Laura Layfer Treitman

Finding Her Rhythm

Anne Kaplan jokingly calls herself a “serial board chair” having held the post for more than one Chicago cultural institution in recent years. Her interest in the arts started back in the ’60s, as a college student out East attending theater and visiting museums during frequent jaunts to Manhattan. That’s when she first encountered the

Retrospective Perspective

This spring the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago exhibits Nick Cave: Forothermore, the first retrospective to be presented on the artist’s work. Looking back, however, has always been a familiar practice for Cave. The difference now, as he points out, “is that I’m no longer restricted by worrying about what I am making and

In Harmony

HELEN ZELL When Helen Zell moved to Chicago in her early 20s, she was eager to begin a new job in educational publishing and to embrace the cultural life of the city. On lunch breaks from her role as Assistant Editor at Science Research Associates, she frequently explored the galleries at the Museum of Contemporary

Nature and Nurture

Sandra Deromedi distinctly remembers an elementary school field trip to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. “That experience made such a big impression on me—I was just so excited that day.” It marked an important moment, even at a young age, for her understanding of how an institution and its exhibitions

Fashion Forward

Fashion designer and entrepreneur Liz Lange thought she might write a memoir one day but never planned on a podcast. Then again, creating a namesake clothing label and selling it for millions of dollars was not on the radar either early in her career. “I think I was naive and I’m a risk-taker,” shares Lange,

Quest For A Cure

What attracted Susan Landau Axelrod to a career in the health sciences was an opportunity to work on access to, and cost of, care for others. She had contemplated becoming a doctor but decided instead to pursue a business degree with a focus on healthcare. Soon, an unexpected personal issue defined for her where her

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