Sunday, Aug. 6, 2p
Joseph Freeman Joseph Freeman worked alongside Warhol for several years and will share an inside perspective of who this legendary artist was. Freeman will take us behind the scenes into the world of Warhol’s famous studio, The Silver Factory, and into Warhol’s home life. Hear first-hand accounts of who Andy Warhol really was directly from…
Sunday, Aug. 6 | 11a - 2p
Andy Warhol's 95th Disco Birthday Bash! Put on your disco clothes and come celebrate in our Central Park with “Andy Warhol” and get your polaroid taken with him. Party with a DJ, disco dancing, printmaking projects for the kids, ice cream vendor and more! FREE with purchased exhibition ticket for August 6.
Thursday, Aug. 3 | 7-10p
Chuck Boone – "Wine and Print Like Andy Warhol" SOLD OUT Professor of Printmaking Charles Boone will welcome a small group of 12 people into the print lab to learn how to design and print an Andy Warhol style silk screen print. During the course of the evening while the first part of the project…
Saturday, Sept. 9 | 2p
Mike Venezia, Children's Illustrator and Artist – "Meet-and-Greet" Mike Venezia, author and illustrator of over 150 books in the Getting to Know The World’s Greatest Artist series, will be in the Children’s Pop Art Print Factory to greet visitors, sign autographs, and show children how to make Warhol-style Pop art! *FREE with purchase exhibition ticket…
Saturday, June 24, 6p
Pride Anthems Concert Join us as we celebrate Pride Month with a journey through the past 50 years of Pride Anthems. From Donna Summer and Queen to George Michael, Erasure, Madonna, Lady Gaga and much more, these essential songs take us from disco to the present day. The story of the fight for LGBTQ+ equality…
Thursday, Sept. 7 | 7p
David Ouellette, Art Faculty – "Vanishing Species: Art and Biodiversity since Warhol" In 1983, Andy Warhol was commissioned to produce a series of 10 dynamic, multicolor prints of endangered animals to mark the ten year anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. Today, the destruction of habitat and loss of biodiversity remain the greatest challenges facing…
Thursday, Aug. 24 | 7p
College of DuPage Faculty Lecture – "Who was Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol" Learn about Valerie Solanas, the controversial author who shot Andy Warhol, through various representations of Solanas in popular culture, including in the novel Valerie by Sara Stridsberg, the film I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), and the song “I Believe”…
Thursday, August 17 | 7p
Julia diLiberti, Humanities Faculty – "Soup Can Can't: Warhol and the Unraveling of Art" In this accessible introduction to Andy Warhol and his body of work, we discuss if a soup can can or can’t dismantle all the conventions of art in one fell reproduction. Our exploration will begin with works by Marcel Duchamp, noting…
Thursday, August 3 | 7p
Justin Witte, Curator Talk - "Andy Warhol: The Ultimate Outsider" Witte will discuss how Andy Warhol’s experience as an outsider propelled him to become one of the most famous American artists to have lived. This talk will focus on his early work as an illustrator through his later work that has undergone major critical reevaluation.…
Thursday, Aug. 31 | 7p
Thomas Kiedrowski - "Andy Warhol's New York City" Thomas Kiedrowski, author of Andy Warhol’s New York City, will engage in a lively conversation regarding Andy Warhol’s fascinating life and monumental career centered around The Big Apple. From his first steps in Manhattan, to becoming the Pope of Pop Art, hear about Warhol’s artistic pursuits drawn…
