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Cities and
public art have long been connected. From
the ancient world until today, public art
has been used to memorialize events, pay
tribute to greatness, express culture and
adorn public spaces. Since the rise of
mass tourism in the 19th century, public
art has been increasingly used by cities
to attract new residents and visitors.
Chicago most definitely sought to provide
a spectacle worthy of global attention.
With the shift from an industrial to a
post-modern economy, art- and
culture-driven growth has become an
increasingly important part of Chicago’s
public identity. Artistic public works,
like waterfront plazas, public squares,
sculpture gardens and world-class museums
have become currency in attracting global
tourism and business. Remember Cows
on Parade and Cool Globes?! Over
this summer, it became apparent how public
art is viewed through a contemporary lens
to understand history in the context of
the present day
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FREE and
ONLINE
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
5:30-7:00 pm CDT
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Sign in 5:00-5:30 pm for
informal cigar and cocktail chatter.
The event will be
called to order at 5:30.
There will be a Q&A session
following the lecture. Audience
participation is invited.
The event will conclude at 7 pm.
An optional cocktail party and
discussion will continue after the
event.
Be sure to have your
cocktails and cigars at ready
hand.
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A
long-time Chicago Cigar Society
member, Rob Wetherald
is an architect with a long
career managing international
real estate portfolios for
companies that include Kemper,
Zurich, Deutsche Bank and
Oracle. This work afforded him
the opportunity to visit and
explore the architecture, art
and culture of great cities
around the world. In these roles
Rob also assembled several
large-scale corporate art
collections. Rob served on the
board of the Frank Lloyd Wright
Preservation Trust, and during
his tenure as chairman the Trust
acquired and renovated Wright’s
Robie House, which is situated
on the campus of the University
of Chicago.
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An
enthusiastic lover of the arts,
Laura Sterkel holds a
degree in Art History and
Government from Smith College.
Professionally, Laura leads the
Executive Coaching and
Leadership Development practice
for Challenger, Gray &
Christmas. She has been involved
with a number of arts and
cultural organizations,
including the Arts &
Business Council of Philadelphia
and Chicago, Cleveland Museum of
Fine Arts and St. Louis Art
Museum. She was a student docent
at the Smith College Museum of
Art and is currently a docent at
the American Writers Museum in
Chicago. Laura and Rob have
travelled extensively and are
enthusiastic supporters of
theater and the arts.
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About
the
Cigar Society of Chicago
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND
greatest traditions of the city clubs of
Chicago is the discussion of intellectual,
social, legal, artistic, historical,
scientific, musical, theatrical, and
philosophical issues in the company of
educated, bright, and appropriately
provocative individuals, all under the
beneficent influence of substantial
amounts of tobacco and spirits. The
Cigar Society of Chicago
embraces this tradition and extends it
with its Informal Smokers, University
Series lectures, and Cigar
Society Dinners, in which cigars,
and from time to time pipes and
cigarettes, appear as an important
component of our version of the classical
symposium. To be included in the
Cigar Society's mailing list, write to the
secretary at
curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus.org
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