Doors Open at 10:30am

Admission: $15, Admission, plus book: $40

Join us at the historic Schweikher House for a special talk by Will Quam of Brick of Chicago! Will is an architecture photographer, architecture writer, and researcher who has devoted his time to documenting Chicago’s bricks and buildings. Attendees can pay a base entry fee, or purchase an advance copy of Will’s book “Fire and Clay” with entry included!

“Brick is everywhere - especially in Chicago. It's everywhere, but it's never the same. It's so full of detail, pattern, color, and nuance. It's laid very intentionally, it wears down in varied and beautiful ways. There are so many different kinds of brick, so many colors of brick, and so many ways of building with brick. 

I decided to document the brick as a way to pay more attention to the world around me and encourage others to do the same. And it's been like learning a whole new language and suddenly discovering great texts hidden in the buildings around me. 

Everything built (physical things like buildings or non-physical things like systems or societies) is designed and has impact, good or bad. It’s easy to walk by something like a brick building and pay it no mind. But the world is so much more interesting when you ask the question “what is that and why is it the way it is?”

Above all, I believe that nothing is boring. Everything can be interesting and exciting. Even bricks.” - Will Quam