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DPAM puts focus on Chicago

Lacey Latch, Editor-in-Chief January 16, 2018

Art is a reflection of self and, by extension the society in which we live. That was clearer than ever before at the most recent art opening at the DePaul Art Museum on Jan. 11. The event was free and...

Photo courtesy of Lindsey Best

Blue Man Group celebrates 20 years

Carina Smith, Nation & World Editor October 9, 2017

Blue Man Group is celebrating 20 years of performing in Chicago this month with their usual high-energy and colorful performance that has drawn audiences nationwide to see the famous group. Blue Man Group...

Amanda Williams’ art piece a part of her painted house series, “Color(ed) Theory,” that is currently displayed at the MCA.  (Photo Courtesy of MCA Chicago)

Museum of Contemporary Art exhibit: Amanda Williams

Rachel Fernandez, Managing Editor September 11, 2017

Chicago may be buzzing with excitement over the Museum of Contemporary Art’s (MCA) featured Takashi Murakami exhibit, but just a floor below is a captivating installation featuring the work from local...

Students working on comic book project: "Light and Dark"

Students working on comic book project: “Light and Dark”

Daniel Reyes June 8, 2017

Sitting in the back of the Lincoln Park Student Center, near the windows that overlook the Father Egan statute, students at DePaul will overhear processes of creation being yelled aloud among a group of...

DePaul’s Visiting Designer Series hosts Tobias Frere-Jones

DePaul’s Visiting Designer Series hosts Tobias Frere-Jones

Kaitlyn Roberts May 22, 2017

DePaul’s Visiting Designer Series hosted “Talk: Text + Type,” established typeface designer, Tobias Frere-Jones Thursday evening. Frere-Jones is an award-winning typeface designer, Yale professor...

DePaul Art Museum exhibit explores AIDS pandemic

DePaul Art Museum exhibit explores AIDS pandemic

Charlene Haparimwi April 10, 2017

The story surrounding HIV/AIDS has new voices leading the conversation. With advances in medicine, the beginning deterioration of the horrific stigma, and the fact that HIV/AIDS is not viewed as a death...

“CHIDirects” give student artists a platform to perform

“CHIDirects” give student artists a platform to perform

Pat Mullane October 16, 2016

Every Wednesday evening on DePaul’s campus, dozens of students gather to promote and showcase their artistic talents.  Whether it be rap, poetry, dance and everything in between, the student run organization....

DePaul Art Museum explores Space and Place

DePaul Art Museum explores Space and Place

Rachel Mann September 18, 2016

Starting this month, the DePaul Art Museum, in partnership with the Peabody award-winning documentary series, will present a contemporary visual art show at their “On Space and Place” exhibit. The...

"Thinking of You" by Brian Calvin is a work of pen, ink, acrylic and watercolor on paper from 1994. This is one of the 114 works of art donated by Chuck Thurow to the DePaul Art Museum's permanent collection. (Photo Courtesy of DePaul Art Museum)

Art Collector Chuck Thurow donates 114 works by Chicago artists

Pat Mullane September 1, 2016

While the DePaul Art Museum remains closed for the next two weeks to install its upcoming contemporary art exhibit “On Space and Place,” a different set of artworks have also found their new home at...

Art fans flock to 'The Secret Birds' at DePaul Art Museum

Art fans flock to ‘The Secret Birds’ at DePaul Art Museum

Danielle Harris, Former news editor May 22, 2016

He’s a playwright, a painter and a poet, but in the new exhibit “The Secret Birds” at the DePaul Art Museum, Tony Fitzpatrick displays his talents as a collagist. Produced over the past five years,...

DePaul student sneaks into buildings as urban photographer

DePaul student sneaks into buildings as urban photographer

Joseph Lu May 1, 2016

For freshman Kyler “Ky” Lotte, a digital cinema student at DePaul, it simply started with a hashtag. As he snuck past a security guard in a parking garage near Adams Street, Lotte bolted for the...

DePaul professor balances advertising and freelance cartooning

DePaul professor balances advertising and freelance cartooning

Rachel Hinton April 3, 2016

When asked how he got his start as a cartoonist, Ken Krimstein, a professor in the College of Communication, started with how, when he was little, he loved to draw. His house, always full of art supplies...

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