RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, since 1916, The Arts Club of Chicago has been a preeminent exhibitor of international and Chicago art, a forum for established and emerging artists, and a celebrated venue for performers from around the world and Chicago; and
WHEREAS, The Arts Club of Chicago has been committed for 100 years to encouraging, fostering, promoting, and sponsoring activities and presentations which increase public interest in modern art and culture; and
WHEREAS, The Arts Club of Chicago has been the home to many "firsts," including the first U.S. exhibition of Picasso and the first Chicago recital of John Cage; and
WHEREAS, The Arts Club of Chicago has hosted a diverse array of artists, performers, and writers, including Igor Stravinsky. Martha Graham, Leonard Bernstein, Gertrude Stein, Maya Lin, Richard Hunt, and Studs Terkel; and
WHEREAS, The Arts Club of Chicago is located in an architecturally significant building at 201 Last Ontario Street that features the iconic "floating" staircase designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; and
WHEREAS, The Arts Club of Chicago in celebrating its Centennial, a Culture Continuum, remains dedicated to supporting and promoting the artistic and cultural communities of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, The Arts Club of Chicago will be honored as the 200-300 block of East Ontario Street is renamed "Arts Club of Chicago Way;" now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the Members ofthe City Council ofthe City of Chicago, assembled in meeting this eighteenth day of May 2016, do hereby honor and salute The Arts Club of Chicago on their 100th anniversary for their contribution and leadership in the arts and culture of Chicago, extend our best wishes for future success, and proclaim Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, as "The Arts Club of Chicago Day" throughout Chicago; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to The Arts Club of Chicago.