| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contacts:
Lauren R. Dolan - Chicago History Museum (312-799-2161)
Pauline Saliga - Society of Architectural Historians (312-573-1365)
Chicago History Museum & Partners Announce
the Citywide Celebration
September 3 - October 15, 2006
CHICAGO (August 29, 2006) In honor of Louis Sullivan
turning 150 years old this September, the Chicago History Museum
partnering with architectural, cultural, and educational institutions
in Chicago, presents a six-week celebration dedicated to honoring
and examining the life and work of one of Chicago's and
America's most important but often overlooked architects
from September 3 through October 15, 2006.
The citywide celebration, titled "Louis
Sullivan at 150" consists of nearly two dozen public
programs over the six-week timeframe. The celebration officially
kicks off with a special ceremony and birthday cake cutting on
Thursday, September 7 at the Charnley-Persky
House, 1365 North Astor Street, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. This
building is an 1891-92 Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright building
and the headquarters of the Society of Architectural Historians.
The program includes the following speakers: Pauline Saliga, Executive
Director of the Society of Architectural Historians; John
Eifler, Principal, Eifler & Associates Architects;
T. Gunny Harboe, Principal, Harboe Architects,
pc; and John Russick, Curator, Chicago History Museum and
Chair of the Louis Sullivan 150th Committee. In addition to the
speakers, presentations include mold making of Sullivan ornaments
led by the International Masonry Institute, a display of Sullivan
artifacts, and computer stations demonstrating the "Louis Sullivan
at 150" web site. For more information, please visit www.sullivan150.org
for a calendar of events with details on program dates, locations,
and additional information.
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"Louis Sullivan at 150" offers
a variety of programs at different venues across the city for
adults and children, including tours, lectures, symposia, film
screenings, classes, and hands-on activities. "Louis Sullivan
at 150" partners include: Chicago
History Museum, Richard
H. Driehaus Foundation, Graham
Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Illinois
Arts Council, Chicago
Architecture Foundation, Society
of Architectural Historians, The
Art Institute of Chicago Ryerson & Burnham Libraries and Department
of Architecture and Design, Newberry
Library, Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs, AIA
Chicago, Chicago
Department of Planning and Development Landmarks Division,
Charnley-Persky
House Museum Foundation, WTTW
Channel 11, Richard
Nickel Committee and Archive, Frank
Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, Holy
Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Roosevelt
University Chicago College of Performing Arts, Auditorium
Theater of Roosevelt University, International
Masonry Institute, Landmarks
Preservation Council of Illinois, Preservation
Chicago, Cliff
Dwellers Club, and Hyde
Park Historical Society.
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