Upcoming Exhibits
The Endangered Species: A Visual Response to the Vanishing Black Man
Opens October 18, 2013
Against the backdrop of exquisite beauty, this show interrogates masculinity, sexuality, slavery, vanity, mental poverty and the futility of aspiration.
Beyond the Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges
Opens January 2, 2014
The coming together of two groups, each the object of exclusion and hatred -- The exhibit examines ongoing encounters between them as they navigated challenges of life in the segregated South.
Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Animation Art form Classic Cartoons of ‘70s
Opens July 13, 2014
The exhibition commemorates 40th anniversaries of 1970's Saturday Morning cartoons that featured positive Black characters for first time in history.
Legend and Legacy: Jean Baptiste Pointe
Opens June 1, 2014
The Afro-Frenchman Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable is best known as the founder of Chicago being the first non-Native American to establish a permanent settlement in the territory. Images of du Sable and his Potawatomi Indian wife named Kittahawa (DuSable gave her the Christian name Catherine), serve as guides through the highly tactile, interactive exhibition.