City in a Garden Roundtable | Nick Cave, Edie Fake, and Mary Patten
October 28, 20256:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Nick Cave. Photo: Sandro.
About the Event
How can an artist be an activist? Encounter three wide-ranging set of approaches by artists in City in Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago, including Nick Cave, Edie Fake, and Mary Patten, in conversation with exhibition curator Jack Schneider.
Access Information
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Funding
Event
Lead support for the 2025–26 season of MCA Talks is made possible by The Richard and Mary L. Gray Lecture Series through a generous gift to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign.
Generous support is provided by The Antje B. and John J. Jelinek Endowed Lecture and Symposium on Contemporary Art; the Kristina Barr Lectures, which were established through a generous gift by The Barr Fund to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign; The Gloria Brackstone Solow and Eugene A. Solow, MD, Memorial Lecture Series; and the Allen M. Turner Tribute Fund, honoring his past leadership as Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Community programming for City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago is supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Exhibition
Lead support is provided by the Harris Family Foundation in memory of Bette and Neison Harris, the Zell Family Foundation, Cari and Michael Sacks, and R. H. Defares.
Major support is provided by Laura and Tony Davis, Linden Capital Partners; Robin Loewenberg Tebbe and Mark Tebbe; and Charlotte R. Cramer Wagner and Herbert S. Wagner III of Wagner Foundation.
Generous support is provided by Dr. Daniel S. Berger and Scott Wenthe; and Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson.
This exhibition is supported by the MCA’s Women Artists Initiative, a philanthropic commitment to further equity across gender lines and promote the work and ideas of women artists.
