

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lauren Lee McCarthy Lecture
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a lecture by artist Lauren Lee McCarthy followed by an audience Q&amp;A.

Location: The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan Ave.

Lauren Lee McCarthy is an artist examining social relationships in the midst of surveillance, automation, and algorithmic living. She creates performances inviting viewers to engage. To remote-control her dates. To be followed. To welcome her in as their human smart home. To attend a party hosted by artificial intelligence. McCarthy is the creator of p5.js, an open-source creative coding platform that prioritizes inclusion and access with more than 10 million users worldwide. 

Presented in partnership with the William Bronson and Grayce Slovet Mitchell Lecture Series in SAIC’s Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects

This event is free, non-ticketed and open to the general public.

Learn more at saic.edu/vap

This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access

Image Credit: Lauren Lee McCarthy, LAUREN. Photo by Jane Kratochvil, Sebastian Bach, courtesy of Ford Foundation Gallery
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/lauren-lee-mccarthy-lecture/200029755816220
- **Event Categories**: art, it, parties, entertainment, artificial-intelligence
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 144

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029755816220?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=chicago-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Art Institute of Chicago
- **lat**: 41.881005660818
- **long**: -87.622234254849
- **full address**: Art Institute of Chicago, Lollapalooza, E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Visiting Artists Program (https://allevents.in/org/school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago-saic-visiting-artists-program/3425321)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Art Institute of Chicago, Lollapalooza, E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Visiting Artists Program
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, it, parties, entertainment, artificial-intelligence
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lauren Lee McCarthy Lecture ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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