Artmaking and Placemaking in Chicago Communities

Open House Chicago 2020 community partner Hyde Park Art Center co-convenes this roundtable discussion about artist-driven community activations, creative projects and placemaking across Chicago.

Arts and culture are essential for building community, supporting development, nurturing health and well-being and contributing to economic opportunity. Collectively, they enable an understanding of the past and envisioning of a shared, more equitable future.

Hosted ahead of the Hyde Park Art Center's forthcoming 2021 exhibition, "Planting and Maintaining a Perennial Garden," this discussion between local artists will examine the role and impact of their work across Chicago.

Presenters include lead exhibition artist and Floating Museum co-director Faheem Majeed, Borderless Studio founder and principal Paola Aguirre, social justice artist and Folded Map Project creator Tonika Lewis Johnson and Future Firm principal Ann Lui.

This FREE program is part of Open House Chicago 2020.