvin Hermann.
For more information on these and other upcoming Affiliate events please contact Member Services at memberservices@mcachicago.org or 312-397-4040.
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Art as Survivor: Nazi Germany and World Genocide
Sunday, September 13, 2009
The North Side Affiliates of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, invites you to join us on Sunday, September 13, 2009 for Art as Survivor: Nazi Germany and World Genocide. Embark upon a journey that will touch your heart and soul as we enter the world of values, morals and bigotry behind the Holocaust and world genocide.
The day will include a trip to the Illinois Holocaust Museum, filming viewing and a private collection tour of the "Brucke" artists. For more information, please call member services at 312-397-4040.
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The Glories of Glass
Tuesday, May 15, 2008
Affiliates viewed some of the best private glass collections on the North Shore in addition to a demonstration at an acclaimed artist's studio.
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New Hyde Outs
Tuesday, April 17, 2008
North Shore Affiliates traveled to the South Side for a visit at the Hyde Park Art Center's renowned new facility, complete with a docent led tour and a talk by the building's architect Douglas Garofalo. A delightful afternoon of African art followed with a tour of a private collection, followed by a trip to a Bronzeville gallery to see Andre Guichard's work as well as that of local artists and Senegalese art.
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Edgar Miller: Legend and Legacy in Old Town
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Chicago's own Edgar Miller, the wildly prolific architect and artist, expressed his craft through many media: stained glass, ceramics, mosaics, wood carving, painting, sculpture, and printmaking as well as graphic, furniture, and interior design. His eclectic artistry spanned each decade of the 20th century, exploring modernism and art deco.
North Side Affiliates experienced a rare opportunity to enter the private world of Edgar Miller by visiting two enduring works in the heart of one of the most influential artists' communities: Old Town.
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A Day in Hyde Park
Thursday, March 15, 2007
West Suburban Affiliates experienced one of Frank Lloyd Wright's little Prairie Houses in the city. Mostly restored to its original form, the Robie House prefigures our 21st-century desire for ample light, space, and craftsmanship. The affiliates enjoyed a docent-led tour of this recently reopened space,
then experienced cutting-edge art on the South Side with a guided tour at the Hyde Park Art Center.
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