We had a fantastic time at the 8th annual Media Mixer on May 9 and are absolutely thrilled with the incredible work produced by this year’s artists! Thanks to everyone who came and participated! If you couldn’t make it (or if you want to watch the work again!), we now have two of the pieces available […]
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Out of the Vault: The Somersaulter-Moats & Somersaulter Super Premiere Film Event!
June 16, 2019 – 6:05 pm
A selection of animated work by JP Somersaulter, Lillian Somersaulter Moats, and Michael Moats that showcases their interest in the creative process, storytelling, and the darkest recesses of the human mind.
2019 CFA Media Mixer!
May 10, 2019 – 5:03 pm
Come see the premiere of three new works created by Chicago-based artists using footage from the Chicago Film Archives collection!
Out of the Vault: How We Work
April 28, 2019 – 5:37 pm
This selection of films explores the struggles and hopes of women in the 1970s and 1980s as they reflect on the relationship between power, gender, and labor in their working lives.
The Morrison-Shearer Foundation gifts their dance media collection to Chicago Film Archives
April 26, 2019 – 11:06 am
Sybil Shearer performing in Early Northbrook (circa 1956) Chicago Film Archives is enormously pleased to announce the gifting of the Morrison-Shearer Foundation dance media collection to CFA. Our relationship with the Trustees and staff at the Foundation has been lengthy and has deepened considerably over the past ten years. Our combined inquiry, research, conservation work […]
CFA Media Mixer 2019: Meet this Year’s Artists
April 7, 2019 – 4:57 pm
We’re so thrilled to announce the amazing lineup of artists participating in this year’s CFA Media Mixer event. Now in its eighth year (!!!), the Media Mixer has grown to be one of CFA’s most anticipated and exciting public programs. The project began in 2012 as a way to open up our vault of archival […]
Citizen with Camera: South Side Civic Engagement Through Home Movies
April 7, 2019 – 2:07 pm
Join CFA & the South Side Home Movie Project for an afternoon filled with DIY film preservation tips and home movies celebrating the residents and filmmakers of Chicago’s South Side.
2019 Benefit with Tom Palazzolo & Rick Kogan
March 23, 2019 – 10:33 am
You are cordially invited to the Chicago Film Archives’ annual benefit at The Carlyle Ballroom on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.
Out of the Vault: Funny You Should Mention…
February 24, 2019 – 5:09 pm
A selection of short films by Robert Flaxman and Don Klugman that capture a unique moment in Chicago’s history in which the music, comedy, and independent filmmaking scenes overlapped.
Body + Camera 2019: The Un/Certain Body
January 27, 2019 – 12:35 pm
CFA has programmed a selection of films from our collections that will screen as part of Mana Contemporary’s Body + Camera festival.
A look back at CFA’s public programs in 2018
December 21, 2018 – 4:45 pm
International Media Mixer programs in Italy and at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park; American Revolution 2 preservation premiere; Out of the Vault screening series at Chicago Filmmakers
Up is Down: Mid-century Experiments in Advertising and Film at the Goldsholl Studio
December 9, 2018 – 4:51 pm
An exhibition featuring work by Morton and Millie Goldsholl and Goldsholl Design Associates at the Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University.
Designed to be Seen – Form and Function: The Legacy of the Institute of Design
December 5, 2018 – 2:18 pm
Designed to be Seen is part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art exploring Chicago’s art and design legacy, with presenting partner The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2 screening and panel discussion at Rebuild Foundation – Stony Island Arts Bank
December 1, 2018 – 10:39 am
This special presentation of AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2 will be followed by a panel discussion with Henry “Poison” Gaddis, Mike James, Hy Thurman, and Jakobi Williams.
Designed to be Seen – Creative Broadcast: Communication, Commercials, and Advertising
November 28, 2018 – 1:39 pm
Designed to be Seen is part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art exploring Chicago’s art and design legacy, with presenting partner The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.