Blog – Page 32 – Clef Notes Chicagoland Journal for the Arts

One year after its April 2021 announcement of $3 million in expedited funding, and two years after its April 2020 announcement of nearly $3 million in expedited finding, the Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (the Foundation) has announced a third wave of support, expediting an additional $2.1 million that includes: $1.6 million in expedited payments to Chicago small arts organizations in the midst of their multi-year award; and $576,000 in general operating renewal grants.

Ballet Dance

Ballet Hispánico Presents “Doña Perón” at Auditorium Theatre March 26 & 27

March 23, 2022 Fred Cummings

The Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive) will present the long-awaited return of Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s renowned Latinx dance organization, with the Chicago Premiere of Doña Perón.

Art Arts Museums

Public Programming Addresses Absence of Human Touch During COVID – at Hyde Park Art Center

February 24, 2022 Vickie Moore

Hyde Park Art Center has announced a robust roster of free public programs for new major exhibition, Loving Repeating: New Work by Miller & Shellabarger by married artists and longtime collaborators Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger, who will premiere their largest multimedia installation to date, on view April 10 – September 3, 2022.

Arts Chicago Arts and Culture Dance

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Finds New Home on Magnificent Mile

February 23, 2022 Patrick Curran Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) has moved its studio to a 13,000 square-foot space on the fourth floor of Water Tower Place (835 Michigan Avenue).

Ballet Dance

Joffrey Ballet Bringing “Of Mice and Men” to Lyric Opera House

February 23, 2022 Patrick Curran Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet has announced its spring program, which includes the world-premiere adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men by choreographer Cathy Marston (featuring an original composition by Academy Award-nominated composer Thomas Newman), and the Joffrey premiere of Serenade by dance pioneer George Balanchine, presented during the Joffrey’s first-ever season at the historic Lyric Opera House in downtown Chicago.

Arts Chicago Arts and Culture Classical Music News Orchestra Spring 2022

Illinois Phil’s Christina Salerno Named ICO Executive Director of the Year

February 20, 2022 Vickie Moore

The Illinois Council of Orchestras (ICO) has bestowed a major award upon Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) naming IPO’s Christina Salerno as the 2022 Executive Director of the Year.

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Architecture Art Museums Winter 2022

“Houses of Tomorrow” to Lead Elmhurst Art Museum’s 25th Anniversary Programming

February 12, 2022 Isaac Jacobs Elmhurst Art Museum, Mies van der Rohe

Throughout the Elmhurst Art Museum’s 25th year anniversary effort to inspire its community, the museum will host a year-long celebration with a focus on the three major hallmarks of its mission: architecture (Spring), education (Summer), and art (Fall). Central to the Spring season is the new multimedia exhibition, Houses of Tomorrow: Solar Homes from Keck to Today. The exhibition is open February 5 through May 29, 2022 within the museum’s galleries, with an accompanying light-based installation by Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy within the museum’s historic McCormick House.

Ballet Dance Winter 2022

Alvin Ailey to Mark Triumphant Return to Chicago

February 12, 2022 Fred Cummings Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Auditorium Theatre

Much like the leaves that begin to bud on the trees in Millennium Park and the post-work sunsets commuters enjoy along the Eisenhower, Alvin Ailey’s yearly residency in the historic Auditorium Theater is like one of nature’s reminders that spring has sprung here in Chicago. But for the first time in half a century, in 2021, the elegance of Alvin Ailey dancers did not grace the Auditorium’s stage and audiences have felt the absence. The pandemic has caused us to miss a log of the culture we take for granted in this great city. But for many, it has also caused them to appreciate it all the more.

Theater

TimeLine Theatre Set to Premiere Relentless Set in the Black Victorian Age

January 3, 2022 Oscar Peterson Timeline Theatre

Chicago playwright and TimeLine Theatre company member Tyla Abercrumbie weaves a mother’s past with her daughters’ present in Relentless, a centuries-spanning tale of family, legacy, and progress set in the Black Victorian age, receiving its world premiere after a nearly two-year delay. The new work was developed through the company’s Playwrights Collective and now serves as the first production in TimeLine’s 25th Anniversary season.

Museums

Morton Arboretum Celebrates 100th Year Anniversary with Human+Nature Exhibition

December 7, 2021 Isaac Jacobs The Morton Arboretum

um is kicking off its 100th anniversary year by announcing the extension of its popular Human+Nature exhibition through March 2023, and the addition in May of two new large-scale sculptures and a commemorative centennial sculpture by artist Daniel Popper.