In conjunction with the exhibition Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World’s Fair the Newberry Library leads a series of panels exploring the visual art and culture of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933-34.

The schedule is as follows:

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

• Sarah Burns, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Thomas Hovenden, Breaking Home Ties, and Culture Wars in the White City of 1893”
• Edward C. Hirschland, “An Electric Ballet. Huh?”
• Judy Koessel, “Discovering Dodge: William De Leftwich Dodge, American Muralist (1867-1935)” 

1 p.m. – 2 p.m. The Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933-34

• Elizabeth McGoey, “‘Homelike Atmosphere Sought’: American Domesticity on View at the 1933-34 Century of Progress”
• Erika Doss, “People’s Choice: Grant Wood at the Century of Progress, 1933-1934.”
• Felicia Caponigri, “The Italo Balbo Monument: Italians and Italian-Americans in Chicago at the 1933-34 World’s Fair”