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Eden +
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 areas of the city. The city can use more sites like Eden Place. COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ...
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Nomadic Catalog
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 to have as comrades. The link above is our in-process archival website. Please feel free ...
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SITE
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 can do to support each other, organize resources and discuss ways we can improve the ...
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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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Synesthetic Plan of Chicago (2009)
This exhibition was a total immersion that gathered the sounds, sights, tastes, smells, and tactile experiences found in Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods. It was an opportunity to explore Chicago like never before, through its sensory “artifacts.” Stockyard Institute loaned and installed its interactive art piece “musical chairs” for the exhibition. Synethetic Plan of Chicago: A Multi-Sensory ...