{program_image_alt Tours Member-Only

The Stony Island Arts Bank

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Members and their guests are invited to visit The Stony Island Arts Bank, a hybrid gallery, media archive, library and community center – designed by William Gibbons Uffendell and built in 1923.

The Arts Bank collections include:

  • Johnson Publishing Archive + Collections: books and periodicals donated by the Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazine
  • University of Chicago Glass Lantern Slides: over 60,000 slides of art and architectural history from the Paleolithic to Modern eras
  • Edward J. Williams Collection: 4,000 objects of “negrobilia” – mass cultural objects and artifacts that feature stereotypical images of black people
  • Frankie Knuckles Records: “Godfather of House Music,” Frankie Knuckles’ vinyl collection


The morning will begin at The Driehaus Museum with a cup of coffee and pastry and include bus service to and from the Stony Island Arts Bank.

8:30 am
Coffee and Pastry

9:00 am
Bus departs for Stony Island Arts Bank

1:00 pm
Return to Driehaus Museum

Image: Courtesy of the Rebuild Foundation.

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