Category: archives
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Project 2 Exhibition – 2nd Floor East
Columbia College Project 2: 1972 When Columbia was located at 540 North Lake Shore Drive, the Project series, a portfolio of photographs taken by college faculty and students had been compiled annually and made available for purchase. This exhibit represents the second collection of the series, reproduced for display. The first compilation in the Columbia…
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Jane Alexandroff: Celebrating Columbia’s History – 2nd floor Exhibit
Jane Alexandroff was a vital part of the Columbia College community for nearly 40 years. She worked at the College, was the wife of president Mike Alexandroff, and founded Chicago Artists Abroad, a granting agency designed to support Chicago artists performing and exhibiting outside of the United States. Exhibit runs through May 2013Columbia College Chicago…
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Bill Russo Concert Posters – 1st Floor Exhibit
Bill Russo founded and directed Columbia College’s Center for New Music in 1965. Russo also formed the Russo Orchestra (later known as the London Jazz Orchestra), the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, the Chicago Free Theater, and composed operas for the BBC, among many other accomplishments. Exhibit runs through May 2013Columbia College Chicago Library624 S. Michigan Ave. 1st…
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Chicago Journalists Association Illustrations
Title: Chicago Journalists Association: Early 20th Century IllustrationsLocation: Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd floor eastContact: CADC (cadc@colum.edu ) Dates: Jan 23 through May 5, 2012 Come view selected political cartoons and illustrations from the Chicago Journalists Association collection, most on display for the first time in nearly thirty years. Chicago Journalists Association is a…
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Exhibit: Travelling with John Fischetti
Title: Travelling with John FischettiLocation: Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd floor eastContact: CADC (cadc@colum.edu )Dates: Jan 17 through May 5, 2012 John Fischetti, the Pulitzer-prize winning political cartoonist and syndicated cartoonist, is best known for his editorial cartoon work. Come see a very different view of John Fischetti’s work: travel sketches from trips to…
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ANC 100th Anniversary Exhibit
TITLE: Freedom & Justice: The 100th Anniversary of the African National Congress Contact: CADC(cadc@colum.edu)DATES: January 13 through May 5, 2012LOCATION: Library, 1st floor, 624 S. Michigan Ave. In concert with this year’s Critical Encounters theme of Rights, Radicals, and Revolutionaries, this exhibit “Freedom & Justice: The 100th Anniversary of the African National Congress” celebrates the…
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Phi Sigma: The Voice Exhibit
Title: Phi Sigma: The Voice Location: Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd floor west Contact:CADC (cadc@colum.edu) Dates: Jan 17 through May 5, 2012 Learn about Phi Sigma, a public-speaking group established in Chicago in 1878, the oldest, continuously running organization of its kind in Illinois. View covers from its publication the “Voice” created and designed…
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20th Century Cover Design Exhibit
Twentieth Century Cover DesignsSeptember 19 – December 23 Stop by the Library’s 3rd floor to view plates from this book arranged & printed by Victor H. and Ernest L. Briggs and published in 1902. The book is held in Special Collections, a unit of the Library that collects, preserves, and provides access to unique, rare,…
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Paper Clips & Paper Fasteners Exhibit
Keeping It Together: Paper Clips & Paper FastenersSeptember 19 – December 23 Take a moment to honor the paper clip on the Library’s second floor. The exhibit includes images of distinctive fasteners from the 19th and 20th centuries, removed during the processing of archival collections. Acquaint yourself with each paper clip’s distinctive shape and discover…
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Veterans Administration Exhibit
Veterans Administration Research and Guidance Center at Columbia College Exhibit Library, 2nd Floor August 10th – December 23, 2011 After World War II, Columbia College was an important education center for the Veteran Administration. The GI Bill had far reaching effects at the College that still resonate today. The display features material from the time…