Past Programs & Events
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Recorded
Artist Talk: Sif Itona Westerberg in Conversation with Curator Stephanie Cristello
Recorded on February 16, 2024, 2024
Copenhagen-based artist Sif Itona Westerberg and curator Stephanie Cristello discuss the latest iteration of the Driehaus Museum’s contemporary art series, A Tale of Today || Sif Itona Westerberg:Twin Flame, Double Ruin.
Recorded
The Art of Architecture: Perspectives on Sullivan & Nickel Afternoon Session
This program was recorded on October 22, 2022, 2023
This day-long symposium explored important themes in the architecture of Louis Sullivan and the photography by Richard Nickel that documented the destruction of many of Adler & Sullivan’s most important Chicago buildings. The Art of Architecture: Perspectives on Sullivan & Nickel brought together experts to discuss topics as diverse as the power of photography, the neuroscience behind ornamentation, and the impact and benefits of preservation on the urban built environment.
Recorded
The Art of Architecture: Perspectives on Sullivan & Nickel Morning Session
This program was recorded on October 22, 2022, 2023
This day-long symposium explored important themes in the architecture of Louis Sullivan and the photography by Richard Nickel that documented the destruction of many of Adler & Sullivan’s most important Chicago buildings. The Art of Architecture: Perspectives on Sullivan & Nickel brought together experts to discuss topics as diverse as the power of photography, the neuroscience behind ornamentation, and the impact and benefits of preservation on the urban built environment.
Lecture Virtual Recorded
In Conversation with the Driehaus Museum’s A Tale of Today: Emerging Artist Fellows
Originally Presented on
Sunday, April 11, 2020, 2021
This virtual discussion will explore how the history and architecture of the Driehaus Museum inspired the works on view in the Fellowship’s pop-up exhibition as well as the key insights the Fellows have gained from their experience.
Lecture Exhibition Virtual Recorded
WATCH | Opening Day Virtual Panel Discussion - A Tale of Today: Nate Young and Mika Horibuchi
Originally Presented on
Saturday, September 26, 2020, 2020
Presented on the opening day of our exhibition A Tale of Today: Nate Young and Mika Horibuchi featuring the artists, exhibition curator, and three guest panelists.
Concert Virtual Recorded
WATCH | Live From the Drawing Room: The Art of Entertaining
Originally Presented on
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 2020
The Gilded Age raised the practice of entertaining at home to an art form. Join us for our next episode of “Live From the Drawing Room” for an evening of entertainment at the Nickerson Mansion.
Concert Virtual Recorded
WATCH | Live From the Drawing Room: The Transcendence of Form
Originally Presented on
Thursday, July 23, 2020, 2020
“The Transcendence of Form,” welcomes you back into the Nickerson Mansion for a musical evening focused on the late 19th-century Aesthetic Movement’s far reaching influence on design.
Virtual Recorded
WATCH | Virtual Story Time at the Museum: Exploring Architecture
Originally Presented on
Thursday, July 9, 2020, 2020
Join Miss Valerie and Miss Abby as we read a book and learn about architecture during the Gilded Age! We will also be building houses out of found objects.
Festivities Virtual Recorded
WATCH | Virtual Story Time at the Museum: Art Museum Etiquette and Origami
Originally Presented on
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 2020
Miss Valerie reads a book about visiting an art museum and the rules we all have to follow in order to enjoy the art. Miss Abby tells us a little bit about origami and shows us how to make some folded paper creations.
Concert Festivities Virtual Recorded
WATCH | Live From the Drawing Room: The Language of Flowers
Originally Presented on Thursday, June 18, 2020, 2020
Patrick Donley is back in the house for another episode of “Live From the Drawing Room,” our virtual events inspired by the variety shows of the 1940s and 50s.
Concert Virtual Recorded
WATCH | Live From the Drawing Room: Prime Time Gilded-Age Style
Originally Presented on Thursday, May 14, 2020, 2020
Allow the stunning interiors of the Driehaus Museum to once again transport you to another time and place - now, from the comfort of your own living room.
Exhibition Virtual Recorded
WATCH | Virtual Tour of Eternal Light: The Sacred Stained-Glass Window of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Originally Presented on
Friday, April 10, 2020, 2020
A virtual tour of our recent exhibition, Eternal Light: The Sacred Stained-Glass Windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany.