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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: Stories 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.

Logos for Art Design Chicago, Terra Foundation, DCASE, and Mellon Foundation

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Exhibition Resources

Additional resources available at the front desk.