How do you create a truly public museum?
The Commons is a platform for fostering dialogue, curiosity, and experimentation within the civic and public contexts of the city.
Heidi Reitmaier
Dr. Robert Nathan Mayer Director of Learning and Public Programs
TCA’s Human Library
Heidi Reitmaier explains the dynamic exchanges that occur with the Teen Creative Agency, including one experiment called the Human Library.
A Place for Everyone to Feel at Home
The MCA is building a greater capacity for creativity through experimental programs like In Progress.
We Don’t Have All the Answers
The MCA poses questions to visitors so that they can draw their own connections.
Seeing the World through Art
An installation by artist Gaylen Gerber sparks big-picture questions among young people visiting the MCA for the first time.
Chicago: Civic and Mindful
Heidi Reitmaier talks about Chicago pride.