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Art for Zhegagoynak and the Politics of Space: Lessons from “Woven Being”

With insights from The Block Museum's Teagan Harris, contributor Fariha Koshul discusses how museums can work with community members to reshape colonial constructs.

Art Design Chicago amplifies Black and Indigenous histories with 2025 exhibitions

An article in "The Triibe" points to the ways that Art Design Chicago provides “a platform for showcasing Black and Indigenous identities and the intersections between the two cultures.”

Adversarial Joy: Art, History, and Storytelling in “Paper Cuts”

For Ho-Chunk visual artist Jim Terry, author of the comic "Paper Cuts," defiance is more than a creative impulse–it’s a way of life.
Four artists and two curators pose together in front of an gallery wall.

Stories found within art and spoken by Native artists in six contemporary exhibitions in Chicago

Guided by Indigenous voices and practices, a series of exhibitions showcases the breadth and depth of artwork by a diverse group of Native artists with ties to the Chicago region.
Left: Line drawing of a series of raised garden beds containing a variety of plants. Text states: Space Shift Collective.; Right: A detail view of a fiber artwork featuring long red fabric ribbons hanging vertically with tangled fringe at the ends.

Art Design Chicago at EXPO 2024

Throughout the run of EXPO CHICAGO, make sure to visit Art Design Chicago at two Special Exhibition booths presented in collaboration with Hyde Park Art Center and Center for Native Futures.
“Arte Designo Chicago/ Lumpen Radio Serie de Charlas” gráfico con negro y blanco barrio en fondo. Rasgado banda del papel con fuente manuscrita que dice, “Explorando narrativas de la indigeneidad, la migración, el activismo y el desplazamiento a través de las voces de artistas, curadores y organizadores culturales.” es en el centro de la imagen. “Art Design Chicago / Lumpen Radio Talk Series” graphic with black and white neighborhood background. Ripped strip of paper graphic with black handwritten font that states, “Exploring narratives of indigeneity, migration, activism, and displacement through the voices of artists, curators, and cultural organizers.” centers the image.

Lumpen Radio Examina Las Exposiciones de Arte Diseño Chicago en Una Serie de Charlas Bilingües / Lumpen Radio Examines Art Design Chicago Exhibitions in Bilingual Talk Series

A través de una serie de conversaciones transmitidas en español y inglés con artistas, curadores, y organizadores culturales, el Arte Diseño Chicago Serie de Charlas por Lumpen Radio explora y celebra el rico patrimonio artístico y las diversas comunidades creativas.
Six individuals stand in from of an artwork made up of small figurines in a rainbow of colors mounted on the gallery wall.

Center for Native Futures: Dreaming and Funding a Different Future for Indigenous Art

Showing up and supporting Native-led spaces is fundamental to broadening understandings of American Art.
Seven-foot by three-foot piece of canvas, split into two colors tan and black, and a frayed fringe.

Native Futures: An Artist-Led Gallery Reclaiming Indigeneity

Sixty Inches from Center's Tonal Simmons talks with attendees at the Center for Native Futures' inaugural exhibition opening.

The Block Museum’s Lois Taylor Biggs Reflects on “Woven Being” Curatorial Research Trip

The team traveled to Michigan where they visited several tribal cultural centers, toured exhibitions, and met with several Native artists in their homes and studios.

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Art for Zhegagoynak and the Politics of Space: Lessons from “Woven Being”

Art Design Chicago amplifies Black and Indigenous histories with 2025 exhibitions

Adversarial Joy: Art, History, and Storytelling in “Paper Cuts”

Stories found within art and spoken by Native artists in six contemporary exhibitions in Chicago

Art Design Chicago at EXPO 2024

Lumpen Radio Examina Las Exposiciones de Arte Diseño Chicago en Una Serie de Charlas Bilingües / Lumpen Radio Examines Art Design Chicago Exhibitions in Bilingual Talk Series

Center for Native Futures: Dreaming and Funding a Different Future for Indigenous Art

Native Futures: An Artist-Led Gallery Reclaiming Indigeneity

The Block Museum’s Lois Taylor Biggs Reflects on “Woven Being” Curatorial Research Trip