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Overview
March 4, 2021 - June 20, 2021
Recurring every 4 weeks on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
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The Museum’s Mies van der Rohe McCormick House will feature Pittsburgh-based interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer Alisha Wormsley and conceptual artist Ayanah Moor, professor of print-media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wormsley and Moor will create an installation in the McCormick House as a means of activism and education to support mothers fighting for the future of Black housing. The exhibition references national, community, and grassroots organizations—like Moms 4 Housing—that advocate for affordable, dignified housing for all. There is Black Housing in the Future is inspired by Afro-Futurist artists and writers who affirm the visibility and well-being of Black communities across notions of space and time. An artist activity video for youth will complement Wormsley and Moor’s artwork. Using everyday household items, the artists will guide viewers in the production of message-based posters, yard signs, and even kites to support communities’ voices.
This installation is in conjunction with and inspired by, the museum’s upcoming March 2021 exhibit In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Fight for Fair Housing.
This exhibition is part of the Shaping the Past program in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, Monument Lab, and the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education).
Supported by the Goethe-Institut and Wunderbar Together.
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