SPOUSE PROGRAM

Tuesday, October 21

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Chicago’s Art Walking Tour

Chicago is a great city to explore on foot. From the Hyatt you will walk towards Lake Shore Drive to the Cancer Survivor’s Park with its paths forming the Positive Mental Attitude Walk. From there your tour continues to Frank Gehry’s graceful, winding BP Bridge connection to Millennium Park. Once in Millennium Park you will be treated to Gehry’s Chicago masterpiece, the Pritzker Pavilion, home to fabulous FREE outdoor concerts, the elegant Anish Kapoor Cloud Gate (affectionately known as The Bean). Fountains, a magnificent garden and monumental outdoor art will be on your Park path, as well.

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Opening Reception

Wednesday, October 22

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Welcome to Chicago! You will have a chance to enjoy breakfast and informational networking with your knowledgeable and entertaining tour guide. Learn more about fascinating Chicago—city of 77 neighborhoods, two major bodies of water, places to see, how to get there on your own, where to shop, where to eat, and so much more.

11:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Opening Lunch & ARTBA Foundation and "Roads & Bridges" Contractors Choice Awards Program

2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Open the Doors to the "Greenest Home in Chicago!"

Come explore a fully-functioning, three story modular and sustainable home in the Museum of Science & Industry’s own backyard to learn about the ways, big and small, that you and your family can create eco-friendly living. The home is the basis for the one-of-a-kind exhibit Smart Home: Green + Wired. From the Hyatt you will travel south along Chicago’s magnificent lakefront to Hyde Park, also home of the famed University of Chicago. Following your Smart Home visit you will go north to the hotel and get a glimpse of the Chicago Museum campus with its great view of the city which seems to rise from Lake Michigan, McCormick Place and Soldier Field. This will truly be a unique experience.

6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
ARTBA Political Action Team Dinner

Held off site at The Field Museum, Chicago’s most elegant and unique setting! This event will be held in Stanley Field Hall which has gleaming white marble interiors, sky lit vaulted ceilings, and stately columns – complete with Sue, the best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil yet discovered. The Field Museum offers you the opportunity to unlock the secrets of mummies and explore almost every corner of the globe with all of it’s treasures. (This is an optional event and pre-registration is required.)

Thursday, October 23

8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Free time to explore Chicago - see list of things to do on your own on pages 10-15. 

11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Buffet Lunch at Hyatt Regency Hotel

12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wright was RIGHT

Visiting the HOME & STUDIO of Frank Lloyd Wright, the founder of the Prairie school of architecture, is like returning to Mecca for fans of America's greatest architect. Visionary, folk hero, architect of delight, Wright was a casting director's dream of what an architect should look and act like. His energy and vision dramatically influenced and changed contemporary architecture. The Home & Studio served as his private residence and workplace from 1889-1909—the first 20 years of his career. Your tour will leave from the Hyatt and head west to Oak Park, Illinois which contains the largest concentration of Wright's works in the world, including one of his favorites, Unity Temple. You will experience a docent led tour of the Home & Studio and walking (or riding depending on the weather) the area which will reveal the evolution of his creations from Victorian splendors to horizontal homes hugging the landscape.

6:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.
Chairman’s Reception, Banquet and Incoming Chairman’s Hospitality Event
Entertainment: The Second City

Friday, October 24

7:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast