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Art & Design in Chicago - Trailer

Preview: S1 | 1m 16s | WTTW premieres a four-part series exploring Chicago's art and design history. (1m 16s)

Photographer Vivian Maier

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Clip: Ep4 | 5m 25s | Maier became recognized as as one of the greatest modern street photographers. (5m 25s)

Painter Gertrude Abercrombie

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Clip: Ep4 | 4m 26s | They called her the “Queen of the Bohemian Artists." (4m 26s)

Hubbard Street Gallery Scene

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Clip: Ep4 | 6m 27s | In the 1970s, artists began to set up alternative exhibition spaces on Hubbard Street. (6m 27s)

Artist/Writer Henry Darger

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Clip: Ep4 | 4m 20s | An reclusive artist who wrote, drew, and painted thousands of pages of illustrations. (4m 20s)

Artist Joseph Yoakum

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Clip: Ep4 | 4m 4s | Even though Yoakum was not not academically trained, the Imagists recognized his talent. (4m 4s)

Typeface Designer Robert Hunter Middleton

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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 12s | Middleton was Ludlow Typesetting Machine Co.'s star typeface designer. (3m 12s)

The TV Commercials of Joe Sedelmaier

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Clip: Ep3 | 4m 4s | Joe Sedelmaier explains how he made entertaining commercials using regular people. (4m 4s)

Industrial Designer Helen Hughes Dulany

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Clip: Ep3 | 2m 4s | Helen Hughes Dulany was one of the first female industrial designers. (2m 4s)

Designers Dorothy & Otis Shepard

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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 43s | The husband and wife design duo famous for their Wrigley Chewing Gum campaigns. (3m 43s)

Artist/Designer Charles Dawson

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Clip: Ep3 | 4m 46s | Dawson saw his work as part of building a black community in Chicago. (4m 46s)

Artisan Jesús Torres & Edgar Miller

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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 58s | Jesús Torres was an early pioneer in bridging modern art to ancient indigenous cultures. (3m 58s)

Art, Design and Marshall Field & Company

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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 14s | The Marshall Field Company was an early innovator of advertising and marketing. (3m 14s)

The Wall of Respect

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Clip: Ep2 | 5m 21s | A landmark mural of African American heroes inspired by ongoing civil rights struggles. (5m 21s)

Sculptor Marion Perkins

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Clip: Ep2 | 3m 29s | Perkins became one of the most important visual artists in the Chicago Renaissance. (3m 29s)

Painter Archibald Motley, Jr.

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Clip: Ep2 | 4m 11s | Motley established a reputation as a Chicago participant in the Harlem Renaissance. (4m 11s)

Community Mural Making

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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 22s | Black Mural Movement muralists discuss Justine DeVan's work and impact on the community. (2m 22s)

Ceramicist Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly

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Clip: Ep2 | 4m 36s | Pitchford-Jolly founded the collective Sapphire and Crystals for African American artists. (4m 36s)

Artist Kerry James Marshall

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Clip: Ep2 | 4m 42s | Marshall has become an internationally renowned artist with his large-scale paintings. (4m 42s)

South Side Community Art Center

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Clip: Ep1 | 5m 5s | SSCAC provided an exhibition space for African American artists who lacked representation. (5m 5s)

Lorado Taft and The White Rabbits

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Clip: Ep1 | 4m 26s | Perhaps no other sculptor has played as prominent a role in Chicago as Lorado Taft. (4m 26s)

Institute of Design

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Clip: Ep1 | 4m 23s | In 1937, a new school emerged that sought to train the "designer of the future." (4m 23s)

Hyde Park Art Center

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Clip: Ep1 | 4m 13s | Chicago’s oldest community arts center helped launch careers of many influential artists. (4m 13s)

Exhibition Momentum

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Clip: Ep1 | 1m 57s | In 1948, Art Institute students organized their own show called Exhibition Momentum. (1m 57s)