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From Motion to Stillness
A new exhibit at Zhou B. Art Center is challenging viewers to slow down and reflect on the world around them When director of exhibitions at Zhou B. Art Center Sergio Gomez and PoetsArtists magazine director Didi Menendez teamed up to curate an exhibit at Zhou B. they thought of how fast-paced American culture has [...]
art \ Carlos Javier Ortiz \ chicago youth boxing club \ exhibit \ Frederick "Mookie" Dennis \ La Villita Community Church \ little village \ Too Young to Die Project \ Victoria Casimiro \ youth chicago
Too Young To Die Project Gives Little Village Youth Opportunity to Respond to Violence in Their Neighborhood
Frederick “Mookie” Dennis was in a juvenile detention center when he heard his older brother Deandre Douglas had been shot and killed. “He was supposed to come and visit me that same night he died, but he never came,” said Dennis. Standing in a room full of peers, mentors and neighborhood residents at La Villita [...]
conservative vice lords \ exhibit \ jane addams hull-house museum \ photographs
Conservative Vice Lords Exhibit Explores the Role of Gangs
Can gang members become forces for positive social change? That’s the main question posed throughout the hall of the “Report to the Public: An Untold History of the Conservative Vice Lords” exhibit. Organized by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum with the intention to open dialogue about gangs and the opportunity for creating social change, the [...]
art show \ chema skandal \ eric ROHO garcia \ exhibit \ ricardo gonzalez \ street art \ urban pop \ yollocalli
Urban Pop: New Yollocalli Exhibit Takes Inspiration from the Streets
They can be seen under viaducts, alongside building facades, light posts and even sidewalks in about every neighborhood in the city. Graphic, bold and unsanctioned images that use public space as a catalyst for self-expression. It’s street art. A subversive form of artwork that’s been bombarding city streets for years and now is the inspiration [...]
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Urban Art Retreat Presents Women Veterans Art Show
Outfitted in dark green U.S. Army service uniforms, a blond man and a brunette woman stand side by side, painted in front of a blue, gray hue background. Their rigid stance mirrors the typical army attitude, yet on further inspection of the woman’s bright red cheeks and outlined mouth, it’s clear she has been painted [...]
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