Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years

3111 N WESTERN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60618 WITH KEN VANDERMARK, JASON ROEBKE, AND HAMZA WALKER Join us at Constellation for this free launch event celebrating the release of Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years, featuring live musical performances by Ken Vandermark, Jason Roebke, and others. Hamza Walker was Director of Education at the Renaissance Society for 20 years, between 1994 and 2015. During that time, he wrote essays about every single exhibition, both those he organized, and many others curated by Susanne Ghez. These texts were published first in the Renaissance Society’s newsletters and then eventually on the exhibition posters, which were distributed far more widely. In the course of this workman-like writing in the service of the institution, Walker developed not only his distinctive personal writing style and a keen eye, but also a theory of what museum education could be and do. This book collects those essays together into a volume that celebrates Walker’s brilliant, joyful, and generous writing. It also serves as a lively record of 20 years of the Renaissance Society’s exhibition programming, and reflects the prevalent theories, issues, and fashions of the art world during that time, not to mention events occurring in the wider world. Pre-order Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years