Congratulations to all the SAAH folks that will take part in the Terminal 5 Expansion public art project at O’Hare International Airport!
As part of Behar X Schachman, Art History alum Ionit Behar, will be curating and designing the Terminal 5 Expansion public art project, which will include new large-scale commissions by a few of our faculty and alums—Nelly Agassi, Faheem Majeed, Edra Soto, and Selina Trepp.
This project is made possible by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) in partnership with the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA).
"Part of the Arts77 cultural recovery plan, these new commissions will serve as the very first "hello!" on behalf of our city to our international visitors. The Terminal 5 Expansion public art project will include curatorial/design team Ionit Behar and Andrew Schachman (Behar X Schachman), and new large-scale commissions by artists Nelly Agassi, Jonathan Michael Castillo, Assaf Evron, Krista Franklin, Wills Glasspiegel and The Era Footwork Crew, Jenny Kendler, Mayumi Lake, Yvette Mayorga, Cecil McDonald Jr., Ebony G. Patterson, Faheem Majeed, Huong Ngo, Chris Pappan, Cheryl Pope, Edra Soto, Leonard Suryajaya, Selina Trepp, Jina Valentine, and Bernard Williams."