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Professional Development: Responsible approaches to the artist's estate
Join Yechen Zhao, assistant curator, Photography and Media, at the Art Institute of Chicago and lecturer at School of the Art Institute Chicago for this online event.
Intended for curators, scholars, and critics, this workshop focuses on developing responsible methods for working with the art and archives of deceased artists. By considering the varying levels of organization and formality that an estate can take, from non-profit foundations to garages and attics, participants will learn about the personal and material pressures that estates face. Yechen Zhao, assistant curator of photography and media at the Art Institute of Chicago, will share insights on how to navigate the sensitive interpersonal, economic, and legal challenges of working with an artist's estate.
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CAC's Professional Development series works to uncover a critical to professional artists outside of making art.
Rooted in our core values of knowledge-sharing and building community, this 90-minute seminar will include 30 minutes of conversation with participants. Bring your experience and your questions to the group!
Participants may attend in person or online via Zoom. Registration is required.
$10 for the general public
$5 for CAC alumni
FREE for current residents (Registration still required via link)
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Yechen Zhao is Assistant Curator of Photography and Media at the Art Institute of Chicago. A specialist in twentieth-century American and East Asian photography during the Cold War and its aftermath, he received his PhD in art history from Stanford University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale University Art Gallery. His writing appears in History of Photography, Photographica, and Aperture. He recently curated Pixy Liao: Relationship Material.