Post by Chris Wolfe on Apr 6, 2005 17:06:41 GMT -5
CHRIS WOLFE
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
When walking down Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, one can expect eat at eclectic restaurants, relax in Grant Park or even visit the world’s largest Crate & Barrel store, but who would have thought they could visit one of the country’s best photography museums? The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago is located right in downtown Chicago’s Loop, one of the country’s largest concentration of retail, food, institutional and civic establishments.
Just 300 miles west of Cleveland, Chicago is one of the country’s largest metropolises, home to nine million people. Chicago is home to one of America’s most amazing beaches and greenspace throughout downtown.
In the heart of downtown at Chicago’s Columbia College is the Museum of Contemporary Photography. With a collection of 7000 works from 900 American photographers, the MoCP has one of America’s greatest collections on 20th century photography.
The museum was founded in 1984 by Columbia College, based on the 1976 Chicago Center for Photography. Over the past 30 years, the museum has grown to become the Midwest’s leading photography museum.
The museum works with Chicagoland area schools to help promote The Arts and to discover new talent. They are a part of the Midwest Photographers Project, which helps contemporary artists of the Midwest. The MPP supports artist that help manifest the culture of the Midwest.
The MoCP also offers educational programs to the public, students and school groups. The classes offer a led tour through the
museum, viewings of the collections, gallery discussions and more.
The MoCP will be opening two new exhibits featuring Lee Friedlander on Saturday, 12 March. The two exhibits, entitled “At Work” and “Sticks and Stones: Architectural America” will close 14 May.
The first exhibit included Friedlander traveling to numerous companies across the nation, including one in Canton, to photograph America at work. He went everywhere from manufacturing shops to computer assembly plants, with no idea of what to expect, just knowing that he wanted to take amazing photographs. His tour started in the 1970s, and was published as a catalog in 2002.
The second exhibit is his most recent, published in 2004. “Sticks and Stones” also involved Friedlander traveling cross-country to search interesting patterns in architecture that will make the viewer wonder more about the print because of the layers that are included. He
describes what the exhibit is about by saying, “Architecture, or maybe more accurately, architecture of the picture.”
Along with the two exhibits, the MoCP will be hosting numerous discussions and events related to the exhibits. On 22 March, Columbia College will present “Stories at Work,” a compilation of stories written by students after viewing pieces from the “At Work” series. From 10 May to 13 May, the MoCP will host over 200 works from Chicago Public School students. The works include stories and photographs from a museum-sponsored program.
The most recent exhibit at the MoCP was “Manufactured Self,” which hosted thirteen photographers from across the globe. The exhibit showed how people live, from where we shop and dine to what we do in our own living rooms. The exhibit closed on 4 March.
Also recently at the museum was “Open House,” an exhibit by Susan Carr and Jessica Rowe. The exhibit was sponsored in part by the Midwest Photography Project. The exhibit was similar to the “Manufactured Self” exhibit as in they both portrayed the lifestyle of people across the world. The only difference is that “Open House” shows “proper” style whereas “Manufactured Self” shows us in our true form.
Throughout Chicagoland are over 100 museums from the Art Institute of Chicago to the John Shedd Aquarium to the Oriental Institute Museum. The tourist can also find the Du Sable Museum of African-American History, the Chicago Historical Society, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Harold Washington Library Center, the largest municipal library building in the United States.
Transportation to Chicago is extremely easy, and can be completed within a day. Chicago is only a one hour plane ride, and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport offers direct service to either of Chicago’s two airports, O’Hare International or Midway International, for a relatively cheap amount. Chicago is also a six-hour car ride via Interstate 80/90/Ohio Turnpike. Amtrak offers service to the Chicago area through the Greater Cleveland Amtrak stations.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography is located at Columbia College Chicago, at 600 South Michigan Ave, between Harrison & Balbo Streets. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. The museum is open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is free to the entire 7,662 square foot museum.
As Jessica Jahner, Development and Communications Manager for the MoCP, said, “The Museum of Contemporary Photography is an innovative forum for the creation, collection, and examination of photographically related images, objects and ideas.” It is time to explore what Chicagoland has to offer from every aspect—culturally, artistically, historically and more. With Spring Break just a few weeks away, a week-long trip to Chicago may be exactly what you need to feed that photographic urge that Cleveland just can’t satisfy. But be careful, a week is nowhere near enough time to see everything that Chicago has to offer, so be prepared for a return trip over the summer!
For more information about Chicago, visit Chicago.com. For information about the Museum of Contemporary of Photography, e-mail mocp@colum.edu, or visit the museum’s website at mocp.org.
E-mail this reporter at:
photoeditorcw@yahoo.com
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
When walking down Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, one can expect eat at eclectic restaurants, relax in Grant Park or even visit the world’s largest Crate & Barrel store, but who would have thought they could visit one of the country’s best photography museums? The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago is located right in downtown Chicago’s Loop, one of the country’s largest concentration of retail, food, institutional and civic establishments.
Just 300 miles west of Cleveland, Chicago is one of the country’s largest metropolises, home to nine million people. Chicago is home to one of America’s most amazing beaches and greenspace throughout downtown.
In the heart of downtown at Chicago’s Columbia College is the Museum of Contemporary Photography. With a collection of 7000 works from 900 American photographers, the MoCP has one of America’s greatest collections on 20th century photography.
The museum was founded in 1984 by Columbia College, based on the 1976 Chicago Center for Photography. Over the past 30 years, the museum has grown to become the Midwest’s leading photography museum.
The museum works with Chicagoland area schools to help promote The Arts and to discover new talent. They are a part of the Midwest Photographers Project, which helps contemporary artists of the Midwest. The MPP supports artist that help manifest the culture of the Midwest.
The MoCP also offers educational programs to the public, students and school groups. The classes offer a led tour through the
museum, viewings of the collections, gallery discussions and more.
The MoCP will be opening two new exhibits featuring Lee Friedlander on Saturday, 12 March. The two exhibits, entitled “At Work” and “Sticks and Stones: Architectural America” will close 14 May.
The first exhibit included Friedlander traveling to numerous companies across the nation, including one in Canton, to photograph America at work. He went everywhere from manufacturing shops to computer assembly plants, with no idea of what to expect, just knowing that he wanted to take amazing photographs. His tour started in the 1970s, and was published as a catalog in 2002.
The second exhibit is his most recent, published in 2004. “Sticks and Stones” also involved Friedlander traveling cross-country to search interesting patterns in architecture that will make the viewer wonder more about the print because of the layers that are included. He
describes what the exhibit is about by saying, “Architecture, or maybe more accurately, architecture of the picture.”
Along with the two exhibits, the MoCP will be hosting numerous discussions and events related to the exhibits. On 22 March, Columbia College will present “Stories at Work,” a compilation of stories written by students after viewing pieces from the “At Work” series. From 10 May to 13 May, the MoCP will host over 200 works from Chicago Public School students. The works include stories and photographs from a museum-sponsored program.
The most recent exhibit at the MoCP was “Manufactured Self,” which hosted thirteen photographers from across the globe. The exhibit showed how people live, from where we shop and dine to what we do in our own living rooms. The exhibit closed on 4 March.
Also recently at the museum was “Open House,” an exhibit by Susan Carr and Jessica Rowe. The exhibit was sponsored in part by the Midwest Photography Project. The exhibit was similar to the “Manufactured Self” exhibit as in they both portrayed the lifestyle of people across the world. The only difference is that “Open House” shows “proper” style whereas “Manufactured Self” shows us in our true form.
Throughout Chicagoland are over 100 museums from the Art Institute of Chicago to the John Shedd Aquarium to the Oriental Institute Museum. The tourist can also find the Du Sable Museum of African-American History, the Chicago Historical Society, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Harold Washington Library Center, the largest municipal library building in the United States.
Transportation to Chicago is extremely easy, and can be completed within a day. Chicago is only a one hour plane ride, and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport offers direct service to either of Chicago’s two airports, O’Hare International or Midway International, for a relatively cheap amount. Chicago is also a six-hour car ride via Interstate 80/90/Ohio Turnpike. Amtrak offers service to the Chicago area through the Greater Cleveland Amtrak stations.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography is located at Columbia College Chicago, at 600 South Michigan Ave, between Harrison & Balbo Streets. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. The museum is open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is free to the entire 7,662 square foot museum.
As Jessica Jahner, Development and Communications Manager for the MoCP, said, “The Museum of Contemporary Photography is an innovative forum for the creation, collection, and examination of photographically related images, objects and ideas.” It is time to explore what Chicagoland has to offer from every aspect—culturally, artistically, historically and more. With Spring Break just a few weeks away, a week-long trip to Chicago may be exactly what you need to feed that photographic urge that Cleveland just can’t satisfy. But be careful, a week is nowhere near enough time to see everything that Chicago has to offer, so be prepared for a return trip over the summer!
For more information about Chicago, visit Chicago.com. For information about the Museum of Contemporary of Photography, e-mail mocp@colum.edu, or visit the museum’s website at mocp.org.
E-mail this reporter at:
photoeditorcw@yahoo.com