(g) Program is for Community Associates members and their guests.
(p) Program is open to the public.
Unless otherwise indicated, programs are for Community Associates members only.


Rising from the Ashes: Chicago's Rich Architectural Legacy (g)
September 11, 2008
Lectures by Margaret Farr
Light breakfast at Westmoreland Country Club
The Garden as Art: A Visit to the Morton Arboretum
September 23, 2008
Bus tour including lectures by Nancy Hart, former curator of prints and drawings, and Peggy Pelkonen, landscape architect and designer of the maze garden
Lunch in the Hawthorne Chestnut Room
Community Associates Research and Lecture Series (p)
October 11, 18; November 8, 15, 2008

Art Institute of Chicago

Overnight Trip to Splendid Springfield
October 21–22, 2008
Visit to the Lincoln Museum, Susan Dana Thomas house, Old State Capitol, First Presbyterian Church, and Lincoln's home
Bus trip arranged by About Tours
Accommodations at the Springfield Hilton
The Elephant in the Basement
November 14, 2008
Combined Community Associates program at the Art Institute
Lecture by John Himmelfarb, artist
Also a visit to Field Muesum's Aztec Empire collection with a lecture by Hilary Hansen, Field Museum Project Manager
Lunch at the Field Museum
Exhibition Overview of The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestries
December 11, 2008
Bus trip to the AIC with a lecture by Sarah Alvarez and a visit to the exhibit
Lunch in the Art Institute Board of Trustees Room
Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth
February 18, 2009
Bus trip to the AIC with a lecture by Margaret Farr visit to the exhibit
Lunch in the Stock Exchange Room
Stained Glass Jewels of Chicago
March 4, 2009
Bus trip with Rolf Achilles, curator of the Smith Museum of Stained Glass at Navy Pier, featuring stops at Temple Sholom, St. Joseph's Hospital CHapel, St. Stanislaus Kostka, and the Smith Museum
Lunch at the Arts Club of Chicago
Conception to Couture: Fashion in Chicago
April 2, 2009
Bus trip with visits to SAIC Fasion Resource Center, Maria Pinto's design studio, and the Chicago History Museum's Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures exhibit
Lunch at the Chicago History Museum with lecture by Timothy Long, curator of costumes
Art at Northwestern: A Visit to the Block Museum (g)
May 12, 2009
Docent-led tour of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum and sculpture garden



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