BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//International Museum of Surgical Science - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:International Museum of Surgical Science X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://imss.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for International Museum of Surgical Science REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250516T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250516T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250316T233547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250517T005032Z UID:62676-1747418400-1747425600@imss.org SUMMARY:Jenny Chernansky/Penny Cagney: Under The Skin Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exhibit by Chicago-based artists Jenny Chernasky and Penny Cagney\n\n\nUnder the Skin\nBy Jenny Chernansky & Penny Cagney\n \nOpening Reception\nMay 16th\, 6:00pm-8:00pmFree with RSVP\n\n\n\nIn ‘Under the Skin’ Penny Cagney and Jenny Chernansky delve into the connections between our inner states of mind and their physical manifestation in the outer layers of skin–the critical barrier between our vulnerable interiors and threats from the outside. \n\n\n\nAbout the Artists: \nHaving Slovak roots while growing up in Chicago and many years in New Orleans\, Jenny Chernansky’s work embodies the dual nature of the feminine experience\, embracing how the past may be reinterpreted to bring a new look at the narrative that has held a long shadow over our modern culture. Award winning photographer and painter\, Jenny Chernansky’swork has been shown nationally and internationally. Jenny has received numerous Juror’s choice and honorable mention awards\, been featured in several interviews\, articles\, online and printed publications\, as well as the R.K. Mitchell Award for Excellence while attending the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. Jenny received her BA from Columbia College Chicago and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \n \n\n\n\nPenny Cagney was born\, raised and educated in Chicagoland. She received her BFA magna cum laude from Loyola University\, a MA from Columbia College\, and in 2021\, a MFA in studio arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Cagney also taught graduate arts administration at Columbia College and SAIC. She now divides her time between Tempe\, AZ and Santa Cruz\, CA. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. URL:https://imss.org/program/jenny-chernansky-penelope-cagney-under-the-skin-gallery-opening/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/c32380c835689853606f9766435ef48b-AqClkX.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250525T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250525T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250130T021146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250525T205105Z UID:60840-1748181600-1748188800@imss.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Kintsugi For Beginners DESCRIPTION:Join us for an introductory Kintsugi workshop led by Mami Takahashi!\n\n\nKintsugi Workshop for Beginners\nwith Mami Takahashi\nMay 25\, 2025\n2:00pm – 4:00pm\n \nKintsugi is a traditional Japanese Urushi (lacquer)-based craft in which gold is used to repair broken ceramics. The practice of Kintsugi highlights the break rather than erasing it and emphasizes that the break is what makes the ceramics more valuable. \nIn this beginner’s workshop\, participants will learn the basic and simplified version of Kintsugi process on a small porcelain plate to understand the fundamentals of this process. All materials including adhesives in the workshop will be food-safe. We will also use an artificial Urushi (the natural resin/glue collected from the lacquer tree) sap for this beginner’s class\, which is safe to touch without allergy reactions. \nPlease note that in the “Kintsugi for Beginners” workshop\, epoxy putty will be used in addition to the ceramic glue. These materials may make the students’ fingers sticky\, and some remnants of epoxy might also stay on their fingers for a few days. Finger covers will be provided for student use\, but often\, that makes working with these materials a bit difficult. \n“Kintsugi is based on the philosophy that breakage and repair are something to celebrate – embracing flaws and imperfections creates a stronger and more beautiful piece of art. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing what feels broken\, we become more unique\, beautiful\, and resilient. Kintsugi can be a way to reframe personal challenges. Reminding us that we’re not victims of our circumstances. Showing us that we can come out on the other side stronger.” — Here is a quote about Kintsugi from Linda Muller\, a certified life coach. \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques. URL:https://imss.org/program/workshop-kintsugi-for-beginners-6/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ec279c09e1d2e298b212a30d151f9109-K7wqrc.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250528T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250528T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250329T165041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T010523Z UID:63185-1748460600-1748466000@imss.org SUMMARY:Performance: Pleiades at IMSS DESCRIPTION:For one night only\, Pleiades Series takes over IMSS\, awakening it into a living\, breathing house of performance.\n\n\nPerformance – Pleiades at IMSS\n\nMay 28\, 2025\n7:30-9:00pm\nDoors at 7:00pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nFor one night only\, Pleiades Series takes over the International Museum of Surgical Sciences\, awakening it into a living\, breathing house of performance. \nAs the night unfolds\, you’ll drift through the museum’s shadowed corridors encountering spectral performances and hypnotic soundscapes. And just when it all seems to end… a secret dance party awaits in the depths of the museum… \nCo-curated with Caroline Jesalva\, this night features: \n\nTina LeFauve and Sara Zalek\nCarol Genetti\nGrace DeVies\nsulffffffur\n\n \nDon’t miss out on this night! \n\n\nAbout the Pleiades Series: \nPleiades is a monthly performance series dedicated to celebrating femme\, trans\, and nonbinary artists. With a dual mission to amplify the visibility of these performers and foster connections among improvisers from diverse backgrounds\, Pleiades creates a welcoming and dynamic space for artistic exploration and collaboration. \nEach event begins with curated performances that reflect a wide spectrum of genres and styles\, encompassing sound art\, punk\, improvisation\, noise\, and more. The second half of the evening is devoted to a free improvisation jam session\, open to all femme\, trans\, nonbinary\, and genderfluid performers—including musicians\, movers\, poets\, spoken word artists\, and other creatives. \nBy bringing together artists from varied traditions and practices\, Pleiades embodies a spirit of inclusivity and creative exchange that strengthens and uplifts the community. \nCheck out the Pleiades Series Instagram Page for show updates! URL:https://imss.org/program/performance-pleiades-at-imss/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/faeb622c55d806f6594f89ac6c999410-G1sFmU.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250329T015135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T005013Z UID:63163-1748631600-1748638800@imss.org SUMMARY:Performance & Pop-Up: Narratives of Flesh DESCRIPTION:Genevieve Ramos and Gretchen Hasse present an evening of art and performance about inhabiting imperfect bodies and minds.\n\n\nPerformance: Narratives of Flesh\n\nMay 30\, 2025\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nMedicine and surgery can be life saving\, but the imperfections remain. The human experience is full of nuance. Everything about humans emanates from the flesh\, and all of our bodies and minds are atypical. Why do we strive to be typical? How can the narratives of our flesh bring acceptance and solidarity? \n \nJoin us for a performance and pop up art show centering the body\, its ills\, and triumphs. \n\n\nPerformance by: \n\nGretchen Hasse\nMatt Bodett\nRachel Singer\nRobby Lee Williams\n\nArt by: \n\nGenevieve Ramos\nMelissa Simo\nMothra Liddel\nGretchen Hasse\nWhitney Wasson\nMeredith Thomas\nMichael Abcede\nAndrea Kaspryk\nGretchen Hasse\nMike Triplett\nConnie Gao\nAtticus Ibarra\nAllison Carol Schmocker\nZelene Sanchez URL:https://imss.org/program/performance-the-cursed-flesh/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/80f3af820fd5c9d35ffacbf32864964e-EAsffT.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250531T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250531T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250307T225055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T215025Z UID:62306-1748685600-1748710800@imss.org SUMMARY:Civil War Days DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special presentation by the 17th Corps Field Hospital for informative sessions on historical surgical practices!\n\n\nSurgeons of the Civil War:Surgery & Medicine from 1861-1865\nMay 31-June 1\, 2025\n\n\nJoin us on May 31st and June 1st for a special IMSS event! We are excited to welcome back the 17th Corps Field Hospital for two days of demonstrations and displays aimed at sharing the realities of surgery and medicine during the American Civil War. \n(Please note the schedule of demonstrations is subject to change) \n\n\n\nThe day will feature… \n\nA “Touch Table” where Museum-goers will be able to pickup and hold historical items. \nWeather instruments! Surgeons of the Civil War often moonlighted as meteorologists.\nA display of surgical instruments from 1860-1865\nDisplays of Civil War era medicine where you can discuss the efficacy of period concoctions with the pharmacist. \nAn undertaker who will share the instruments needed for embalming – and he’ll bring along his origninal cooling table too!\n\n \n\n\nAdmission \nWe’re offering special rates for this event! Admission costs cover your entire visit to the Museum – come for the Civil War Era surgery\, stay for the x-rays and more! \nEarly Bird Sales (Ends 6/1/2025 at 4pm): \n$20 – GA \n$15 – Students\, Seniors\, Military & Educators (Valid ID will be requested at check-in) \n$13 – Children \nFamily Early Bird Special Package – $55 for a family of two adults and up to 3 children! \n— \nAdmission at Door: \n$25 – GA \n$18 – Students\, Seniors\, Military & Educators (Valid ID will be requested at check-in) \n$15 – Children URL:https://imss.org/program/surgeons-of-the-civil-war-surgery-medicine-from-1861-1865/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/eea458d05f2532ec5d44c836bc94ef92-Q9UozC.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250601T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250601T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250307T225057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T203518Z UID:62308-1748772000-1748797200@imss.org SUMMARY:Civil War Days DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special presentation by the 17th Corps Field Hospital for informative sessions on historical surgical practices!\n\n\nSurgeons of the Civil War:Surgery & Medicine from 1861-1865\nMay 31-June 1\, 2025\n\n\nJoin us on May 31st and June 1st for a special IMSS event! We are excited to welcome back the 17th Corps Field Hospital for two days of demonstrations and displays aimed at sharing the realities of surgery and medicine during the American Civil War. \n(Please note the schedule of demonstrations is subject to change) \n\n\n\nThe day will feature… \n\nA “Touch Table” where Museum-goers will be able to pickup and hold historical items. \nWeather instruments! Surgeons of the Civil War often moonlighted as meteorologists.\nA display of surgical instruments from 1860-1865\nDisplays of Civil War era medicine where you can discuss the efficacy of period concoctions with the pharmacist. \nAn undertaker who will share the instruments needed for embalming – and he’ll bring along his origninal cooling table too!\n\n \n\n\nAdmission \nWe’re offering special rates for this event! Admission costs cover your entire visit to the Museum – come for the Civil War Era surgery\, stay for the x-rays and more! \nEarly Bird Sales (Ends 6/1/2025 at 4pm): \n$20 – GA \n$15 – Students\, Seniors\, Military & Educators (Valid ID will be requested at check-in) \n$13 – Children \nFamily Early Bird Special Package – $55 for a family of two adults and up to 3 children! \n— \nAdmission at Door: \n$25 – GA \n$18 – Students\, Seniors\, Military & Educators (Valid ID will be requested at check-in) \n$15 – Children URL:https://imss.org/program/surgeons-of-the-civil-war-surgery-medicine-from-1861-1865-2/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/eea458d05f2532ec5d44c836bc94ef92-Q9UozC.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250619T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250619T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250612T162233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T150809Z UID:66023-1750359600-1750366800@imss.org SUMMARY:Film Screening: Stan Brakhage's Pittsburgh Trilogy\, Presented by Tone Glow DESCRIPTION:Tone Glow is excited to announce a special screening of Stan Brakhage’s Pittsburgh Trilogy at IMSS!\n\n\nTone Glow Presents Stan Brakhage’s Pittsburgh Trilogy\n \nJune 19th\, 7:00pm-9:00pm\n \nTickets: \n$15 GA Presale \n$10 Student Presale (Use code STUDENT at checkout) \n$10 IMSS Member Presale (Use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout) \n–$20 at Door \n$15 Student at Door \n$15 IMSS Member at Door \n\n\nTone Glow is excited to announce a special screening of Stan Brakhage’s Pittsburgh Trilogy\, a collection of films by the American avant-garde filmmaker that is centered around civic institutions and spaces\, including policing (Eyes)\, a hospital (Deus Ex)\, and a morgue (The Act of Seeing With One’s Own Eyes). Created in the early 1970s\, these works are removed from the abstract\, symbolic\, and interior worlds that define much of the filmmaker’s practice and are instead documentaries that depict what he called “outerscapes.” Incisive and unsparing\, these films provide a look into different professions that were\, at the time in America\, rarely filmed at such length and in close proximity\, especially by an experimental filmmaker. \n \nBrakhage has noted that Eyes was screened by the Black Panthers in Chicago as a way “to show what pigs the police are” but also by cops themselves\, as they thought it revealed them to be “kind and gentle.” Deus Ex was inspired by the many experiences Brakhage had while ill at hospitals\, including one incident where he\, in an emergency room\, held himself together by reading Charles Olson’s “Cole’s Island” from a 1965 issue of Chicago’s Poetry magazine. The Act of Seeing With One’s Own Eyes was filmed at the Allegheny Coroner’s Office in downtown Pittsburgh\, and utilizes an aesthetic structure meant to help viewers “accept what they’re shown\, so they can continue to watch.” While it was a difficult film for Brakhage to make\, he stated that it also shows that “there are wondrous landscapes inside body\, and it’s a terrain that\, yes\, we need to see.” \n \nThe films in the program will be screened on 16mm prints courtesy of Canyon Cinema. These works feature graphic images of blood\, viscera\, death\, open-heart surgery\, and autopsy. Viewer discretion is advised. Thank you to Ben Creech for projecting the films. \n \n\n\nProgram: \n1. Eyes (1970\, color\, silent\, 33 mins) \n2. Deus Ex (1971\, color\, silent\, 35 mins) \n3. The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes (1971\, color\, silent\, 32 mins) \nTotal Runtime = 100 mins \n \n\n\n\nStan Brakhage (1933-2003) is one of the most important and influential figures in the history of avant-garde film. With hundreds of films to his name\, Brakhage utilized a variety of techniques—from contact printing to painting directly on to celluloid—that would explore “birth\, sex\, death\, and the search for God.” His films eschewed traditional narrative and rarely contained soundtracks\, opting instead for visceral viewing experiences that highlighted the richness and infinitude of the foundational elements of cinema. Brakhage taught film history at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1969-1976. \n \nTone Glow is a publication dedicated to avant-garde music and film founded by Joshua Minsoo Kim. Alongside interviews and criticism\, Tone Glow hosts film screenings around Chicago. URL:https://imss.org/program/film-screening-stan-brakhages-pittsburgh-trilogy-presented-by-tone-glow/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/40278f829f0aff2baaef313932172889-p3xgK1.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250620T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250620T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250612T162235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T150811Z UID:66025-1750442400-1750449600@imss.org SUMMARY:Rachel Mindrup: Neurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3\,000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening reception of a new exhibit by Rachel Mindrup documenting the life experiences of Ashok Shrestha.\n\n\nNeurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3\,000: Ashok Shrestha’s Transformation\nBy Rachel Mindrup\n \nOpening Reception\nJune 20th\, 6:00pm-8:00pmFree with RSVP\n\n\n\nNeurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3\,000: Ashok Shrestha’s Transformation is a powerful exhibition featuring nine works of printmaking\, drawing\, and painting by artist Rachel Mindrup\, chronicling the medical journey and personal resilience of Ashok Shrestha\, a young man from Nepal living with neurofibromatosis (NF)—a genetic disorder that causes tumors to form on nerve tissue. \n \nIn 2016\, Ashok began fundraising to travel to the U.S. for life-altering surgery after NF caused significant facial disfigurement. He arrived in Chicago in late 2017 to undergo a series of complex procedures led by renowned reconstructive surgeon Dr. McKay McKinnon. These surgeries included cranial reconstruction and the placement of a prosthetic eye\, made possible by over $70\,000 in grassroots donations organized by Mindrup and community partners. \n \nMindrup\, an associate professor at Creighton University and the Richard L. Deming\, MD Endowed Chair in Medical Humanities\, met Ashok while exhibiting her NF awareness portraits in Nebraska. She has painted over 110 portraits as part of her ongoing series\, Many Faces of Neurofibromatosis\, using art to elevate stories\, raise awareness\, and foster empathy. \n \n“Portraits hold the power of earthly immortality. Through my work\, I aim to shift focus from genetic complications to individual identity. My son’s NF diagnosis inspired this series\, connecting me to a global community whose stories I now have the privilege to share through portraiture.” \n \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: \nRachel Mindrup is an associate professor of drawing and painting and the Richard L. Deming\, MD Endowed Chair in Medical Humanities at Creighton University. She received her BFA from the University of Nebraska – Kearney and then continued with atelier studies at the Art Academy of Los Angeles. She received her MFA from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Her current painting practice is about the study of the figure and portraiture in art and its relation to medicine\, healing and identity. Her son’s diagnosis has been the motivation behind her series of portraits “Many Faces of Neurofibromatosis (NF)”. She is currently painting someone with NF from all 50 states to bring to Washington D.C. when advocating for federal funding for NF research. \n \nMindrup’s work has been shown nationally and internationally including the Queens Museum in Queens\, NY\, University of Nebraska-Lincoln\, Omaha and Kearney campuses\, Georgia Regents University\, Vanderbilt University and Washington University Medical School. Her artwork is held in many private collections including those of Primatologist Jane Goodall and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. \n\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. URL:https://imss.org/program/rachel-mindrup-neurofibromatosis-and-a-portrait-of-1-in-3000/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a7ad884153a723f489318467b395682c-rlX5Gl.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250621T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250621T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250612T162255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T150828Z UID:66041-1750503600-1750510800@imss.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Body & Clay - A Workshop on Care and Connection DESCRIPTION:This hands-on workshop will explore care\, healing\, and connection through the tactile process of ceramic tile-making.\n\n\nBody & Clay – A Workshop on Care and Connection\nwith Mariposa Divina\nJune 21\, 2025\n11:00am – 1:00pm\n \n\n\nThis hands-on workshop will explore care\, healing\, and connection through the tactile process of ceramic tile-making. Held in the historic nursing classroom at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago\, the session invites reflection on how we care for ourselves\, for others\, and for the communities we’re part of.  \nSurrounded by the legacy of nursing and the human body\, students will illustrate and glaze a ceramic tile that holds personal meaning—a piece to keep or gift as an expression of care. \nNo prior ceramics experience is needed. Just bring your hands\, your curiosity\, and a willingness to engage. Feel free to bring any references and images you would like to render into clay. \n\n\nPlease Note:You will not be able to take your work home the same day as the workshop. Since it needs to be fired twice\, Pieces will be ready for pick up at IMSS two weeks after the workshop. If you are unable to pick it up\, it can be shipped to you\, there is a cost of $10 (an option to pre-select shipping is available at check-out). \n\n\n\nAbout the Instructor: Mariposa is an interdisciplinary artist and tradesperson who grew up in Tijuana B.C. Mexico and now lives and works in Chicago. Growing up in a borderland where multiple identities and realities converge\, they are naturally drawn to art as a medium for self-expression\, storytelling\, and resistance. Their path to art has been non-linear and rooted in the act of creating for survival\, liberation\, and empowerment. They studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed the Welding Program at Chicago Women in Trades. URL:https://imss.org/program/workshop-body-clay-a-workshop-on-care-and-connection/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/52872b6b1a6a7524dbac3620eb1adbae-JkCXuc.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250627T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250627T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250612T162238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T150813Z UID:66027-1751047200-1751054400@imss.org SUMMARY:Vanessa Damilola Macaulay: Breathing Race into the Machine DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of a new exhibit by Vanessa Damilola Macaulay that interrogates the racial logics encoded in medical instruments.\n\n\nBreathing Race into the Machine\nBy Vanessa Damilola Macaulay\nJune 27 – August 17\, 2025\n \nOpening Reception\nJune 27th\, 6:00pm-8:00pmFree with RSVP\n\n\n\nBreathing Race into the Machine interrogates the racial logics encoded in medical instruments\, not as corrupted deviations from a neutral standard but as systems deliberately engineered to encode inequality. Centering the spirometer\, a device used to measure lung capacity\, the exhibition reveals how this tool of clinical diagnosis doubled as a mechanism of racial classification. The spirometer\, developed in the 19th century\, helped forge and legitimise pseudoscientific claims that Black people had diminished lung capacity\, reinforcing myths of biological inferiority. These claims were not discarded with time; they have been absorbed into contemporary medical protocols\, algorithms\, and diagnostic thresholds. The racial bias encoded in the spirometer persists\, along with the ideology that justified it\, as an enduring fiction that pathologises Black breath while disguising power as science. \n \nIn this exhibition\, breath is not a symbol but a contested physiological threshold\, a racialised site of measurement and control. For Black people\, the reading of breath has long been made legible only to institutions of slavery and their afterlives in policing\, medicine\, environmental policy\, education\, and the carceral state\, where the simple act of breathing remains a site of surveillance\, suspicion\, and control. Rather than repair or redeem the spirometer\, Vanessa Damilola Macaulay unsettles its logic\, reimagining its function and offering a new grammar for how breath is measured\, heard\, and understood. Through sculpture\, sound\, performance and archival excavation\, she challenges the ways bodies are rendered measurable. Breathing Race into the Machine is not about outdated science; it is a powerful examination of how modern technologies continue to extract legibility from Black flesh while remaining fundamentally inadequate to comprehend the complexity of Black life in the US and beyond. \n \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: \nVanessa Damilola Macaulay\, a Black British artist based in Chicago\, works across performance\, video\, and photography to explore how creative strategies can centre Black life in ways that resist and reimagine systems of antiblackness. Each project takes a distinct form\, shaped by embodied inquiry and social urgency. Macaulay’s work\, grounded in Black feminist epistemologies and speculative modes of inquiry\, challenges inherited narratives and constructs new visual and performative languages for imagining Black life beyond survival. Recent works include This Way Up with Care\, a performance that examines the struggles associated with crossing borders\, and The Architect\, an immersive performance on a double-decker bus in London shown at the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival. Macaulay’s work has been featured in theatres\, exhibitions and residencies across the UK\, South Africa\, Europe\, and the U.S. \n \nLearn More: https://www.vanessamacaulay.com/ \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. URL:https://imss.org/program/vanessa-damilola-macaulay-breathing-race-into-the-machine/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ba767e1baddf9a1f7ad2e4a61b330e8d-uyQtyz.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250629T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250629T121500 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250508T143625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T150815Z UID:64603-1751192100-1751199300@imss.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Kintsugi For Beginners DESCRIPTION:Join us for an introductory Kintsugi workshop led by Mami Takahashi!\n\n\nKintsugi Workshop for Beginners\nwith Mami Takahashi\nJune 29\, 2025\n10:15am – 12:15pm\n \nKintsugi is a traditional Japanese Urushi (lacquer)-based craft in which gold is used to repair broken ceramics. The practice of Kintsugi highlights the break rather than erasing it and emphasizes that the break is what makes the ceramics more valuable. \nIn this beginner’s workshop\, participants will learn the basic and simplified version of Kintsugi process on a small porcelain plate to understand the fundamentals of this process. All materials including adhesives in the workshop will be food-safe. We will also use an artificial Urushi (the natural resin/glue collected from the lacquer tree) sap for this beginner’s class\, which is safe to touch without allergy reactions. \nPlease note that in the “Kintsugi for Beginners” workshop\, epoxy putty will be used in addition to the ceramic glue. These materials may make the students’ fingers sticky\, and some remnants of epoxy might also stay on their fingers for a few days. Finger covers will be provided for student use\, but often\, that makes working with these materials a bit difficult. \n“Kintsugi is based on the philosophy that breakage and repair are something to celebrate – embracing flaws and imperfections creates a stronger and more beautiful piece of art. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing what feels broken\, we become more unique\, beautiful\, and resilient. Kintsugi can be a way to reframe personal challenges. Reminding us that we’re not victims of our circumstances. Showing us that we can come out on the other side stronger.” — Here is a quote about Kintsugi from Linda Muller\, a certified life coach. \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques. URL:https://imss.org/program/workshop-kintsugi-for-beginners-7/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ec279c09e1d2e298b212a30d151f9109-K7wqrc.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250705T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250705T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250411T153441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T213115Z UID:63606-1751722200-1751733000@imss.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Ukiyo-e with Mami Takahashi DESCRIPTION:Delve into the historic art of Japanese woodblock printing with Takahashi Sensei!\n\n\nUkiyo-e Workshop\nwith Mami Takahashi\nJuly 5\, 2025\n1:30pm – 4:30pm\n \n$45 for Materials & Admission\n\nJoin us on July 5th at 1:30pm for a workshop instructing guests on the art of Ukiyo-e\, a traditional Japanese printmaking techniques that dates back to the 17th century.\n \n“From the earliest points in my artistic practice to the present\, I have always had an affection and an interest in the beauty and precision in traditional Japanese printmaking techniques\, and have at various times integrated the skills I learned from working with these techniques into my practices. \nThis introductory workshop introduces students to the processes of Japanese block printmaking focusing on inking and printing. In this one-time workshop\, participants will not curve\, but watch the demonstration of curving by the instructor\, then learn and work on the coloring and printing techniques.” – Mami Takahashi \n\n\n\nAbout the teaching artist: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques. URL:https://imss.org/program/workshop-ukiyo-e-with-mami-takahashi-2/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/128b5d70466ea6e192834e10a62f85a7-bMwVmh.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250710T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250710T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250612T162243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T010618Z UID:66032-1752174000-1752181200@imss.org SUMMARY:Show & Tell for Grown-Ups!: Historically Misinformed Medicine DESCRIPTION:Let’s have fun & learn something together!\n\n\nShow & Tell for Grown-Ups!\nHistorically Misinformed Medicine\nJuly 10\, 2025\nShow & Tell for Grown-Ups is a show for sharing niche curiosities. Our goal is to redefine what a night out with friends can mean. Let’s have fun & learn something together! \nAudiences has been asking for it and now we’re so honored & excited to partner with The International Museum of Surgical Science. We’re bringing this Show & Tell edutainment platform to this engaging museum so we can connect with more brilliant people wanting to share their knowledge with others. \nSign Up to Share! You don’t need a PHD to teach us at Show & Tell for Grown-Ups!Presenters can signup online for a 5-minute slot to share something their passionate about. Then we open Q&A with the audience. It’s a night of learning\, laughing\, and meeting other passionate people. We can’t wait to meet you! \nDo you have a passion for historical medical practices that you want to share with an inclusive and engaged audience? Signup to share at Show & Tell for Grown-Ups! \nPresenter signup: https://forms.office.com/r/gfMRYyRR7p \nWhat to learn more about Show & Tell for Grown-Ups? Check out their website www.tellmewhyshow.com or on instagram @tellmewhyitscool_show . \n\n\nAnd don’t forget – $5 discount code with an RSVP on the Pie app URL:https://imss.org/program/show-tell-for-grown-ups-historically-misinformed-medicine-2/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/8b8dec357112ab52dbd674672546cdb9-AHxSML.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250716T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250716T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250708T214950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250717T003631Z UID:66763-1752685200-1752696000@imss.org SUMMARY:IMSS 2nd Annual Art Fair DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 2nd Annual Art Fair to support local artists and for special after-hours Museum access!\n\nIMSS 2nd Annual Art Fair! \nJuly 16th\, 5:00pm-8:00pm \n\n\nTickets: \nFree with RSVP ($5 Suggested Donation) \n\n\nCelebrate local creativity at our 2nd Annual Art Fair on July 16th from 5:00–8:00 PM! Discover unique works by local artists\, shop one-of-a-kind pieces\, and enjoy special after-hours access to the Museum. It’s the perfect summer evening of art\, community\, and inspiration—don’t miss it\, RSVP today! \n\n\nArtists Include: \n\nAodan\nTBD Collective\nFontaine Scarelli\nCortney Makes Art!\nPolina Pechkova\nGeneva Bowers\nAshley Baranczyk\n\n\nProject Onward\nGabriel Chalfin-Piney-González\nHannah Graber\n\n\n\n\nWe’re excited to partner with Tom’s Travelin’ Coffee Truck for this event! Their truck will be parked onsite with coffee & other beverages available for purchase! URL:https://imss.org/program/imss-2nd-annual-art-fair/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f2f34f3d149e085dda54a622beddba14-v0WoRh.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250720T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250720T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250612T162246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250720T203531Z UID:66034-1753021800-1753029000@imss.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Japanese Papermaking DESCRIPTION:Explore the artistry of traditional Japanese paper-making with Human Body Watermarks\, led by artist Mami Takahashi.\n\n\nJapanese Papermaking Workshop for Beginners\nwith Mami Takahashi\nJuly 20\, 2025\n2:30pm – 4:30pm\n \nParticipants will make traditional Japanese paper\, called Washi\, with human body-themed watermarks at this paper-making workshop. Washi is typically made from Japanese Mulberry or Mitsumata wood bark. These barks are used daily in Japan\, and they include architectural elements like Shoji screens and folding fans. \nAll levels are welcome to enjoy this workshop! \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques. URL:https://imss.org/program/workshop-japanese-papermaking-4/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/28930088c2d18582eeb5c30cda271449-vZE9Fk.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250724T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250724T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250708T214954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T235213Z UID:66765-1753358400-1753383600@imss.org SUMMARY:Performance: Breathing Race Into the Machine DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special durational performance by the artist Vanessa Damilola Macaulay.\n\n\nBreathing Race into the Machine \nPerformance July 24th\, 12:00pm-7:00pm \nFree with RSVP \n \n\n\nExperience a compelling durational performance by artist Vanessa Damilola Macaulay\, inspired by her exhibit Breathing Race Into the Machine.This 7-hour performance invites guests to come and go freely—arrive at any time\, stay as long as you like\, and re-enter throughout the day. \n\n\nAbout Breathing Race Into The Machine: \nBreathing Race into the Machine interrogates the racial logics encoded in medical instruments\, not as corrupted deviations from a neutral standard but as systems deliberately engineered to encode inequality. Centering the spirometer\, a device used to measure lung capacity\, the exhibition reveals how this tool of clinical diagnosis doubled as a mechanism of racial classification. The spirometer\, developed in the 19th century\, helped forge and legitimise pseudoscientific claims that Black people had diminished lung capacity\, reinforcing myths of biological inferiority. These claims were not discarded with time; they have been absorbed into contemporary medical protocols\, algorithms\, and diagnostic thresholds. The racial bias encoded in the spirometer persists\, along with the ideology that justified it\, as an enduring fiction that pathologises Black breath while disguising power as science. \n \nIn this exhibition\, breath is not a symbol but a contested physiological threshold\, a racialised site of measurement and control. For Black people\, the reading of breath has long been made legible only to institutions of slavery and their afterlives in policing\, medicine\, environmental policy\, education\, and the carceral state\, where the simple act of breathing remains a site of surveillance\, suspicion\, and control. Rather than repair or redeem the spirometer\, Vanessa Damilola Macaulay unsettles its logic\, reimagining its function and offering a new grammar for how breath is measured\, heard\, and understood. Through sculpture\, sound\, performance and archival excavation\, she challenges the ways bodies are rendered measurable. Breathing Race into the Machine is not about outdated science; it is a powerful examination of how modern technologies continue to extract legibility from Black flesh while remaining fundamentally inadequate to comprehend the complexity of Black life in the US and beyond. \n\n\nAbout the Artist \n\n\n\nVanessa Damilola Macaulay\, a Black British artist based in Chicago\, works across performance\, video\, and photography to explore how creative strategies can centre Black life in ways that resist and reimagine systems of antiblackness. Each project takes a distinct form\, shaped by embodied inquiry and social urgency. Macaulay’s work\, grounded in Black feminist epistemologies and speculative modes of inquiry\, challenges inherited narratives and constructs new visual and performative languages for imagining Black life beyond survival. Recent works include This Way Up with Care\, a performance that examines the struggles associated with crossing borders\, and The Architect\, an immersive performance on a double-decker bus in London shown at the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival. Macaulay’s work has been featured in theatres\, exhibitions and residencies across the UK\, South Africa\, Europe\, and the U.S. \n \nLearn More: https://www.vanessamacaulay.com/ \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. URL:https://imss.org/program/performance-breathing-race-into-the-machine/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f645968d1082e6db065fdfa969588e71-CI0oXD.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250731T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250731T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250710T205053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T002116Z UID:66837-1753984800-1753992000@imss.org SUMMARY:The Artistry of Plastic Surgery: Exhibition Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening reception of two new exhibits\, “The Dawn of Modern Plastic Surgery” & “The Art of Facial Sculpting”!\n\n\nThe Artistry of Plastic Surgery:\n \nThe Dawn of Modern Plastic Surgery: The Faces of the Great Wars\nPravin K. Patel\, MD \nDavid E. Morris\, MD \n \n&\n \nThe Art of Facial Sculpting\nDavid Morris\, MD \nEduardo Arias\, MSc\, CCA \nCamille Blackman\, BA \nRosemary Seelaus\, BS\, MAMS\, CCA \nMelinda Whitmore\, BA\, MFA \n \nExhibition Opening Reception\n \n6:00pm-8:00pm\nFree with RSVP\n \nSpecial thanks to Mimis N. Cohen\, MD \n\n\n\nThe Artistry of Plastic Surgery \nThe devastation of the two world wars played a pivotal role in shaping the field of modern plastic surgery. In the early twentieth century\, surgeons became artisans—suturing torn flesh like tailors mending fabric\, reinforcing facial structures like carpenters restoring damaged frames. These groundbreaking reconstructive techniques laid the foundation for a discipline that would evolve beyond necessity into the realm of aesthetics. \nSimultaneously\, artists—painters\, sculptors\, and draftsmen documenting the wars—engaged in parallel work. They studied the human form\, deconstructing and reimagining faces and bodies through drawings\, sculpture\, and canvas. Anatomical study\, once central to classical realism\, became a bridge between art and medicine\, guiding surgeons in their quest to restore symmetry\, balance\, and expression. The artist’s eye informed the surgeon’s hand\, just as surgical reconstructions inspired new artistic interpretations of the human body. \nBy the latter half of the twentieth century\, plastic surgery had moved beyond reconstruction to self-reinvention. Like artists shaping raw material into beauty\, surgeons refined and reshaped faces and bodies to align with personal desires and cultural ideals. The line between restoration and enhancement blurred\, and the human body itself became a canvas for transformation. \nWith the dawn of the new millennium came once-unimaginable feats—most notably\, full-face transplantation. Surgeons\, like sculptors working in living clay\, not only rebuilt faces but gave patients entirely new ones. These innovations merged medicine\, aesthetics\, and identity in unprecedented ways. \nToday\, the relationship between plastic surgery and art continues to evolve. Surgeons and artists share a common pursuit: to shape\, refine\, and redefine the human form. Whether working with marble or muscle\, canvas or cartilage\, both seek to capture the essence of beauty\, resilience\, and identity in constant flux. \nThe International Museum of Surgical Science is proud to present these coinciding exhibtions as “A Year of Plastic Surgery”—a yearlong exploration of this remarkable field. Through monthly programming\, we celebrate the masters of both flesh and form\, bridging the worlds of surgical innovation and figurative art. \n\n\n\n(left ). Illustration of Facial Musculature\, Melinda Whitmore \n(right) Facial écorché Demonstrating Musculature on Right Side of Face\, Melinda Whitmore \n\n\nHeader Image: A soldier of Company K\, 110th Regt. Infantry (formerly 3rd and 10th Inf.\, Pennsylvania National Guard)\, just wounded\, receiving first-aid treatment from a comrade. Varennes-en-Argonne\, France\, on September 26\, 1918. U.S. Army / U.S. National Archives URL:https://imss.org/program/the-artistry-of-plastic-surgery-exhibition-opening-reception/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/433298d48ae0db5fe1cf0741230d98fe-wJdziO.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250801T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250801T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250708T214956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250802T003648Z UID:66767-1754071200-1754078400@imss.org SUMMARY:Rachel Mindrup: Artist Talk DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation by Rachel Mindrup exploring her exhibit “Neurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3\,000”\n\n\nNeurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3\,000: Ashok Shrestha’s Transformation \nBy Rachel Mindrup \n– \nArtist Talk \, 6:00pm-8:00pm \nFree with RSVP \n\n\nNeurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3\,000: Ashok Shrestha’s Transformation is a powerful exhibition featuring nine works of printmaking\, drawing\, and painting by artist Rachel Mindrup\, chronicling the medical journey and personal resilience of Ashok Shrestha\, a young man from Nepal living with neurofibromatosis (NF)—a genetic disorder that causes tumors to form on nerve tissue. \n \nIn 2016\, Ashok began fundraising to travel to the U.S. for life-altering surgery after NF caused significant facial disfigurement. He arrived in Chicago in late 2017 to undergo a series of complex procedures led by renowned reconstructive surgeon Dr. McKay McKinnon. These surgeries included cranial reconstruction and the placement of a prosthetic eye\, made possible by over $70\,000 in grassroots donations organized by Mindrup and community partners. \n \nMindrup\, an associate professor at Creighton University and the Richard L. Deming\, MD Endowed Chair in Medical Humanities\, met Ashok while exhibiting her NF awareness portraits in Nebraska. She has painted over 110 portraits as part of her ongoing series\, Many Faces of Neurofibromatosis\, using art to elevate stories\, raise awareness\, and foster empathy. \n \n“Portraits hold the power of earthly immortality. Through my work\, I aim to shift focus from genetic complications to individual identity. My son’s NF diagnosis inspired this series\, connecting me to a global community whose stories I now have the privilege to share through portraiture.” \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: \nRachel Mindrup is an associate professor of drawing and painting and the Richard L. Deming\, MD Endowed Chair in Medical Humanities at Creighton University. She received her BFA from the University of Nebraska – Kearney and then continued with atelier studies at the Art Academy of Los Angeles. She received her MFA from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Her current painting practice is about the study of the figure and portraiture in art and its relation to medicine\, healing and identity. Her son’s diagnosis has been the motivation behind her series of portraits “Many Faces of Neurofibromatosis (NF)”. She is currently painting someone with NF from all 50 states to bring to Washington D.C. when advocating for federal funding for NF research. \n \nMindrup’s work has been shown nationally and internationally including the Queens Museum in Queens\, NY\, University of Nebraska-Lincoln\, Omaha and Kearney campuses\, Georgia Regents University\, Vanderbilt University and Washington University Medical School. Her artwork is held in many private collections including those of Primatologist Jane Goodall and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. \n\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. URL:https://imss.org/program/rachel-mindrup-artist-talk/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a7ad884153a723f489318467b395682c-rlX5Gl.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250808T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250808T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250708T214958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250809T010540Z UID:66768-1754679600-1754686800@imss.org SUMMARY:Performance: Blood and Marrow DESCRIPTION:Collaborators Mya McClellan and Tyler Wagner present a dynamic\, improvised duet!\n\n\nPerformance: Blood & Marrow August 8th\, 2025\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nCollaborators Mya McClellan and Tyler Wagner present a dynamic\, improvised duet. Taking place in two parts\, Blood and Marrow lays bare the body’s capacity to persist and endure. \n\n\nAbout the Artists: \n\n\n\nMya McClellan is a Chicago-based artist with a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently a company member with Ohio-based Abby Z and the New Utility\, Chicago-based House of DOV\, and is the curator of Jello Performance Series. She thrives in improvisation\, both as a performer and creator\, structuring much of her work around it and often performing in improvisation-based productions. \n\n\n\nTyler Wagner is an improvising bassist and electronics artist working in Chicago\, IL. In high demand across multiple scenes as a collaborator\, Tyler supports some of the city’s finest songwriting vocalists (Maria Elena Silva\, Aliyah Jones\, Wyatt Waddell\, Evann McIntosh)\, plays as 1/5th of collective improvising group Banana Acid\, and works in inventive ongoing duo collaborations with improvisors Sarah Clausen (Special Effect)\, Erez Dessel\, and filmmaker / projection artist Ruby Que. Tyler’s solo work has seen rising trajectory over the past year in Chicago art spaces\, with a solo bass record well on its way. URL:https://imss.org/program/performance-blood-and-marrow/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/02c9555cb234e96fd5a91e2673dca3a4-STz2Lh.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250809T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250809T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250708T215013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250809T215036Z UID:66777-1754733600-1754758800@imss.org SUMMARY:IMSS Family Day DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day at the Museum with kid-friendly activities!\n\n\nIMSS Family Day \nAugust 9th\, 10am – 5:00pm \n\n\nYou’re invited to our Annual Family Day at the International Museum of Surgical Science! \nBring the whole family for a day of fun\, learning\, and hands-on activities for all ages. Enjoy special demonstrations throughout the day and explore the Museum in a whole new way! \n\n✨ Family-friendly activities\n🧪 Live demonstrations\n🧋 From 12:00pm–5:00pm\, Hello Boba will be on-site serving up delicious boba tea!\n🎟️ Early bird tickets available now through August 1—don’t miss out!\n\nStay tuned for more details—mark your calendar and join us for a day of discovery and excitement! \nActivities: \n\nAt noon\, take part in a scavenger hunt and win prizes! Prizes from: Lou Malnati’s\, The Insect Asylum\, The American Writer’s Museum\, Zanies Comedy Club\, and the Chicago Children’s Museum!\nExperience History Up Close: Pop-Up Civil War Amputation Demonstrations (On the hour between 11:00am-4:00pm)Step back in time as we explore Civil War–era surgical techniques in live pop-up demonstrations. Witness how amputations were performed in an age before antisepsis or anesthesia—a gripping look at the realities of 19th-century battlefield medicine. Free!\n\n\n\nWe’re excited to partner with Hello Boba for this event! URL:https://imss.org/program/imss-family-day-3/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/edbdc042b5eca7637e6bb369dbb089d9-AzzkqU.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250814T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250814T213000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132949 CREATED:20250708T215000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T012112Z UID:66770-1755198000-1755207000@imss.org SUMMARY:Film Screening “The Body Electric\," Six Films By Paul Sharits” by Tone Glow DESCRIPTION:Tone Glow is excited to announce a special screening of an film Paul Sharits!\n\n\nTone Glow Presents “The Body Electric: Six Films By Paul Sharits” \nAugust 14th\, 7:00pm-9:00pm \nDoors: 6:00pm \n \nTickets: \n$15 GA Presale \n$10 Student Presale (Use code STUDENT at checkout) \n$10 IMSS Member Presale (Use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout) \n-$20 at Door \n$15 Student at Door \n$15 IMSS Member at Door \nJune 19th\, 7:00pm-9:00pm \n\n\nTone Glow is excited to announce “The Body Electric\,” a program highlighting six films by the visual artist and filmmaker Paul Sharits (1943-1993). Born in Colorado\, Sharits was a protégé of Stan Brakhage (whose works were previously shown at the IMSS) and was deeply interested in individualizing the film frame so it could be understood as the medium’s “basic module of information\,” creating various optical phenomena in the process. His first “pure color” film\, Ray Gun Virus (1966)\, was built on a desire to create “vibratory fields” that couldn’t be attained in his painting practice. Informed by the classical music training he received as a child\, he approached his early works like a composer\, constructing them frame by frame to create rhythmic patterns and motifs that could generate melodic lines\, tonal centers\, and “temporal chords of color.” Sharits sought to find ways for vision to “function in ways usually particular to hearing\,” which included ways to compress and expand one’s experience of time. His later films contained multiple\, discrete sections to “create logical propositions”; their structure was inspired by sonatas and other musical forms. \nEpileptic Seizure Comparison (1976)\, one of Sharits’ most extraordinary works\, extracts footage from a medical film that looks at brain wave activity during seizures. These images are interspersed with frames of pure color\, creating immense flickering effects whose formal properties “serve to emphasize the contortions and movements in the figure.” Sharits wanted the film to help viewers “move beyond voyeurism and actually enter into the convulsive state\, to allow a deeper empathy for the condition.” The films featured in this event are split into two programs. The first half will focus on the more analytical side of Sharits’ practice\, granting a chance to understand how film can be approached to construct recognizable patterns\, elicit physiological responses\, and offer opportunities for sense-making even when what is seen is non-figurative. The second half features three hallucinatory works featuring humans\, concluding with the intensely visceral Epileptic Seizure Comparison. \n \nOnly one ticket is needed for the entire event. The films in the program will be screened on 16mm prints courtesy of Canyon Cinema and The Film-Makers’ Cooperative. These works feature immense strobing effects. Viewer discretion is advised. Thank you to Ben Creech for projecting the films. \n \n\n\nProgram 1 at 7:00 PM \n1. Word Movie (Flux Film 29) (1966\, color\, sound\, 4 mins) \n2. Episodic Generation (1978\, color\, sound\, 30 mins) \n3. Ray Gun Virus (1966\, color\, sound\, 14 mins) \nTRT = 48 mins \n \nProgram 2 at 8:15 PM \n1. Piece Mandala/End War (1966\, color & b/w\, silent\, 5 mins) \n2. T\, O\, U\, C\, H\, I\, N\, G (1968\, color\, sound\, 12 mins) \n3. Epileptic Seizure Comparison (1976\, color\, sound\, 34 mins) \nTRT = 51 mins \n \nTone Glow is a publication dedicated to avant-garde music and film founded by Joshua Minsoo Kim. Alongside interviews and criticism\, Tone Glow hosts film screenings around Chicago. \n \n\n\n\nTrained as a graphic artist and a painter\, Paul Sharits became an avant-garde filmmaker noted for manipulating the film stock itself to create a variety of fascinating\, abstract light and colorplays when projected on the screen. Fans hail the effects hallucinogenic\, while his detractors find them garish. Sharits is also known for establishing experimental film groups at prominent universities\, including one at the University of Indiana where he studied. He later taught and developed an undergraduate film program at Antioch College. Between 1973 and 1992\, Sharits taught at the Center for Media Study at the State University of New York. His films can be seen in various U.S. and European museums\, film centers\, and libraries. Much of his work can be found in the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. – Sandra Brennan URL:https://imss.org/program/film-screening-the-body-electric-six-films-by-paul-sharits-by-tone-glow/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f8cf9a45883feec43b2618c11659b35f-MWe8QV.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250815T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250815T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250708T215002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250816T000608Z UID:66771-1755280800-1755288000@imss.org SUMMARY:Vanessa Damilola Macaulay: Artist Talk DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation by Vanessa Damilola Macaulay exploring her exhibit “Breathing Into the Race Machine”\n\n\nBreathing Race into the Machine \nBy Vanessa Damilola Macaulay \n–\nArtist Talk\, August 15th\, 6:00pm-8:00pm \nFree with RSVP \n\n\nBreathing Race into the Machine interrogates the racial logics encoded in medical instruments\, not as corrupted deviations from a neutral standard but as systems deliberately engineered to encode inequality. Centering the spirometer\, a device used to measure lung capacity\, the exhibition reveals how this tool of clinical diagnosis doubled as a mechanism of racial classification. The spirometer\, developed in the 19th century\, helped forge and legitimise pseudoscientific claims that Black people had diminished lung capacity\, reinforcing myths of biological inferiority. These claims were not discarded with time; they have been absorbed into contemporary medical protocols\, algorithms\, and diagnostic thresholds. The racial bias encoded in the spirometer persists\, along with the ideology that justified it\, as an enduring fiction that pathologises Black breath while disguising power as science. \n \nIn this exhibition\, breath is not a symbol but a contested physiological threshold\, a racialised site of measurement and control. For Black people\, the reading of breath has long been made legible only to institutions of slavery and their afterlives in policing\, medicine\, environmental policy\, education\, and the carceral state\, where the simple act of breathing remains a site of surveillance\, suspicion\, and control. Rather than repair or redeem the spirometer\, Vanessa Damilola Macaulay unsettles its logic\, reimagining its function and offering a new grammar for how breath is measured\, heard\, and understood. Through sculpture\, sound\, performance and archival excavation\, she challenges the ways bodies are rendered measurable. Breathing Race into the Machine is not about outdated science; it is a powerful examination of how modern technologies continue to extract legibility from Black flesh while remaining fundamentally inadequate to comprehend the complexity of Black life in the US and beyond. \n \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: \nVanessa Damilola Macaulay\, a Black British artist based in Chicago\, works across performance\, video\, and photography to explore how creative strategies can centre Black life in ways that resist and reimagine systems of antiblackness. Each project takes a distinct form\, shaped by embodied inquiry and social urgency. Macaulay’s work\, grounded in Black feminist epistemologies and speculative modes of inquiry\, challenges inherited narratives and constructs new visual and performative languages for imagining Black life beyond survival. Recent works include This Way Up with Care\, a performance that examines the struggles associated with crossing borders\, and The Architect\, an immersive performance on a double-decker bus in London shown at the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival. Macaulay’s work has been featured in theatres\, exhibitions and residencies across the UK\, South Africa\, Europe\, and the U.S. \n \nLearn More: https://www.vanessamacaulay.com/ \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. URL:https://imss.org/program/vanessa-damilola-macaulay-artist-talk/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ba767e1baddf9a1f7ad2e4a61b330e8d-uyQtyz.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T121500 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250612T162247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250823T163645Z UID:66035-1755944100-1755951300@imss.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Kintsugi For Beginners DESCRIPTION:Join us for an introductory Kintsugi workshop led by Mami Takahashi!\n\n\nKintsugi Workshop for Beginners\nwith Mami Takahashi\nAugust 23\, 2025\n10:15am – 12:15pm\n \nKintsugi is a traditional Japanese Urushi (lacquer)-based craft in which gold is used to repair broken ceramics. The practice of Kintsugi highlights the break rather than erasing it and emphasizes that the break is what makes the ceramics more valuable. \nIn this beginner’s workshop\, participants will learn the basic and simplified version of Kintsugi process on a small porcelain plate to understand the fundamentals of this process. All materials including adhesives in the workshop will be food-safe. We will also use an artificial Urushi (the natural resin/glue collected from the lacquer tree) sap for this beginner’s class\, which is safe to touch without allergy reactions. \nPlease note that in the “Kintsugi for Beginners” workshop\, epoxy putty will be used in addition to the ceramic glue. These materials may make the students’ fingers sticky\, and some remnants of epoxy might also stay on their fingers for a few days. Finger covers will be provided for student use\, but often\, that makes working with these materials a bit difficult. \n“Kintsugi is based on the philosophy that breakage and repair are something to celebrate – embracing flaws and imperfections creates a stronger and more beautiful piece of art. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing what feels broken\, we become more unique\, beautiful\, and resilient. Kintsugi can be a way to reframe personal challenges. Reminding us that we’re not victims of our circumstances. Showing us that we can come out on the other side stronger.” — Here is a quote about Kintsugi from Linda Muller\, a certified life coach. \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques. URL:https://imss.org/program/workshop-kintsugi-for-beginners-8/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ec279c09e1d2e298b212a30d151f9109-K7wqrc.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250827T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250827T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250804T223543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T185202Z UID:67624-1756299600-1756306800@imss.org SUMMARY:Mather Gather at IMSS DESCRIPTION:Join us for a program for folks 55 and better where we’ll explore the Museum and aromatherapy!\n\n\nMather Gather \nAugust 27th\, 2025\n1:00-3:00pm\nDoors at 12:45pmFree\, RSVP Required \n\n\nAnyone age 55 and better is invited to get inspired\, connect with others\, and get creative with Mather\, a not-for-profit dedicated to creating Ways to Age Well at the International Museum of Surgical Science. \n \nWe’ll gather in the Museum for the following: \n\nIntroduction to the galleries of the museum\nLight refreshments with discussion and a chance to mingle with others\nA guided hands-on opportunity to explore aromatherapy.\n\nNo previous art experience is necessary. Registration required. \n\n\n\nAbout the Teaching Artist: \nRuthe Guerry is an art therapist and practicing artist who develops and leads inquiry-based\, creative programming. Her passion is informed by her training in dementia care\, Master’s degree in Art Therapy and Counseling\, and years of experience working with older adults as a caregiver and clinician. Ruthe is an herbalist\, meditator\, and maker. \n\n\n\nAbout Mather: \nMather is a non-denominational not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating Ways to Age Well.SM Founded in 1941\, Mather provides unique senior living residences\, inspiring community programs\, and innovative research through Mather Institute. Mather’s community initiatives center creative engagement\, brain health and lifelong learning through virtual and in-person programs specifically designed to meet the wellness goals of adults 55 and better. The vision of Community Initiatives at Mather is an equitable society in which all older adults find wellness opportunities and resources to thrive within their communities. All programs are free and accessible online or through our community partners. URL:https://imss.org/program/mather-gather-at-imss-2/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/d6e1114d55c83b618cb319dbd520610d-fRpcxA.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250828T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250828T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250816T175132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250816T175815Z UID:68118-1756404000-1756411200@imss.org SUMMARY:BUÑUEL: MASTER OF DREAMS Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:BUÑUEL: MASTER OF DREAMS \n\n\n\nAn International Exhibition Celebrating 100 Years of Surrealism \n\n\n\nAugust 28\, 2025 – February 22\, 2026 \n\n\n\nOpening August 28\, 2025\, at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago\,Buñuel: Master of Dreams pays tribute to visionary filmmaker Luis Buñuel\, tracing his journey through exile\, dream\, and cinematic revolution. Marking the centennial of Surrealism\, the exhibition explores Buñuel’s poetic imagination\, his literary adaptations\, and his lifelong fascination with collage as an artistic practice. \n\n\n\nA centerpiece of the exhibition is the mysterious return of Buñuel’s ashes—vanished for over four decades following his death in Mexico City in 1983. Long rumored to have been kept in a monastery\, his remains were recently returned to his son\, Rafael Buñuel. Their presence now marks a symbolic homecoming to the land where Buñuel first set out to raise his family and pursue his cinematic vision. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition features personal family archives\, rare books\, awards\, and ephemera that accompanied Buñuel in exile from Spain in 1936 until his death. A curated selection of contemporary surrealist artists will also contribute\, including acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin. \n\n\n\nMaddin presents original collage works and film screenings in dialogue with Buñuel’s legacy. Presented by the Luis Buñuel Film Institute\, the exhibition explores Surrealism across generations. \n\n\n\nAdditional programming includes special live performances (TBA) and a citywide film retrospective in Chicago.Buñuel’s ashes will be unveiled on November 1\, 2025\, in observance of Día de los Muertos. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition runs August 28\, 2025 – February 22\, 2026\, marking the 125th birthday of Luis Buñuel. \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite URL:https://imss.org/program/bunuel-master-of-dreams-opening-recepti/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/43bb563defa9b2ee47dea62319b90528-TWLsJf.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250903T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250903T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250729T213546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T012146Z UID:67451-1756926000-1756933200@imss.org SUMMARY:Performance: Refining The Third Ear - Night 1 DESCRIPTION:A series of concerts exploring the third ear and other psychoacoustic phantasmagoria.\n\n\nRefining The Third Ear – Night 1\nSeptember 3\, 2025\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nOrganized by Itsï Ramirez and Bret Schneider \n \nA series of concerts exploring the third ear and other psychoacoustic phantasmagoria. \n \nOver four concerts artists premier third ear music — music which emphasizes the listening faculty as an active instrument. The late composer Maryanne Amacher appropriated the term third ear to describe a music that expands the latent perceptual capabilities of the ear\, composing music that transforms the ear itself into a sound-producing\, neurophonic instrument. Such music is a projection of new aesthetic forms\, a virtuality that anticipates the augmentation of both the creative and listening process. If Amacher’s ambitious work was to make the third ear\, we ask what it would mean to refine the third ear\, to compose music for and with it. We aim to explore how we apperceive musical material\, and the ways in which new harmonic experiences can cultivate new emotions and stimulate the imagination. \n \nHeard melodies are sweet\, but those unheard \n Are sweeter; therefore\, ye soft pipes\, play on; \nNot to the sensual ear\, but\, more endear’d\, \n Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: \nFair youth\, beneath the trees\, thou canst not leave \n Thy song\, nor ever can those trees be bare \n– Keats \nFurther reading: \nGroundwork for a Study of Maryanne Amacher \nLa Monte Young’s Orphic Revolution \nInterview with Michael Harrison \n \n\n\nSeptember 3rd Program: \nMichael Harrison — Radians Phase \nItsï Ramirez — Burned Glimpse \nBret Schneider — Third Ear Preludes \n\n\n\nComposer/pianist Michael Harrison (called “an American maverick” by Philip Glass) forges a new approach to composition through just intonation (the system of tuning based on pure harmonic proportions). His works blend classical music traditions of Europe and North India. He is a Guggenheim Fellowship and NYFA Artist Fellowship recipient. \n  \nMichael Harrison creates dedicated tuning systems for many of his works. He pioneered a structural approach to composition in which the proportions of harmonic relationships organically determine other musical elements such as pitch\, duration\, and dynamics. He also invented the “harmonic piano\,” a grand piano that plays 24 notes per octave\, documented in the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Harrison seeks expressions of universality via the physics of sound – music that brings one into a state of concentrated listening as a meditative and even mind-altering experience. \n \n\n\n\nItsï Ramirez is a Chicago based musician. Stepping out of the naturalized preoccupation with sound as sound\, she takes on the project of recovering a new music that has been forgotten. \n\n\n\nBret Schneider is a composer\, essayist\, and poet. For the first quarter of the 21st century\, Schneider has attempted to synthesize the outer limits of third ear music with modern beauty. Via novel formal experiments\, his music cultivates dreamspace and reverie. Recent works include live-composing to a just-intoned player piano. Schneider is also a co-founder of Caesura Magazine. \n \n@bret_fall URL:https://imss.org/program/performance-refining-the-third-ear-night-1/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4d5de8076f2f6eacc382ca01eb4e13b1-k7WsM4.tmp_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250905T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250905T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250730T165100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250906T015148Z UID:67478-1757098800-1757106000@imss.org SUMMARY:Performance: Alex Koi & Kirin McElwain with D. Jean-Baptiste & Anna Johnson DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening blending musical poetry\, composition and improvisation!\n\n\nAlex Koi & Kirin McElwain with D. Jean-Baptiste & Anna Johnson\nSeptember 5\, 2025\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nDuo Alex Koi x Kirin McElwain perform original music for voice\, cello\, electronics and modular synthesizer. Hailing from the New York avant-garde music scene\, their music floats between musical poetry\, composition and improvisation. They’ve performed with the likes of Trevor Dunn \, This Will Destroy You\, Shara Nova\, and Post Malone to name a few. \nHaving just recorded their debut album “Wake” in NYC with engineer Randall Dunn \, this evening performance hosted by IMSS marks the project’s first engagement in Chicago. They will be joined by Chicago’s own experimental musicians Anna Johnson and D. Jean-Baptiste\, each performing a set of original music. \n\n\n\nDuo Alex Koi x Kirin McElwain perform original music for voice\, cello and modular synthesizer. Hailing from the New York avant-garde music scene\, their music floats between musical poetry\, composition and improvisation. For fans of Laurie Anderson\, Arthur Russell\, and Meredith Monk. \n\n\n\nD Jean-Baptiste is an electro-acoustic musician blending samples\, structured songwriting\, and improvisation cohesively and intentionally. \n\n\n\nAnna Johnson’s hypnotic\, devotional sonic landscapes are drawn from explorations of voice and electroacoustic instrumentation. Her sound weaves medieval-influenced vocal melodies\, chants\, and choral layering with synthesizer atmospheres\, heavy drone textures\, and forays into experimental pop. She relies on improvisation\, with a meandering\, fluid sense of embodied time. URL:https://imss.org/program/performance-alex-koi-kirin-mcelwain-with-d-jean-baptiste-anna-johnson/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7af67973af8d4f7543a320fbcee3a546-SC4jGa.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250907T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250907T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250612T162249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T203704Z UID:66036-1757255400-1757262600@imss.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Kintsugi For Beginners DESCRIPTION:Join us for an introductory Kintsugi workshop led by Mami Takahashi!\n\n\nKintsugi Workshop for Beginners\nwith Mami Takahashi\nSeptember 7\, 2025\n2:30pm – 4:30pm\n \nKintsugi is a traditional Japanese Urushi (lacquer)-based craft in which gold is used to repair broken ceramics. The practice of Kintsugi highlights the break rather than erasing it and emphasizes that the break is what makes the ceramics more valuable. \nIn this beginner’s workshop\, participants will learn the basic and simplified version of Kintsugi process on a small porcelain plate to understand the fundamentals of this process. All materials including adhesives in the workshop will be food-safe. We will also use an artificial Urushi (the natural resin/glue collected from the lacquer tree) sap for this beginner’s class\, which is safe to touch without allergy reactions. \nPlease note that in the “Kintsugi for Beginners” workshop\, epoxy putty will be used in addition to the ceramic glue. These materials may make the students’ fingers sticky\, and some remnants of epoxy might also stay on their fingers for a few days. Finger covers will be provided for student use\, but often\, that makes working with these materials a bit difficult. \n“Kintsugi is based on the philosophy that breakage and repair are something to celebrate – embracing flaws and imperfections creates a stronger and more beautiful piece of art. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing what feels broken\, we become more unique\, beautiful\, and resilient. Kintsugi can be a way to reframe personal challenges. Reminding us that we’re not victims of our circumstances. Showing us that we can come out on the other side stronger.” — Here is a quote about Kintsugi from Linda Muller\, a certified life coach. \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques. URL:https://imss.org/program/workshop-kintsugi-for-beginners-9/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ec279c09e1d2e298b212a30d151f9109-K7wqrc.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250912T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250912T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250723T183708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T235140Z UID:67221-1757703600-1757710800@imss.org SUMMARY:Show & Tell for Grown-Ups!: Historical Medicine DESCRIPTION:Let’s have fun & learn something together!\n\n\nShow & Tell for Grown-Ups! Historical Medicine\nSeptember 12\, 2025\nDoors at 6:30pm – come early\, explore the Museum! \nShow at 7:00pm\n \nShow & Tell for Grown-Ups is a show for sharing niche curiosities. Our goal is to redefine what a night out with friends can mean. Let’s have fun & learn something together! Audiences has been asking for it and now we’re so honored & excited to partner with The International Museum of Surgical Science. We’re bringing this Show & Tell edutainment platform to this engaging museum so we can connect with more brilliant people wanting to share their knowledge with others. \nSign Up to Share! You don’t need a PHD to teach us at Show & Tell for Grown-Ups! Presenters can signup online for a 5-minute slot to share something their passionate about. Then we open Q&A with the audience. It’s a night of learning\, laughing\, and meeting other passionate people. We can’t wait to meet you! Do you have a passion for historical medical practices that you want to share with an inclusive and engaged audience? Signup to share at Show & Tell for Grown-Ups! \nPresenter signup: https://forms.office.com/r/gfMRYyRR7p \nWhat to learn more about Show & Tell for Grown-Ups? Check out their website www.tellmewhyshow.com or on instagram @tellmewhyitscool_show . URL:https://imss.org/program/show-tell-for-grown-ups-historical-medicine/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/6089ba28491c64091575123ca83c8b0b-QlOfsW.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250918T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T132950 CREATED:20250729T213550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T013555Z UID:67453-1758222000-1758229200@imss.org SUMMARY:Performance: Refining The Third Ear - Night 2 DESCRIPTION:A series of concerts exploring the third ear and other psychoacoustic phantasmagoria.\n\n\nRefining The Third Ear – Night 2\nSeptember 18\, 2025\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nOrganized by Itsï Ramirez and Bret Schneider \n \nA series of concerts exploring the third ear and other psychoacoustic phantasmagoria. \n \nOver four concerts artists premier third ear music — music which emphasizes the listening faculty as an active instrument. The late composer Maryanne Amacher appropriated the term third ear to describe a music that expands the latent perceptual capabilities of the ear\, composing music that transforms the ear itself into a sound-producing\, neurophonic instrument. Such music is a projection of new aesthetic forms\, a virtuality that anticipates the augmentation of both the creative and listening process. If Amacher’s ambitious work was to make the third ear\, we ask what it would mean to refine the third ear\, to compose music for and with it. We aim to explore how we apperceive musical material\, and the ways in which new harmonic experiences can cultivate new emotions and stimulate the imagination. \n \nHeard melodies are sweet\, but those unheard \n Are sweeter; therefore\, ye soft pipes\, play on; \nNot to the sensual ear\, but\, more endear’d\, \n Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: \nFair youth\, beneath the trees\, thou canst not leave \n Thy song\, nor ever can those trees be bare \n– Keats \nFurther reading: \nGroundwork for a Study of Maryanne Amacher \nLa Monte Young’s Orphic Revolution \nInterview with Michael Harrison \n \n\n\nSeptember 18th Program: \nLula Asplund — Essence of Clover \nItsï Ramirez — Language of Comets \nBret Schneider — Nude Music \n\n\n\nLula Asplund is an experimental composer and Chicago-based sound artist. Her work invokes voice as object and atmosphere—dislocated\, refracted\, tactile. Using spectral play\, vocal manipulation\, and fragmented sound poetry\, she enters the nonlinear logic of dream and memory. Asplund has a BFA from Mills College and has performed at Center for New Music and Audio Technologies\, The Lab SF\, CalArts\, Elastic Arts\, Bohemian National Cemetery\, and Experimental Sound Studio.  \n \n\n\n\nItsï Ramirez is a Chicago based musician. Stepping out of the naturalized preoccupation with sound as sound\, she takes on the project of recovering a new music that has been forgotten. \n\n\n\nBret Schneider is a composer\, essayist\, and poet. For the first quarter of the 21st century\, Schneider has attempted to synthesize the outer limits of third ear music with modern beauty. Via novel formal experiments\, his music cultivates dreamspace and reverie. Recent works include live-composing to a just-intoned player piano. Schneider is also a co-founder of Caesura Magazine. \n \n@bret_fall URL:https://imss.org/program/performance-refining-the-third-ear-night-2/ LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://imss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4d5de8076f2f6eacc382ca01eb4e13b1-k7WsM4.tmp_.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR