Category Archives: projects

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 →

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 →

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 … Continue reading →

King Ludd’s Arcade SHRILL and a Half block party was a continuing traveling project from King Ludd’s Arcade. The festivities  transformed the walls of the Hyde Park Art Center and spilled into the streets in an outdoor art party presented by Joymore … Continue reading →

Hip-Hop Not War was an art exhibition that was co-sponsored by the Stockyard Institute in conjunction with the University of Hip-Hop.

March-May 2009 Lavie Raven, Prime Minister of the University of Hip Hop and fellow teachers and artists from the Multicultural Arts High School designed and hosted an evening on Thursday May 21 under the theme WE ARE EVERYWHERE. Folks were … Continue reading →

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 →

Date: Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 – Inauguration Day. Location: Streets of Boston. {Initiated by iKatun} We will gather together words, thoughts, and gestures of action. We will distribute them on loudspeakers from the windows of a bio-diesel bus. We will mail … Continue reading →

Graffiti impresario Zeb had spent the that year delivering spray painting workshops organized through the Stockyard Institute at the Hyde Park Art Center. The last master class of the year involved DePaul University art teachers who collaborated with Zeb on … Continue reading →

This was a joint residency project between the Stockyard Institute and the Denmark-based collective Rum46 to examine alternative ways of teaching and learning.

Clothesline Project existed somewhere between an apartment show and a street art festival. In conjunction with the Summer Solstice, the Videodance exhibition from the Centre Pompidou in France and the International Day of Music. Hyde Park Art Center hosted a … Continue reading →

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 →