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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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. … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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, … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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The Union Stockyard Residency The Stockyard Institute has inaugurated a unique residency project between the Union of Contemporary Art in Omaha, directed by Brigette McQueen and our network of artists, teachers, composers, designers, activists of the Stockyard Institute. Annually, four … Continue reading
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Eden+ The city can expand the way in which those who need land can prosper as can communities from a commission who can oversee more efficient procedures to secure spaces for naturalists and artists to come together and build unused … Continue reading
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Stockyard Institute is currently compiling, sorting, editing and organizing all of the multimedia content from our exhibit, Nomadic Studio. This represents over a year of work with some of the most gifted artists, teachers and collaborators we’ve been lucky enough … Continue reading
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Currently, Stockyard Institute and the Center for Educational Technology are launching a curriculum platform for educators. The project, called SITE, can be found here: http://www.sitesite.org SITE is an experiment in open-source education, and seeks to open a dialogue about what educators … Continue reading