Andy Warhol's 95th Birthday Bash! and Talk by Joseph Freeman Aug. 6

Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA), presenter of this summer’s WARHOL exhibition, celebrates the pop art icon’s 95th birthday with an Andy Warhol’s 95th Disco Birthday Bash!” and talk featuring Joseph Freeman, a former Warhol associate, Sunday, Aug. 6. at 425 Fawell Blvd.

Warhol’s 95th Disco Birthday Bash! will take place 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the WARHOL exhibition’s Central Park-inspired outdoor space. Activities will include disco/hustle dance lesson from Luis and Kasie from Mosaico Dance Company. An Andy Warhol look-alike will be on hand to cut the birthday cake for all to enjoy. Additional Birthday Bash activities include silk screen demonstrations by Chuck Boone, Professor of Printmaking at College of DuPage. There will also be the opportunity to shop the wares of Lisle’s Shiny Squirrel Art Studio, a retail boutique and creative art space; The Collective, a lifestyle boutique; and Creme de la Crème Gifts and Accessories and enjoy tasty fare by food vendors including Glen Ellyn’s own Heavenly Hot Dogs.

At 2 p.m. Joseph Freeman, a former Warhol associate, takes the MAC’s Belushi Performance Hall stage to share his up-close and personal perspective on Warhol. In his March 2020 article Jessamy Calkin of the Daily Telegraph observed, “In 1965 New York schoolboy Joseph Freeman interviewed Andy Warhol for his high-school newspaper. What happened next changed his life.” As Freeman relates in the same article, “I became his gopher/assistant/ apprentice for three years...And what I learned from him about life has been invaluable.”

Admission to the Andy Warhol’s 95th Disco Birthday Bash!” is included in the price of WARHOL Exhibition tickets purchased for Aug. 6. Ticket price is $30 plus service fees. Tickets to the Freeman lecture are $10, or free with an exhibition ticket. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit WARHOL2023.org or call the McAninch Arts Center at 630.942.4000.