Senior Advisor for Cultural Innovation and Advisor to the Dean About Theaster Gates Theaster Gates is a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Visual Arts and the College, and Director of Arts + Public Life, a UChicago Arts initiative housed at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park. He also leads an urban research initiative known as Place Lab, a partnership between Arts + Public Life and the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Place Lab is a team of social scientists, architects, creative professionals, and business leaders. With support from the Knight Foundation, Gates and his team will create frameworks for reimagining the role that culture plays in the redevelopment of transforming African American communities over the next three years. Gates is helping to define the future of artistic place-based efforts, in research and practice. Contact Information Office 3030 theaster@uchicago.edu Recent News More news Student Profile: Carrie Collins, MPP Class of 2024 Tue., April 30, 2024 Alumni Profile: Eloísa Ávila-Uribe, MACRM’23 Fri., April 26, 2024 Ariel Kalil: Multigenerational households are key to better support for kids of single mothers Thu., April 25, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Harris Reunion Weekend 2024 Fri., May 03, 2024 | 12:00 PM 1307 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60613 United States Data and Policy Summer Scholars Program (DPSS): Deep-Dive Conversation with Jose Macias and Alexandra Sobczynski Mon., May 06, 2024 | 7:30 PM International Policy Action Lab Mini Class with Austin Wright Tue., May 07, 2024 | 6:00 AM