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What is a home? And how do you make your own? Teaching Artists Shoshanna and Sarah tackled this question at our last Second Sunday in January. Sarah’s project involved stenciling homes and then filling in the inhabitants by drawing and painting, and Shoshanna created what we’re referring to as “Shoshanna City” in our library and resource center, 4833. Constructed out of cardboard, our participants each created a house and then connected the pieces together into a giant cardboard city. It’s up through the end of the week.
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On January 5, Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa came by the Art Center as our featured TalkingPoint artist for January. Inspired by the Zapatista uprising of New Year’s Day, 1994, three young artists in Pilsen came together in 1996 to found the independent exhibition space and publishing collective known as polvo. Elvia gives us an overview of the history of polvo as well as us some images of her art work and puppets. The conversation meandered into the role and responsibility of artists to their community and how they interact with the entrenched residents of a neighborhood that is fighting gentrification. It was a terrific conversation and everything we hope for from TalkingPoint! Join our mailing list to get more info about TalkingPoint and other programs each month.
