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New Publications 2013
Two new publications from the Stockyard Institute (left) is an exploration of the Peace Warriors in Lawndale that is part of 3 large zines that include Chicago, Istanbul and Denmark identifying projects that work with youth and (right) working with senior citizens in Oak Park at the Lunchroom, SPREAD is a collection of stories and ...
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Kuumba Lynx + Stockyard (2013)
Stockyard Institute has partnered with Kuumba Lynx, the venerable powerhouse of Hip Hop arts education in Chicago. This year’s Half Pint Poetics at DePaul University showcased student’s poetry / spoken word from 12 schools as some 250 young people descended on campus to voice their interpretations. We hope to bring this program to Omaha soon ...
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Spread (2013)
Stockyard Institute meets each Wednesday to work with the senior citizens of the Oak Park Township Lunch Program on project called SPREAD, a small book of recorded stories and interviews about life, work, local history and friendships. The book will be published in May.
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Friday Social Forums (2012-2013)
Since the start of 2012, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Mary Jane Jacob, Director of Exhibitions) and DePaul University (Jim Duignan, Stockyard Institute) have and continues to presented a monthly series of conversations and talks on the socially engaged practices of artists, curators, teachers and organizers. The event is free and open ...
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Primer Series (2012-2013)
The series of primers organized through the Stockyard Institute are focusing on small, quiet works and difficult to describe projects that contribute to our understanding of informal art education and community learning. We are supporting communities by working with these projects and seek to share these publications with local teachers, artists and our collaborators contributors. ...
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MDW Fair (2011)
Stockyard Institute participated in the MDW Fair as part of Version 11: “The Community.” The MDW Fair was held at the GeoLofts in Bridgeport on April 23rd and 24th, 2011. On day one, Tourism and Ian Duignan performed and recorded pieces for voice and violin for their forthcoming collaborative release entitled “the Cheater”. In addition, ...
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Nomadic Studio (2010)
Stockyard Institute repurposed the DePaul Art Museum as a nomadic studio, transforming the space into a hybrid station for production, exhibition, development, performance, publication and education. Amidst four and a half months of programs and live performances, features included a convertible recording studio and radio station, Stockyard publication office (SITE), nomadic teacher center, workstations, exhibition ...
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Peace Warriors (2010)
Radio Tolerance with the Peace Warriors: Invisible to the broader views of public schooling and youth, sits an extraordinary project in Lawndale called the Peace Warriors. This program was introduced to the community by Lafayette Monroe, who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King in the 1960s and was deeply influenced by the non-violent examples he ...
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Cafeteria Sessions (2009)
Cafeteria Sessions were a series of lunch time recordings and radio workshops completed with adolescents on socially engaged artistic practices, utopian education, and the future of Chicago. The Cafeteria Sesssions went on throughout the spring at the Multicultural Arts High School with Jim Duignan (S.I.), Ayana Contrares (vocalo) and Lavie Raven (University of Hip Hop). ...
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Rum 46 Residency (2008)
Stockyard Institute Residency with rum46 / Aarhus, Denmark Collective works and the School for Non Productive Learning Stockyard Institute is exploring a series of projects using education as a medium and will work some folks in Europe to examine strategies and working practices for adjustments in a body of educational deficiencies. The residency project examines ...
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Zawadi (1999-Present)
The Stockyard Institute worked with the Zawadi Program to generate activity in literacy and the arts by introducing artists from around the city and pre service teachers from DePaul University to this important program. In addition to many individual projects, the Stockyard Institute developed a small microwatt radio station for the program, which includes the ...
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Musical Chairs (2008)
Musical Chairs is a sound/music/art installation that functions as a random band generator, heard by two listeners at a time. They are built from dual transit seating and painted front and back by graffiti artist Zeb. Both seats are equipped with an enclosed iPod that runs through a mixer. The iPods randomly play one-minute instrumental ...
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Pedagogical Factory (2007)
Pedagogical Factory was an open demonstration of ideas and experimentation, taking place in and around a temporary public laboratory in the Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) of Chicago. Over the last year the Stockyard Institute has been compiling projects and soliciting proposals from a wide range of individuals, groups, producers and organizations to use the ...
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Urbs in Horto (2003)
October 12, 2003. Location: Columbus Park, Chicago. A Public Project Initiated by Michael Piazza & Jim Duignan A day long community collaboration to address the functions of Columbus Park. Community members worked with artists to explore the park’s history, relation to the neighborhood, & how it could better serve the public. The project organized by ...
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Austin Tourism Bureau (2003)
Austin community tourism project. The tour bus was a 9 passenger 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Van. The Austin Tourist Bureau was developed to initially introduce area residents to specific sites in their community through random-guided tours. The project evolved to accommodate events and other artist workshops through the Stockyard Institute. Austin Community Radio Austin Community Radio ...
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Gang-Proof Suit (2000)
Designing a Gang-Proof Suit WTTW Channel 11 Art Beat Chicago November 10-28, 2000 Temporary Services “Public Inventions and Interventions” 202 S. State St. Suite 1124 Chicago January 12- March 4, 2001 Columbia College “PEDAGOGY: Reeling, Writhing, Uglification, & Derision” The development of this project to design and construct a gang-proof suit began with a series ...
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San Miguel Arts Project (1999)
June 5 – July 2, 1999. Gallery 400 UIC, School of Art and Design College of Architecture and the Arts 400 S. Peoria, Chicago, IL 60607. During the summer of 1997, when the realization of a permanent school building for San Miguel was secured, artists were invited to deliberate and propose ideas for influencing the ...
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Publications in Press!
Duignan, J. and Raven, L (2011). Peace warriors: speak up in the hood. Denmark: Stockyard Institute Press. Duignan, J., Razi, F., & Wiedner, B. (Eds.), (2011). Index (nomadic studio catalog). Chicago: Stockyard Institute Press. Peters-Quinn, A. (2011). Exchange rate. Chicago: Green Lantern Press. (Mentions Stockyard Institute)
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Publications 2010-present
1. Hausman, J., Duignan, J. Ploof, J., Hostert, N. & Brown, W.K. (2010). The Condition of Art Education. Special Issue for Studies in Art Education: NAEA, 51(4), 368-374. 2. Duignan, J., Razi, F., & Wiedner, B. in Sprague, J. (Ed.). (2011). Imaginary syllabi. Berkeley: Palm Press. 3. Duignan, J. & Stabler, B. (Eds.), (2010). Education ...