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Stockyard Institute is an ongoing civic, artistic, and social practice project founded in 1995 by artist Jim Duignan in the Back of the Yards community of south Chicago. Duignan was influenced early by local activists and neighborhood artists, composers  and poets, artist collectives, and teachers whose pedagogical approaches aligned with the issues of the community. Stockyard Institute works deep inside Chicago communities on cooperative and shared ideas built from long term relationships through platforms ranging from small watt radio stations, publications, residencies, architectural interventions and built spaces, to curricular models, community performances, city wide programs, and public art.

Thank you to the Weitz family and the Tzeng family for their essential and collaborative commitment to the Stockyard Institute. This commitment includes extraordinary gifts of support for the work, the seamless integration of materials, approaches, and opportunities with the Visual Art Education Program at DePaul University, as well as, the Learning Studio, a joint initiative with the DePaul Art Museum.

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The support of the Weitz family and the Tzeng family extends to sustain the ongoing artistic and relational projects of Stockyard Institute across Chicago. From sonic experiments and public artworks, to studio workshops and radio broadcasts, they support diverse participants: including city youth, university students, neighborhood centers, teachers, artist collectives, and so many others, as we collaborate through exhibitions, publications, curriculum, sculptures, teaching, and residencies. Every pre-service teacher entering the College of Education, as well as our large network of alumni and friends will be advantaged, finding innovative methods to raise consciousness about problems, amplify student voice, and creatively build a more just and democratic society, together.  
 

Find Us

Typical Availability

Sundays &  Mondays

In the studio                      

Unavailable

 

Tuesdays​

By appointment* 

 

Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays

On campus*, College of Education building or DePaul Art Museum​

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Saturdays

By appointment*

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*Contact us for an appointment

Office Address

College of Education

2247 N Halsted St

Office 231

Chicago, IL 60614

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