Our events leverage arts, culture, and storytelling to impact public policy through engaging participants in explorations of the provocative ideas of innovative contemporary artists, scholars, and organizers. Ranging from small group oral history listening sessions to genre-spanning outdoor concerts, our robust programs have something to offer for everyone.
Relive your favorite past events or tune into one you missed via the event archive on the National Public Housing Museum YouTube page!
Past event partners include Save Section 9, Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance, the CHA’s Local Advisory Councils, Red Line Service, and other on-the-ground housing activist organizations, as well as other cultural institutions including the the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Smart Museum of Art, the Chicago Public Library Little Italy Branch and more.
We also partner with community groups and small businesses including the Taylor Street Farms, the Little Italy Chicago Neighborhood Association, Scafuri Bakery, and more.
Our public events are partially funded by City of Chicago DCASE City Arts, Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Good Chaos, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Julian Grace Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Landau Family Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Polk Bros. Foundation, PNC, and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Please email NPHM Associate Director, Tiff Beatty, with any questions, concerns, or if you’re interested in getting involved.
