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Theaster Gates BiographyTheaster Gates is founder and president of the Rebuild Foundation and director of arts program development at the University of Chicago. He is an artist, musician, and “cultural planner.” In his performances, installations, and urban interventions, Gates transforms spaces, institutions, traditions, and perceptions. Gates’s training as an urban planner and sculptor, and his subsequent time spent in Japan studying clay, has given him keen awareness of the poetics of production and systems of organizing. With this experience, Gates has assembled gospel choirs, formed temporary unions, and used systems of mass production as a way of underscoring the need that industry has for the body. When Theaster is not making art for museums, he is committed to the restoration of poor black neighborhoods, converting abandoned buildings into cultural spaces. Gates was a Loeb fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Design and has received awards from the Joyce Foundation and the Graham Foundation.
In 2019, fashion label Prada announced Theaster Gates, alongside Ava DuVernay, will be co-chair of the Prada Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council.
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-“We will help ensure that the fashion world is reflective of the world in which we live,” says Miuccia Prada.
Could Theaster Gates' next grand project be tackling the 50 vacant and in many cases beautiful school buildings closed by the city three years ago?
Chicago artist Theaster Gates has revealed plans to establish an arts center in a disused police station on the city's South Side. The police station was shuttered ...
Born in Chicago in 1973, Theaster Gates is a visual artist, social activist, urban planner, musical performer and Professor of Visual Art at the University of ...
For his latest art project, Theaster Gates is bringing together music, museums and collegiate athletics.
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Theaster Gates is founder and president of the Rebuild Foundation and director of arts program development at the University of Chicago. He is an artist, musician, and “cultural planner.” In his performances, installations, and urban interventions, Gates transforms spaces, institutions, traditions, and perceptions. Gates’s training as an urban planner and sculptor, and his subsequent time spent in Japan studying clay, has given him keen awareness of the poetics of production and systems of organizing. With this experience, Gates has assembled gospel choirs, formed temporary unions, and used systems of mass production as a way of underscoring the need that industry has for the body. When Theaster is not making art for museums, he is committed to the restoration of poor black neighborhoods, converting abandoned buildings into cultural spaces. Gates was a Loeb fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Design and has received awards from the Joyce Foundation and the Graham Foundation.
In 2019, fashion label Prada announced Theaster Gates, alongside Ava DuVernay, will be co-chair of the Prada Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council.
Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Theaster Gates and other top speakers and celebrities.
Theaster Gates is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Theaster Gates for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Theaster Gates generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Seth Berkley, Lawrence Krauss, Billy Parish, Chrystia Freeland and Paola Antonelli. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Theaster Gates for an upcoming event.
“We will help ensure that the fashion world is reflective of the world in which we live,” says Miuccia Prada.
Could Theaster Gates' next grand project be tackling the 50 vacant and in many cases beautiful school buildings closed by the city three years ago?
Chicago artist Theaster Gates has revealed plans to establish an arts center in a disused police station on the city's South Side. The police station was shuttered ...
Born in Chicago in 1973, Theaster Gates is a visual artist, social activist, urban planner, musical performer and Professor of Visual Art at the University of ...
For his latest art project, Theaster Gates is bringing together music, museums and collegiate athletics.
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