City Life: Creative Placemaking in Community
A tour of the west side shows history and transformation.
By Andrew Davis
A tour of the city’s west side highlighted just how much of a historical and artistic gem it actually is, and that parts of it are flourishing. On July 3, the city agency-led tour highlighted a few of 47 community-driven creative placemaking grant projects aimed at promoting racial healing and neighborhood revitalization.
CTA’s 43rd Green Line Station Offers Best Views of New Multimedia Storytelling Installation; Community Celebration Event Announced
Project celebrates the Black Metropolis of the Bronzeville Neighborhood, while bringing awareness to local, historic preservation project
City of Chicago Unveils Microsite Highlighting 47 Transformative Creative Placemaking Grant Projects
Mayor Brandon Johnson, The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Office of Equity and Racial Justice (OERJ) proudly announce a new microsite (chicagocreativeplace.com) featuring 47 community-driven creative projects aimed at […]
City Unveils Microsite Highlighting Forty-Seven Transformative Creative Placemaking Grant Projects
Mayor Johnson, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Office of Equity and Racial Justice (OERJ) have launched a microsite (here), “featuring forty-seven community-driven creative projects aimed […]
City of Chicago Unveils Microsite Highlighting 47 Transformative Creative Placemaking Grant Projects
Together We Heal Creative Place promotes racial healing and community development in Chicago neighborhoods
Sisters in Cinema Celebrates Visibility and Representation in Filmmaking at New South Shore Media Center
PROJECT | SOUTH SHORE REMEMBERS
A nonprofit celebrating the work of Black women and gender-nonconforming media makers opened its doors Friday.
The new Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center aims to be a catalyst for change on 75th Street
PROJECT | SOUTH SHORE REMEMBERS
Uplifting Black women media makers is Yvonne Welbon’s mission. That’s why she founded Sisters in Cinema as an online resource in 1997. Now, the digital resource and nonprofit is about to open a physical media and community center, called the Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center, in Welbon’s neighborhood in South Shore on 75th Street.
Sisters In Cinema Opening South Shore Media Center This Month
PROJECT | SOUTH SHORE REMEMBERS
After nearly 30 years of educating and highlighting Black women, girls and gender nonconforming storytellers, a local nonprofit will open its flagship media center next week in South Shore.
To offset decades of racist housing policies, this Chicagoan is getting creative
PROJECT | UnBlocked
Tonika Lewis Johnson calls her latest project – unBlocked Englewood – “a very unusual art project.”
It involves beautifying the 6500 block of South Aberdeen Street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood – though things like murals, gardens, gazebos, and landscaping – that’s not the unusual part.
Short Film ‘Train Of Thoughts’ Centers Stories From Bronzeville Residents
PROJECT | TRAIN OF THOUGHTS
Award-winning filmmaker Asia Taylor collected vignettes from local residents, artists and entrepreneurs for the film, which will be screened Thursday at the Bronzeville Incubator.
