Sustaining Fellows are privileged to visit great collections of the United States and abroad with an eminent Art Institute curator or scholar. Upon availability, Douglas Druick, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute, may also accompany a Sustaining Fellows trip. Limited to a select group of participants, these highly customized travel opportunities include visits to private collections, specially guided tours, and behind-the-scenes experiences in museums and other places of importance and interest in the world of art. Sustaining Fellows travel programs strive to provide five-star service with a strong educational and cultural component, allowing travelers to further their knowledge and enhance their relationship with the Art Institute of Chicago.

Upcoming travel:

A Window on the West: Santa Fe
July 28–August 2, 2012
Led by Judith Barter, Field-McCormick Chair and Curator, Department of American Art, this special trip to one the world’s greatest centers for visual and performing arts includes a day immersed in the world of Georgia O’Keeffe, a day trip to Taos, a visit to the Santa Fe Opera, and stops at several museums and galleries including the Museum of International Folk Art.

Paris: Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity
October 9–15 OR October 16–22, 2012
Gloria Groom, David and Mary Winton Green Curator of 19th-Century European Painting and Sculpture, Department of Medieval through Modern European Painting and Sculpture, leads this trip to the City of Light featuring tours of the exhibition Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity before its Art Institute debut in summer 2013.

For more information regarding Sustaining Fellows travel opportunities, contact Natasha Stevens, Sustaining Fellows travel coordinator, at (312) 443-3131 or nstevens@artic.edu.