Reviews Robert Walton “Exhuming Johnny” at the Chicago Cultural Center Manisha Anil Rita May 19, 2019 Chicago Cultural CenterRobert Walton The narrative is most compelling when each of the cast members shares a memory or message they would leave for people in their lives from the past. Their bodies are active and hypnotizing in the sequences of traveling back in time as they alternate and repeat their parts.
Essays Empowering Latinx Arts Practitioners at the Latinx Artist Retreat (LXAR) Lynnette Miranda June 7, 2017 Chicago Cultural CenterNational Museum of Mexican ArtAnthony RomeroGibran VillalobosJ. SotoJosh RiosMarissa Johnson-ValenzuelaMia LopezMiriam RuizNicole MarroquinSandra de La LozaSuhaly Bautista-CarolinaTiffany Joy Butler The Latinx Artist Retreat was a great beginning, not to a conversation, but to a community that I hope evolves and grows into a family of makers, thinkers, and doers who are committed to making change through art and culture.
Editorials No Justice, No Peace: Open Engagement 2017 (1/2) Dan Gunn May 1, 2017 Art Institute of ChicagoChicago Cultural CenterGallery 400Museum of Contemporary Art ChicagoStony Island Arts BankAlejandro MeitinAmanda WilliamsBrian HolmesFaheem MajeedIrina ZadovJorge RojasRyan GriffisSarah RossTerri KapsalisTheaster Gates No matter the context, the concept of Justice was grounded in the notion that radical, non-hierarchical interaction between individuals and groups, recognizing in others a shared humanity, would break down inequality.
Editorials No Justice, No Peace: Open Engagement 2017 (2/2) Dan Gunn May 1, 2017 Chicago Cultural CenterCo-Prosperity SphereJane Addams Hull House MuseumNational Museum of Mexican ArtReunionEnglewood Arts CollectiveEugene EdaMaria GasparParty NoireRebirth GarmentsSlo’Mo PartyTRQPITECAThe Arts of Life BandTonika Johnson The pleasure and poignancy of the Open Engagement weekend was its massive, omnivorous scope of action.