Five on Friday by Vaughn

As the Chicago Program group headed into our 8th week here in the Windy City. Its feel like everyone is starting to get comfortable with the role they play in the city during their time here. Our core class teachers, Robyn Hart and Miss Dorothy have worked had to get us involved in the communities surrounding us. Here is another overview of my week here in Chicago! 

WINTER IS UPON US!! 

Now, this may not be my favorite thing about this week. But it has been one of the overall theme of the week... Unfortunately. The weather this week has been almost been unbearable to this Southern native. We were blessed though to have some really gorgeous days this week though. I guess thats a theme in the Midwest.. when talking about weather be prepared for anything.

        

ESS : Experimental Sound Studio

For Art Seminar earlier in the week, we traveled to the far north side of town to Edgewater. Here we went the experiment sound studio also known as ESS. We were given a tour of the place and listened to a curator talk about a current exhibit being shown there. For anyone interested in sound or music... This is place that you really need to check out in Chicago! When our teacher had told us about ESS, the  whole name threw me off. I was expecting to go in and have a bunch of robotic noises being thrown at me. However, there is a lot more to the space! 

Woodlawn Tap in Hyde Park

If you end up living in Hyde Park during you time in the Chicago Program.. Be sure to head over to Woodlawn tap near the University of Chicago! A group of us went over there this week to grab some food and drinks. Little did we know, but the place was packed with undergrad and graduate students from the university. I think it will become a place that we will go to 

ISP Workshops 

This week we had a workshop for our ISPs. A writer from the Chicago Reader came in to talk about interview tips. During our the process of putting together our ISP this workshop was really helpful. Even though we are required to have one expert interview, we will conduct many interviews. 

Open House Chicago! 

This past weekend was Open House Chicago.. the slogan 150 locations 48 hours. This event was hosted by the Chicago Architectural Foundation. Each student was assigned a location in their neighborhoods (Uptown and Hyde Park)!