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    Still Here

    On a sideways piece of lined notebook paper with old fashioned handwritten text, a pencil drawing of three indigenous women wrapped in blankets look directly at the viewer. At the top of the page is a sliver of a Chicago street map.

    Spirit of Kittihawa, Chris Pappan, 2019.

    Exhibition

    • Special Exhibits Gallery,
      2nd Floor

    • Free

    Still Here: Linking Histories of Displacement

    Still Here uses art, archives, and public dialogue to explore and connect histories of displacement on the land where the National Public Housing Museum is located. As an institution that addresses displacement of public housing residents, we also want to understand the forcible removal of Indigenous peoples that came before and grapple with how those experiences are interwoven.

    This exhibition includes a large public wall mural by Andrea Carlson (Ojibwe) that is part of the city of Chicago’s Monuments and Memorials Project.

    Curated by Dr. Lucy Mensah. Designed by Bodwe Group, whose mission is to grow the economy and legacy of the Pokagon Band of the Potowatomi.

    Still Here is part of Art Design Chicago, a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that aims to expand understanding of Chicago’s creative communities, past and present.

    Lead support provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. 

    Additional support provided by Dedrea and Paul Gray and Marisa Novara.

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