Join us for both a celebration and examination of artmaking and work often relegated and dismissed as “BAD” by audiences and/or the establishment. Black Velvet Paintings. Camp Cinema. Pop Music. The tensions between High Brow and Low Brow. Art and...

The Library’s ARTIVISM project is currently seeking student, staff, faculty, and alumni curators for upcoming exhibitions in our dedicated ARTIVISM gallery space on the Library’s 5th Floor. ARTIVISM  explores the intersections of political action and creative work across genre. ...

Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance Queer X Design: 50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos, and Graphic Art of LGBTQ Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America...

A selection of books and e-books devoted to art and social justice. Inclusive Equality: A Vision for Social Justice Culturally Relevant Arts Education for Social Justice: A Way Out of No Way Staging Social Justice: Collaborating to Create Activist...

  Attention! Visual artists, writers, designers, composers, & other creatives!   Apply for our Library Artist- in-Residence Program! We offer a secured studio with unlimited access during Library hours, as well as exhibition, collaboration, and promotional opportunities. Come be...

This spring, we are celebrating our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Visit cccurbanlegends.blogspot.com for more details… Textual Deceptions: False Memoirs and Literary Hoaxes in the...

This spring, we are celebrating our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Visit cccurbanlegends.blogspot.com for more details… Abominable Science: The Origins of the Yeti,...

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Library gives you access to many books, e-books, and articles on various aspects of Sexual Assault Awareness. Policing Sexual Assualt The Violence of Care: Rape Victims, Forensic Nurses, and Sexual Assault Intervention...

This spring, we are celebrating our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Check out some titles available at the library that Chicago’s own legends...