Our Journal
Our record and approach for reflection so that we can learn from our experiences and use them as lessons that we can apply towards future projects.
We invite you to use it as a source for inspiration.
You’ll find content covering our past and current projects to resources for artists and nonprofits.
Nearly $200K In Grants Announced For “ENVISIONING JUSTICE” Projects Across State of Illinois
Illinois Humanities announced today it will award $190,000 in grants to 26 organizations and individuals to support projects across Illinois that respond to the impacts of mass incarceration and collectively envision a society that is restorative, healing, and just for all.
How Cultural Rituals and Healing Ceremonies Can Strengthen Our Movements
There is a remarkable history of Black and Brown unity, dating back to the Great Migrations of African-Americans and Mexicans to Chicago.
Xochitl-Quetzal Aztec Dance Performance at Little Red Schoolhouse and Nature Center
Xochitl-Quetzal Aztec Dance at Little Red School house and Nature Center
Ben LaMar Gay - Public Performance at Burnham Park
Ben LaMar Gay (he/him) is a composer/cornetist who moves components of sound, color, and space through folkloric filters to produce brilliant electro‐acoustic collages. The unification of various styles is always in service of the narrative and never solely a display of technique. The Chicago native’s true technique is giving life to an idea while exploring and expanding on the term “Americana”. His musical influences derive from his collection of experiences in all of the Americas and the gathered data channeled by technology and its amplifying accessibility.
Xochitl-Quetzal Aztec Flower and Dance Ceremony
Aztec and African Cultural Song and Flower Ceremony & Dance Celebration. Black and Brown Unity Event
Fatty Bum Bum Theater Performance at Green Line Performing Arts Center
Fatty Bum Bum | Arts + Public Life | Green Line Performing Arts Center
American Family Insurance & Time Presents The March -Virtual Reality Exhibition at The DuSable Museum
Behind the scenes documentation of the pre-opening exhibition reception presented by TIME Studios and made possible by American Family Insurance for the launch groundbreaking experiential project The March at the DuSable Museum in Chicago, February 2020.
First Monday Jazz Presents Meagan McNeal at the Green Line Performing Arts Center
First Monday Jazz Presents Meagan McNeal at the Green Line Performing Arts Center
Black Artists Retreat 2019: Sonic Imagination at the Park Avenue Armory
Black Artists Retreat 2019: Sonic Imagination! | Park Avenue Armory
Chicago Architectural Biennial preview at the Chicago Cultural Center
jimmy Robert (@jimmyvaleryrobert) uses performance, photography, film, video, and drawing to explore important artworks from the twentieth century in ways that complicate their racial and gendered readings. Composed of several objects activated by sound and performance, "Descendances du nu (Chicago)" casts an unexpected human light on the @chiculturcenter's historic building
Urban Cowboys | Broken Arrow Riding Club's Annual Rodeo
Founded in 1989, Broken Arrow Horseback Riding Club’s mission is to provide riders of all ethnic backgrounds, ages and physical ability a place and opportunity to experience horsemanship and the rewards of building relationships with these magnificent animals.
Common Ground Foundation’s DREAMERS & BELIEVERS SUMMER CAMP
“I started the Common Ground Foundation because I wanted to help. Most of all help people to help themselves.” - Common
Mobilize Creative Collaborative
The Mobilize Creative Collaborative is a collective led by four artists who utilize bicycle-based maker spaces to provide free creative workshops for youth and adults in public spaces: William Estrada’s Mobile Street Art Cart, Aquil Charlton’s Mobile Music Box, and Andrés Lemus-Spont and Marya Spont-Lemus’ FrankenToyMobile
Poetry in the Parks
Poetry in the Parks at Garfield Conservatory - Night Out In The Parks - Chicago Park District
KIPP Bloom's Rendition of The Lion King
KIPP Bloom put on Disney Jr.'s High School Musical. This musical had a profound affect on our school, the students and their families, and the community of Englewood.
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We are always interested in learning about organizations and artists that are doing the work, making a difference, and taking control over their own narratives. We are continuously seeking to work with those that are doing their part to make history and shape the future for the better.