

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poems for Chicago: Drawing as Poetry
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 03:30 pm – Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Create a visual poem to Chicago at this family friendly event.About this EventPart of Poems for Chicago, this family-friendly workshop invites kids and adults to create sketches as visual poems to the city. Through drawing, participants will explore how a few lines, shapes, and details can capture a feeling, memory, or moment in Chicago, much like a poem does with words.Led by Thomas Kelley, practicing architect and Partner at Norman Kelley, the workshop begins with simple, accessible sketching prompts and a live drawing demonstration. No prior drawing experience is needed; the focus is on observation, imagination, and personal expression.While sketching—and in moments of pause—we’ll read and discuss a small selection of Chicago poems, using them as inspiration to reflect on the relationship between architecture, place, and lived experience. Guided by Sarah Herda, author and Co-Chair of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, participants will consider how poets and architects alike use form, rhythm, and imagery to describe the city.We’ll close by adding our drawings to the Poems for Chicago community wall, building a growing, shared portrait of the city through many voices and viewpoints.Materials provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult.Poems for Chicago is an intimate, public-facing exhibition and participation installation that uses poetry as a way of seeing the city.Visitors are invited to add their own poem, message, or sketch to Chicago, contributing to a growing, collective portrait of the city.Write or draw a poem to Chicago. What would you say to the city if you could speak directly to it?
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/poems-for-chicago-drawing-as-poetry/100001981059761074
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, literary-art, workshops, exhibitions, kids
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 840 N. Michigan Avenue
- **lat**: 41.8981197
- **long**: -87.624657
- **full address**: 840 N. Michigan Avenue, 840 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Chicago Architecture Biennial (https://allevents.in/org/chicago-architecture-biennial/22748769)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 03:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 840 N. Michigan Avenue, 840 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Chicago Architecture Biennial
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts, literary-art, workshops, exhibitions, kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Poems for Chicago: Drawing as Poetry ?
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