Together We Heal
Creative Place

Together We Heal Creative Place

Together We Heal Creative Place (TWHCP) funds 47 artists and community-based
organizations for medium- and large-scale creative placemaking projects in low- and
moderate-income Chicago neighborhoods.

Why?

The TWHCP program harnesses the transformative power of art to cultivate a more equitable, vibrant, and united city. The program was intentionally designed to acknowledge and uncover past racial injustices and how they continue to show up today in Chicago neighborhoods. TWHCP projects create public spaces for dialogue, understanding, and reconciliation to help us learn from those injustices and build a better future.

The Creative Place Program positions resources in the hands of communities to use art as a vehicle to reflect, reclaim, and reimagine their neighborhoods using OERJ’s Together We Heal Framework.

What is creative place making?

Creative placemaking is the practice of using arts, culture, and community-guided design to transform public spaces into vibrant hubs of expression and connection that reflect the diverse voices within a community. It includes a strategic curation of performances and activations, public art, and inclusive initiatives that highlight issues including food insecurity and housing injustice that plague historically disinvested communities.

  • Place artists and art at the center of planning, execution, and activity
  • Invites people to be involved in the creative activity
  • Honors the legacy of cultural organizing in community
  • Leverages the creative potential already present in a place
  • Focuses on what makes a place unique and distinct based on its history and character
  • Creates a place where people want to go and linger, socialize, learn, and connect with the neighborhood and their neighbors
  • Sense of Belonging
  • Community Agency & Power
  • Bringing memories to life
  • Pride of Community
  • Neighborhood Vibrancy
How TWHCP works.

From Fall 2022 to December 2024, artists and community organizations working in partnerships with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events and the Office of Equity and Racial Justice will identify priorities that strengthen the economic, physical, and/or social needs and visions of neighborhood or place. These priorities inform the development of multi-year creative placemaking projects that promote dialogue and connection; activate shared spaces; beautify communities; and celebrate local cultural richness.

TWHCP encourages projects that leverage and enhance the capacity of the work and creative potential that already exist in communities. The 47 total projects feature multiple artistic disciplines, including architecture, dance, film, music, performance art, photography, public art and theater. They will energize public spaces and invite residents to interact through dialogues, activations and creative problem-solving. All project work and programming will be free to the public.

The Together We Heal Creative Place program is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, a part of the Mayor’s Road to Recovery Plan.

EXPLORE

the Creative Projects

Locate the Together We Heal Creative Place grant programs by project in the list below. Click on as many projects as you want to view at one time on the map. Click the pin on the map or in the project address to learn more about the project and/or organization.
PROJECTS
 
Acting Up in South Deering and Once Upon a Pose
 
South Deering
 
Activando Nuestro Espacio Comunitario: Camino Cultural
 
3000 N. Elbridge Ave.
 
Agua
 
2057 W. 18th St.
 
329 E. Garfield Blvd.
 
1824 S. Wood St.
 
Argyle Community Healing & Placekeeping Project
 
1134 W. Argyle St.
 
Arts Access and Cultural Healing on Devon, Chicago’s Little South Asia
 
6328 N. California Ave.
 
Austin Safety Action Plan 2.0
 
557 N. Central Ave
 
Breaking Community Bubbles
 
Cermak & Halsted St.
 
Cermak & Wabash Ave
 
Changing the Englewood Landscape
 
S. Loomis Blvd. & 62nd.
 
Chicago Soul Arts: Some Sort of Saint
 
928 W. 38th. Pl.
 
Citizenship for All: Storytelling for Immigrant Justice through NongGi Making
 
4300 N. California Ave.
 
Community Storytellers
 
2602 W. 16th. St.
 
Creative Conversations
 
2718 W. Adams St.
 
Creativity Bus
 
3601 W. Douglas Blvd.
 
1546 W. 63rd. St.
 
2626 W. 63rd. St.
 
5727 S. Racine Ave.
 
De Colores Art Cafe (Archer Ave Art Cafe)
 
3838 W. 49th. St.
 
Fertile Ground — A Community Theater, Dance + Garden Project for the Southside
 
17 N. State St.
 
Front Porch Arts Center: Teen Theater and Storytelling Workshops
 
1150 N. Lamon Ave.
 
Healing through a Pandemic
 
7032 S. Merrill Ave.
 
1408 S. Central Park Ave.
 
75th. St. & St. Lawrence Ave.
 
63rd. St. & S. Woodlawn Ave.
 
3858 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
 
Imagine South Shore: Legacy & Future
 
South Shore
 
South Shore
 
South Shore
 
South Shore
 
South Shore
 
South Shore
 
IMANifest Studio
 
2745 W. 63rd. St.
 
Interlocking Visions
 
1757 N. Kimball Ave.
 
Lawndale Love Stories
 
S. Homan Ave. & W. Harrison St.
 
Liberation Landing
 
5045 S. Laflin St.
 
1434 W. 51st.
 
Mending InterGenerational Historical Trauma (MIGHT)
 
4326 W. Montrose Ave.
 
3938 N. Leavitt St.
 
W. Foster Ave.
 
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum Garden
 
4339 S. Lake Park Ave.
 
Neighborhood Healing Project
 
1500 S. Albany St.
 
16th & Avers Ave.
 
3716 Arthington St.
 
1957 S. Spaulding Ave.
 
2101 S. Spaulding Ave.
 
21st. & S. Trumbull Ave.
 
1959 S. Kedzie Ave.
 
Parkway Picture Show
 
4445 S Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
 
Plugs & Connections
 
3601 W. Douglass Blvd.
 
Reclaiming Sanctuary
 
2739 W. Division St.
 
Rest.Rise.Move.Nourish.Heal.
 
119 E. Congress Pkwy.
 
Riverdale Creative Cultural Connections Project (RC3)
 
E. 134th. St. and Vernon Ave.
 
1029 E. 130th. St.
 
955 E. 131st. St.
 
13122 S. Ellis Ave.
 
557 E. 134th. Pl.
 
Roots & Blooms
 
11958 S. Union Ave.
 
Sankofa Story Garden: Reflecting, Visioning, Co-Creating
 
4301 W. Washington Blvd.
 
2240 S. Michigan Ave.
 
Signs of Change on 79th Street
 
7950 S Emerald Ave.
 
Soil and Soul
 
7034 S. Martin Luther King Dr.
 
7740 S. Ingleside Ave.
 
E. 75th. St. and S. St. Lawrence Ave.
 
8452 S. Escanaba St.
 
South Shore Remembers
 
2310 E. 75th. St.
 
The Giving Tree Mural of Humboldt Park
 
1440 N. Humboldt Blvd.
 
The Miracle Center's Project Synergy (TMC)
 
5454 W. Diversey Ave.
 
Together We Remember Elise
 
9 N. Cicero Ave.
 
3730 N. Clark St.
 
Train of Thoughts
 
324 E. 43rd. St.
 
unBlocked Englewood
 
6500 S Aberdeen St
 
Urban Growers Collective’s South Chicago Farm
 
9001 S. Mackinaw Ave.
 
WACA Bell Park: Changing the Narrative and Healing Together through Art, Play & Life
 
1921 S. Drake Ave.
 
Walls Turned Sideways
 
2717 W. Madison St.
 
We Are Albany Park
 
4803 N Pulaski Rd.
 
3401 W. Lawrence Ave.
 
4644 N. Kedzie Ave.
 
3523 W. Lawrence Ave.
 
Westside Lagoons - Celebrating our Community Waters
 
100 Central Park Ave.
 
Year of Transformation through Solidarity
 
10 W. 35th. St.
 
1900 W. 48th. St.
 
1130 W. 51st. St.
 
1818 E. 71st. St.
 
You Can’t Kill the Revolution: A Cinematic Celebration of Arts & Activism on Chicago’s West Side
 
5100 W. Harrison St.
 
South Deering
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Acting Up in South Deering and Once Upon a Pose
Acting Up in South Deering: A readers/writers theater program that combines SEL, & Multi-Arts practices. Once Upon A Pose combines literacy (an inclusive retelling of fairytales), SEL, and Yogic practices.
LOCATION
Chicago
 
3000 N. Elbridge Ave.
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Activando Nuestro Espacio Comunitario: Camino Cultural
PRAA is seeking to activate an empty lot that was purchased in 2019 for community gatherings. The activities at this "Pocket Plaza" include music performances, artist wall, and student enrichment programs. Events are free and open to the public.
LOCATION
3000 N. Elbridge Ave.
 
2057 W. 18th St.
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Agua
“Agua” is a festival that explores musical and spiritual cultural traditions across factions of the African Diaspora in Latin America and North America. The collaboration between La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón and 18th Street Casa de Cultural utilizes traditional music to build connections and heal the wounds fostered by anti-blackness in Black & Brown communities.
LOCATION
2057 W. 18th St.
CONTACT
 
329 E. Garfield Blvd.
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Agua
“Agua” is a festival that explores musical and spiritual cultural traditions across factions of the African Diaspora in Latin America and North America. The collaboration between La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón and 18th Street Casa de Cultural utilizes traditional music to build connections and heal the wounds fostered by anti-blackness in Black & Brown communities.
LOCATION
329 E. Garfield Blvd.
CONTACT
 
1824 S. Wood St.
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Agua
“Agua” is a festival that explores musical and spiritual cultural traditions across factions of the African Diaspora in Latin America and North America. The collaboration between La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón and 18th Street Casa de Cultural utilizes traditional music to build connections and heal the wounds fostered by anti-blackness in Black & Brown communities.
LOCATION
1824 S. Wood St.
CONTACT
 
1134 W. Argyle St.
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Argyle Community Healing & Placekeeping Project
This project focuses on 4 key areas of cultural placekeeping and healing: Food Ethnography, Movement & Sound, Oral History, and Spiritual Healing through Botanicals.
LOCATION
1134 W. Argyle St.
CONTACT
 
6328 N. California Ave.
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Arts Access and Cultural Healing on Devon, Chicago’s Little South Asia
Mandala strives to revitalize the health and prosperity of Devon’s South Asian community through arts and culture programming. Funds will be used to improve local participation and artist recruitment.
LOCATION
6328 N. California Ave.
 
557 N. Central Ave
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Austin Safety Action Plan 2.0
Young people from the West side of Chicago will develop a creative placemaking project for intergenerational healing. Working with adult allies the young people will use their vision, skills, and lived experience to design a creative healing project that incorporates intergenerational learning, and honors the lives of loved ones lost to violence.
LOCATION
557 N Central Ave.
 
Cermak & Halsted St.
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Breaking Community Bubbles
Young people from the West side of Chicago will develop a creative placemaking project for intergenerational healing. Working with adult allies the young people will use their vision, skills, and lived experience to design a creative healing project that incorporates intergenerational learning, and honors the lives of loved ones lost to violence.
LOCATION
Cermak & Halsted St
 
Cermak & Wabash Ave
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Breaking Community Bubbles
Young people from the West side of Chicago will develop a creative placemaking project for intergenerational healing. Working with adult allies the young people will use their vision, skills, and lived experience to design a creative healing project that incorporates intergenerational learning, and honors the lives of loved ones lost to violence.
LOCATION
Cermak & Wabash
 
S. Loomis Blvd. & 62nd.
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Changing the Englewood Landscape
Redefining the Urban Landscape: Englewood will transform a vacant lot in Englewood into a place for healing, restoration, and hope. It will be a community meeting space for youth and residents to gather, socialize, and an opportunity to provide service to the community.
LOCATION
S. Loomis Blvd. & 62nd.
CONTACT
 
928 W. 38th. Pl.
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Chicago Soul Arts: Some Sort of Saint
Bridge to Freedom is pioneering an art sector within our organization where we hope to help returning citizens heal through owning and telling their stories. This year we are sharing the story of Dr. Mica Battle as a new play titled "Some Sort of Saint".
LOCATION
928 W. 38th. Pl.
 
4300 N. California Ave.
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Citizenship for All: Storytelling for Immigrant Justice through NongGi Making
Artist Aram Han Sifuentes will facilitate ongoing NongGi (traditional Korean banner) making workshops at HANA Center centered around immigration justice. Aram and HANA will create a public installation of NongGis on HANA Center’s building façade.
LOCATION
4300 N. California Ave.
 
2602 W. 16th. St.
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Community Storytellers
Community Storytellers elevates the narratives of Chicago residents by adapting community-driven stories into short films. With the help of film professionals, three participants are selected to translate their stories into a motion picture while organizing a series of meaningful events that mobilize their neighborhoods.
LOCATION
2602 W. 16th. St. 4th Floor
 
2718 W. Adams St.
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Creative Conversations
“Creative Conversations” utilizes restorative practices and art form to transform communities through relationship building and the creation of vibrant spaces in partnership with block clubs.
LOCATION
2718 W. Adams St.
CONTACT
 
3601 W. Douglas Blvd.
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Creativity Bus
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) and T.H.U.G. Hippie (The Healing U Give) are collaborating to bring the CREATIVITY BUS to your school, neighborhood organization, community, block club or other event on Chicago’s SW side. The CREATIVITY BUS will pull up to your event and provide a 2 hour program that combines physical and artistic activities for all ages. Learn more at www.creativechirx.org and http://www.thughippie.org/#/  
LOCATION
3601 W. Douglas Blvd.
 
1546 W. 63rd. St.
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Creativity Bus
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) and T.H.U.G. Hippie (The Healing U Give) are collaborating to bring the CREATIVITY BUS to your school, neighborhood organization, community, block club or other event on Chicago’s SW side. The CREATIVITY BUS will pull up to your event and provide a 2 hour program that combines physical and artistic activities for all ages. Learn more at www.creativechirx.org and http://www.thughippie.org/#/  
LOCATION
1546 W. 63rd. St.
 
2626 W. 63rd. St.
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Creativity Bus
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) and T.H.U.G. Hippie (The Healing U Give) are collaborating to bring the CREATIVITY BUS to your school, neighborhood organization, community, block club or other event on Chicago’s SW side. The CREATIVITY BUS will pull up to your event and provide a 2 hour program that combines physical and artistic activities for all ages. Learn more at www.creativechirx.org and http://www.thughippie.org/#/
LOCATION
2626 W. 63rd. St.
 
5727 S. Racine Ave.
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Creativity Bus
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) and T.H.U.G. Hippie (The Healing U Give) are collaborating to bring THE CREATIVITY BUS to your school, neighborhood organization, community, block club or other event on Chicago’s SW side. THE CREATIVITY BUS will pull up to your event and provide a 3 hour program that combines physical and artistic activities for all ages. Learn more at www.creativechirx.org and http://www.thughippie.org/#/  
LOCATION
5727 S. Racine Ave.
 
3838 W. 49th. St.
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De Colores Art Cafe (Archer Ave Art Cafe)
De Colores Art Café will transform into a vibrant gathering space and stage for the arts in the Archer Heights area. The café will offer sessions with open mic, vision boarding, mosaics and clay work, and more. Summer sessions will be offered to supplement youth programs in the area and will culminate in a community "gallery reception" at the end of each season.
LOCATION
3838 W. 49th. St.
CONTACT
 
17 N. State St.
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Fertile Ground — A Community Theater, Dance + Garden Project for the Southside
This inaugural program, in partnership with Deeply Rooted and Blacks In Green, encourages participants to engage in stories around the theme of Celebrating the Great Migration and Green Living in Black Chicago. A Creative Communities Story Bridge performance is a large cast play performed by ordinary people of every age race and socioeconomic background. All comers are welcome onstage or behind the scenes.
LOCATION
17 N. State St.
 
1150 N. Lamon Ave.
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Front Porch Arts Center: Teen Theater and Storytelling Workshops
A six month- long series of workshops on storytelling, performance, writing and more for fifteen youth at the Front Porch Arts Center. Community members are invited to engage with the artists-in-residents and the youth. In addition to the workshops, FPAC will build a new performance stage, garden, and commission a mural for the backyard area that will open to the public to serve as a peaceful oasis for community members and organizations to gather for fellowship and performances.
LOCATION
1150 N. Lamon Ave.
CONTACT
 
7032 S. Merrill Ave.
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Healing through a Pandemic
HAMOC will be bringing its outdoor, travelling, community exhibition We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community to 5 priority neighborhoods. Additionally, HAMOC will provide its Healing Through Art Workshops to 5 schools within those priority neighborhoods. The museum will hold a presentation and in-person exhibition about Healing Through Art in 2023 and 2024.
LOCATION
7032 S. Merrill Ave.
 
1408 S. Central Park Ave.
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Healing through a Pandemic
HAMOC will be bringing its outdoor, travelling, community exhibition We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community to 5 priority neighborhoods. Additionally, HAMOC will provide its Healing Through Art Workshops to 5 schools within those priority neighborhoods. The museum will hold a presentation and in-person exhibition about Healing Through Art in 2023 and 2024.
LOCATION
1408 S. Central Park Ave.
 
75th. St. & St. Lawrence Ave.
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Healing through a Pandemic
HAMOC will be bringing its outdoor, travelling, community exhibition We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community to 5 priority neighborhoods. Additionally, HAMOC will provide its Healing Through Art Workshops to 5 schools within those priority neighborhoods. The museum will hold a presentation and in-person exhibition about Healing Through Art in 2023 and 2024.
LOCATION
75th. St. & St. Lawrence Ave.
 
63rd. St. & S. Woodlawn Ave.
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Healing through a Pandemic
HAMOC will be bringing its outdoor, travelling, community exhibition We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community to 5 priority neighborhoods. Additionally, HAMOC will provide its Healing Through Art Workshops to 5 schools within those priority neighborhoods. The museum will hold a presentation and in-person exhibition about Healing Through Art in 2023 and 2024.
LOCATION
63rd. St. & S. Woodlawn Ave.
 
3858 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
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Healing through a Pandemic
HAMOC will be bringing its outdoor, travelling, community exhibition We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community to 5 priority neighborhoods. Additionally, HAMOC will provide its Healing Through Art Workshops to 5 schools within those priority neighborhoods. The museum will hold a presentation and in-person exhibition about Healing Through Art in 2023 and 2024.
LOCATION
3858 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
 
South Shore
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Imagine South Shore: Legacy & Future
Chicago artists, local stakeholders learn how inclusive, accessible arts/culture engagement practices and art spaces offer long-term benefits. This demonstration project develops ideas for permanent sustainable work/live spaces where artist citizens can afford to own, live, create, and engage community. Grassroots action research, planning, and PlaceKeeping activities not only address the lack of affordable spaces; it activates community solutions while also impacting capacity building of local artists of all abilities.
LOCATION
South Shore
CONTACT
 
South Shore
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Imagine South Shore: Legacy & Future
Chicago artists, local stakeholders learn how inclusive, accessible arts/culture engagement practices and art spaces offer long-term benefits. This demonstration project develops ideas for permanent sustainable work/live spaces where artist citizens can afford to own, live, create, and engage community. Grassroots action research, planning, and PlaceKeeping activities not only address the lack of affordable spaces; it activates community solutions while also impacting capacity building of local artists of all abilities.
LOCATION
South Shore
CONTACT
 
South Shore
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Imagine South Shore: Legacy & Future
Chicago artists, local stakeholders learn how inclusive, accessible arts/culture engagement practices and art spaces offer long-term benefits. This demonstration project develops ideas for permanent sustainable work/live spaces where artist citizens can afford to own, live, create, and engage community. Grassroots action research, planning, and PlaceKeeping activities not only address the lack of affordable spaces; it activates community solutions while also impacting capacity building of local artists of all abilities.
LOCATION
South Shore
CONTACT
 
South Shore
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Imagine South Shore: Legacy & Future
Chicago artists, local stakeholders learn how inclusive, accessible arts/culture engagement practices and art spaces offer long-term benefits. This demonstration project develops ideas for permanent sustainable work/live spaces where artist citizens can afford to own, live, create, and engage community. Grassroots action research, planning, and PlaceKeeping activities not only address the lack of affordable spaces; it activates community solutions while also impacting capacity building of local artists of all abilities.
LOCATION
South Shore
CONTACT
 
South Shore
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Imagine South Shore: Legacy & Future
Chicago artists, local stakeholders learn how inclusive, accessible arts/culture engagement practices and art spaces offer long-term benefits. This demonstration project develops ideas for permanent sustainable work/live spaces where artist citizens can afford to own, live, create, and engage community. Grassroots action research, planning, and PlaceKeeping activities not only address the lack of affordable spaces; it activates community solutions while also impacting capacity building of local artists of all abilities.
LOCATION
South Shore
CONTACT
 
South Shore
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Imagine South Shore: Legacy & Future
Chicago artists, local stakeholders learn how inclusive, accessible arts/culture engagement practices and art spaces offer long-term benefits. This demonstration project develops ideas for permanent sustainable work/live spaces where artist citizens can afford to own, live, create, and engage community. Grassroots action research, planning, and PlaceKeeping activities not only address the lack of affordable spaces; it activates community solutions while also impacting capacity building of local artists of all abilities.
LOCATION
South Shore
CONTACT
 
2745 W. 63rd. St.
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IMANifest Studio
IMANifest Studios is a space dedicated to creative and artistic expression that will serve as an integral arts hub for Chicago Lawn and Englewood residents. IMAN's holistic model aims to support these communities by addressing the local gaps in not only arts programming, but primary and behavioral health care, workforce development and food security.
LOCATION
2745 W. 63rd. St.
 
1757 N. Kimball Ave.
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Interlocking Visions

Interlocking Visions will engage youth and communities in conversations about space, place, belonging, healing, and change in the built environment through design pop-ups hosted on site and out of a retrofitted mail truck.

LOCATION
1757 N. Kimball Ave.
 
S. Homan Ave. & W. Harrison St.
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Lawndale Love Stories
Lawndale Love Stories is a continuation of work by artist Alexie Young of Art West Chicago in partnership with the Foundation for Homan Square and IFF to share community histories of Homan Square residents. This project will archive the narratives of Homan Square residents through public space design and public art on the Homan campus to showcase identity and pride in the neighborhood.
LOCATION
S. Homan Ave. & W. Harrison St.
 
5045 S. Laflin St.
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Liberation Landing
Liberation Landing is a movement building space and collaborative partnership focused on deepening relationships with Black & Brown activists working in opposition to carceral systems.
LOCATION
5045 S. Laflin St.
CONTACT
 
1434 W. 51st.
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Liberation Landing
Liberation Landing is a movement building space and collaborative partnership focused on deepening relationships with Black & Brown activists working in opposition to carceral systems.
LOCATION
1434 W. 51st.
CONTACT
 
4326 W. Montrose Ave.
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Mending InterGenerational Historical Trauma (MIGHT)
Multigenerational Cultural Teachings through crafting.
LOCATION
4326 W. Montrose Ave.
 
3938 N. Leavitt St.
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Mending InterGenerational Historical Trauma (MIGHT)
Multigenerational Cultural Teachings through crafting.
LOCATION
3938 N. Leavitt St.
 
W. Foster Ave.
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Mending InterGenerational Historical Trauma (MIGHT)
Multigenerational Cultural Teachings through crafting.
LOCATION
W. Foster Ave.
 
4339 S. Lake Park Ave.
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Muddy Waters Mojo Museum Garden
The Mojo Garden and Performance Center is a community gathering and performance space that will have music events and curated artistic healing events for all ages to participate in. The garden is directly next door to Chicago city landmark Muddy Waters House which is a house museum.
LOCATION
4339 S. Lake Park Ave.
 
1500 S. Albany St.
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Neighborhood Healing Project
Through arts in our community, we offer opportunities for residents to talk about how covid pandemic effected us. We offer black history classes, discussion and art show about incarceration effect on community, women of color art show, social justice workshops, vegan program/compassion for animals, mural making, gardening, and more.
LOCATION
1500 S. Albany St.
 
16th & Avers Ave.
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Neighborhood Healing Project
Through arts in our community, we offer opportunities for residents to talk about how covid pandemic effected us. We offer black history classes, discussion and art show about incarceration effect on community, women of color art show, social justice workshops, vegan program/compassion for animals, mural making, gardening, and more.
LOCATION
16th & Avers Ave.
 
3716 Arthington St.
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Neighborhood Healing Project
Through arts in our community, we offer opportunities for residents to talk about how covid pandemic effected us. We offer black history classes, discussion and art show about incarceration effect on community, women of color art show, social justice workshops, vegan program/compassion for animals, mural making, gardening, and more.
LOCATION
3716 Arthington St.
 
1957 S. Spaulding Ave.
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Neighborhood Healing Project
Through arts in our community, we offer opportunities for residents to talk about how covid pandemic effected us. We offer black history classes, discussion and art show about incarceration effect on community, women of color art show, social justice workshops, vegan program/compassion for animals, mural making, gardening, and more.
LOCATION
1957 S. Spaulding Ave.
 
2101 S. Spaulding Ave.
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Neighborhood Healing Project
Through arts in our community, we offer opportunities for residents to talk about how covid pandemic effected us. We offer black history classes, discussion and art show about incarceration effect on community, women of color art show, social justice workshops, vegan program/compassion for animals, mural making, gardening, and more.
LOCATION
2101 S. Spaulding Ave.
 
21st. & S. Trumbull Ave.
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Neighborhood Healing Project
Through arts in our community, we offer opportunities for residents to talk about how covid pandemic effected us. We offer black history classes, discussion and art show about incarceration effect on community, women of color art show, social justice workshops, vegan program/compassion for animals, mural making, gardening, and more.
LOCATION
21st. & S. Trumbull Ave.
 
1959 S. Kedzie Ave.
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Neighborhood Healing Project
Through arts in our community, we offer opportunities for residents to talk about how covid pandemic effected us. We offer black history classes, discussion and art show about incarceration effect on community, women of color art show, social justice workshops, vegan program/compassion for animals, mural making, gardening, and more.
LOCATION
1959 S. Kedzie Ave.
 
4445 S Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
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Parkway Picture Show
A outdoor plaza space for emerging filmmakers of color to host film showings for the community, and viewings and panel discussions for alternative filmmakers.
LOCATION
4445 S Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
CONTACT
 
3601 W. Douglass Blvd.
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Plugs & Connections
We are a collective of South and West side organizations who work on creating space for Black and Brown people to come and build together. Plugs and Connections has connected women from across racial barriers to gather and learn about their stories through healing justice workshops, art and storytelling. Our final project entails a traveling photography, collage and Testimonio storytelling convening in mid-May.
LOCATION
Central Park Ave. & Douglas Blvd.
CONTACT
 
2739 W. Division St.
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Reclaiming Sanctuary
Reclaiming Sanctuary is a visual art project that invites the students of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School to assess and reflect on their experiences of the dual pandemics of community violence and COVID-19. Through peace circles and classroom curriculum, students will engage in dialogue about conjuncture, sanctuary, healing, justice, and legacy in order to design and create public art. The goal is to uplift the mission of the school by engaging in critical thinking and social transformation.
LOCATION
2739 W. Division St.
 
119 E. Congress Pkwy.
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Rest.Rise.Move.Nourish.Heal.
Rest. Rise.Move.Nourish.Heal is site-responsive dance ritual created by Founder and Artistic Director. This new work was developed in relation to the urban farm, ART ON THE FARM in GRANT PARK, a space stewarded and visually designed by Erika Allen and Urban Growers Collective. Sanders-Ward visions this work as “a practice, a process, an uncovering of the beautiful labor of bringing us ALL home to land, reclaiming ancestral cultural traditions, technologies, and tools that can lead to individual and collective healing. Vershawn Sanders-Ward in collaboration with composer/music director Avery R. Young.
LOCATION
119 E. Congress Pkwy.
 
E. 134th. St. and Vernon Ave.
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Riverdale Creative Cultural Connections Project (RC3)
The RC3 project cultivates collective well-being and efficacy through collaborative art experiences and the co-design of public artwork that celebrate the neighborhood’s history, stories, and culture.
LOCATION
E. 134th. St. and Vernon Ave.
CONTACT
 
1029 E. 130th. St.
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Riverdale Creative Cultural Connections Project (RC3)
The RC3 project cultivates collective well-being and efficacy through collaborative art experiences and the co-design of public artwork that celebrate the neighborhood’s history, stories, and culture.
LOCATION
1029 E. 130th. St.
CONTACT
 
955 E. 131st. St.
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Riverdale Creative Cultural Connections Project (RC3)
The RC3 project cultivates collective well-being and efficacy through collaborative art experiences and the co-design of public artwork that celebrate the neighborhood’s history, stories, and culture.
LOCATION
955 E. 131st. St.
 
13122 S. Ellis Ave.
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Riverdale Creative Cultural Connections Project (RC3)
The RC3 project cultivates collective well-being and efficacy through collaborative art experiences and the co-design of public artwork that celebrate the neighborhood’s history, stories, and culture.
LOCATION
13122 S. Ellis Ave.
 
557 E. 134th. Pl.
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Riverdale Creative Cultural Connections Project (RC3)
The RC3 project cultivates collective well-being and efficacy through collaborative art experiences and the co-design of public artwork that celebrate the neighborhood’s history, stories, and culture.
LOCATION
557 E. 134th. Pl.
 
11958 S. Union Ave.
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Roots & Blooms
Roots & Blooms will transform an urban community farm in the far southside community of West Pullman through the marrying of art and agriculture.
LOCATION
11958 S. Union Ave.
CONTACT
 
4301 W. Washington Blvd.
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Sankofa Story Garden: Reflecting, Visioning, Co-Creating
The Sankofa Story Garden is a collaboration between ConTextos and the MAAFA Redemption Project to provide a green space in the West Garfield community. As such, it is a community led initiative sphere headed by five young men known as Leadership Authors.
LOCATION
4301 W. Washington Blvd.
 
2240 S. Michigan Ave.
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Sankofa Story Garden: Reflecting, Visioning, Co-Creating
The Sankofa Story Garden is a collaboration between ConTextos and the MAAFA Redemption Project to provide a green space in the West Garfield community. As such, it is a community led initiative sphere headed by five young men known as Leadership Authors.
LOCATION
2240 S. Michigan Ave.
 
7950 S Emerald Ave.
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Signs of Change on 79th Street
Repurposing a vacant space in the community by using art to beautify and inspire change.
LOCATION
7950 S Emerald Ave
CONTACT
 
7034 S. Martin Luther King Dr.
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Soil and Soul
In South Side gardens, artists, curators, chefs, youth, and neighbors collaborate to remediate the soil; reclaim cultural pride; create intergenerational exchange; and express Black joy.
LOCATION
7034 S. Martin Luther King Dr.
CONTACT
 
7740 S. Ingleside Ave.
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Soil and Soul
In South Side gardens, artists, curators, chefs, youth, and neighbors collaborate to remediate the soil; reclaim cultural pride; create intergenerational exchange; and express Black joy.
LOCATION
7740 S. Ingleside Ave.
CONTACT
 
E. 75th. St. and S. St. Lawrence Ave.
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Soil and Soul
In South Side gardens, artists, curators, chefs, youth, and neighbors collaborate to remediate the soil; reclaim cultural pride; create intergenerational exchange; and express Black joy.
LOCATION
E. 75th. St. and S. St. Lawrence Ave.
 
8452 S. Escanaba St.
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Soil and Soul
In South Side gardens, artists, curators, chefs, youth, and neighbors collaborate to remediate the soil; reclaim cultural pride; create intergenerational exchange; and express Black joy.
LOCATION
8452 S. Escanaba St.
 
2310 E. 75th. St.
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South Shore Remembers
South Shore Remembers is a multi-media art and social justice project inspired by oral histories of South Shore community members past and present with a special focus on the LGBTQ+ community.
LOCATION
2310 E. 75th. St.
CONTACT
 
1440 N. Humboldt Blvd.
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The Giving Tree Mural of Humboldt Park
The Giving Tree Mural of Humboldt Park is a collaborative artistic venture providing homage to the cultural make up of Humboldt Park and the Puerto Rican roots of the project leads Brianna Ramirez & Marco Rios; two inner-city kids striving to make an impact in their neighborhood.
LOCATION
1440 N Humboldt Blvd
 
5454 W. Diversey Ave.
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The Miracle Center's Project Synergy (TMC)
TMC’s Project Synergy is a 2-part public event series sustained through the Arts Incubator Model that facilitates collaboration and innovation between artists, using the space for creative purposes. The program in the series is The Miracle Center’s Kick-Off to Summer Festival in June.
LOCATION
5454 W. Diversey Ave.
CONTACT
 
9 N. Cicero Ave.
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Together We Remember Elise
“Together We Remember Elise" honors the life and legacy of CTC’s founding member Elise Malary. As our collective and community grieves Elise, we are resolved to further our commitment to improving the health and safety of trans communities across Chicago. Through this project, we utilize the power of performance and visual art to reimagine and reclaim a Chicago in which our beloved trans sisters of color can flourish.
LOCATION
9 N. Cicero Ave.
 
3730 N. Clark St.
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Together We Remember Elise
“Together We Remember Elise" honors the life and legacy of CTC’s founding member Elise Malary. As our collective and community grieves Elise, we are resolved to further our commitment to improving the health and safety of trans communities across Chicago. Through this project, we utilize the power of performance and visual art to reimagine and reclaim a Chicago in which our beloved trans sisters of color can flourish.
LOCATION
3730 N. Clark St.
 
324 E. 43rd. St.
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Train of Thoughts
Train of Thoughts makes every storyteller their own conductor. This unique storytelling and placemaking initiative by Build Bronzeville engages and brings together Bronzeville residents by sharing important neighborhood stories against the east facade of the forum with commuters at the 43rd Street Green Line stop.
LOCATION
324 E. 43rd. St.
CONTACT
 
6500 S Aberdeen St
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unBlocked Englewood
unBLOCKED educates about Chicago’s racist housing policy of Land Sale Contracts (LSC) & uses art & material resources to catalyze the transformation of an Englewood block with former LSC homes.
LOCATION
6500 S. Aberdeen St
 
9001 S. Mackinaw Ave.
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Urban Growers Collective’s South Chicago Farm
Urban Growers Collective (UGC) is a Black and women led 501(c)(3) organization that cultivates nourishing environments in Chicago’s historically disinvested communities, seeding pathways to freedom while supporting residents’ health, economic development, healing and creativity through urban agriculture. In partnership with Chicago Art Department, UGC will convene artists and community members to design an outdoor studio/maker space to be activated with public programming and Artist Residencies. The Studio/Maker space will be located at UGC’s South Chicago Farm located on the southern end of Chicago Park District’s Clara D Schafer Park.
LOCATION
9001 S. Mackinaw Ave.
CONTACT
 
1921 S. Drake Ave.
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WACA Bell Park: Changing the Narrative and Healing Together through Art, Play & Life
WACA Bell Park uses creative placemaking and community visioning to transform the old basketball court into a new place for community gatherings, active recreation, and artistic expression.
LOCATION
1921 S. Drake Ave.
 
2717 W. Madison St.
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Walls Turned Sideways
Walls Turned Sideways is an art gallery and community center that mends separation caused by incarceration. The gallery connects incarcerated people and their communities with art and education.
ORGANIZATION
Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project
LOCATION
2717 W. Madison St.
 
4803 N Pulaski Rd.
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We Are Albany Park
We Are Albany Park is a public art project in the Albany Park Neighborhood. The project is working with small teams of artists that are paired with focus groups of community members, representing key constituencies in the neighborhood. The groups are creating five new public art installations as vehicles for community self-expression, culminating in a free outdoor event in Albany Park.
LOCATION
4803 N Pulaski Rd.
 
3401 W. Lawrence Ave.
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We Are Albany Park
We Are Albany Park is a public art project in the Albany Park Neighborhood. The project is working with small teams of artists that are paired with focus groups of community members, representing key constituencies in the neighborhood. The groups are creating five new public art installations as vehicles for community self-expression, culminating in a free outdoor event in Albany Park.
LOCATION
3401 W. Lawrence Ave.
 
4644 N. Kedzie Ave.
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We Are Albany Park
We Are Albany Park is a public art project in the Albany Park Neighborhood. The project is working with small teams of artists that are paired with focus groups of community members, representing key constituencies in the neighborhood. The groups are creating five new public art installations as vehicles for community self-expression, culminating in a free outdoor event in Albany Park.
LOCATION
4644 N. Kedzie Ave.
 
3523 W. Lawrence Ave.
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We Are Albany Park
We Are Albany Park is a public art project in the Albany Park Neighborhood. The project is working with small teams of artists that are paired with focus groups of community members, representing key constituencies in the neighborhood. The groups are creating five new public art installations as vehicles for community self-expression, culminating in a free outdoor event in Albany Park.
LOCATION
3523 W. Lawrence Ave.
 
100 Central Park Ave.
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Westside Lagoons - Celebrating our Community Waters
This festival celebrates and activates the Garfield Park Advisory Council and West Side Cultural Arts Councils' P.L.A.N vision (People, Love, Arts and Nature). This free, community-led festival is a gathering of workshops, performances, oral histories and resources focused on nature and healing and an exploration of our connection to the Lagoons. Enjoy a day filled with creative connectedness. (Produced by Wayfinding LLC)
LOCATION
100 Central Park Ave.
 
10 W. 35th. St.
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Year of Transformation through Solidarity
Creating unity between neighboring Chicago communities that have been engaged in historical disengagement or rivaling experiences. Our efforts are to initiate/inspire Racial Healing and Relationship building for future solidarity practices through co-hosting and co-planning Racial Healing circles..
LOCATION
10 W. 35th. St.
 
1900 W. 48th. St.
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Year of Transformation through Solidarity
Creating unity between neighboring Chicago communities that have been engaged in historical disengagement or rivaling experiences. Our efforts are to initiate/inspire Racial Healing and Relationship building for future solidarity practices through co-hosting and co-planning Racial Healing circles..
LOCATION
1900 W. 48th. St.
 
1130 W. 51st. St.
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Year of Transformation through Solidarity
Creating unity between neighboring Chicago communities that have been engaged in historical disengagement or rivaling experiences. Our efforts are to initiate/inspire Racial Healing and Relationship building for future solidarity practices through co-hosting and co-planning Racial Healing circles..
LOCATION
1130 W. 51st. St.
 
1818 E. 71st. St.
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Year of Transformation through Solidarity
Creating unity between neighboring Chicago communities that have been engaged in historical disengagement or rivaling experiences. Our efforts are to initiate/inspire Racial Healing and Relationship building for future solidarity practices through co-hosting and co-planning Racial Healing circles..
LOCATION
1818 E. 71st. St.
 
5100 W. Harrison St.
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You Can’t Kill the Revolution: A Cinematic Celebration of Arts & Activism on Chicago’s West Side
A summer outdoor film screening series highlighting activist history on Chicago’s West Side and featuring historical films and cinematic responses created by emerging and established BIPOC filmmakers.
LOCATION
5100 W. Harrison St.
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