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The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 20 from 5900 to 5930 W. End Street. There will be a pop-up art gallery, peace garden, music and free refreshments. Sponsors include the Chicago Art Austin Council, Revelopment Management Resources, The Field Foundation, Central Austin Neighborhood Association, Third Unitarian Church, and Chicago Safe and Peaceful Communities.
The statue, created by Austin artist Keith Brownlee, is located at 4922 W. Chicago Ave. It was unveiled Thursday, the last day of Black History Month.
West Side residents recently gathered at Austin Town Hall to share significant objects from their own homes. The exhibit, produced by Illinois Humanities, profiles houses and their owners in lesser-known areas of Chicago.
Michele Clark Academic Magnet Prep High School will receive the grant over three years from SocialWorks, Chance the Rapper’s education non-profit.
The event – which will be held from 12 to 4 p.m. at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St. – will feature art and peace making workshops, performances, free food and refreshments.
The mural, named Wake Up, was completed by 14 young people from Austin and Oak Park this summer at Central Avenue and Lake Street as part of a summer program organized by the Oak Park Area Arts Council.
West Side artists are working on projects in collaboration with members of the Chicago City Council under the city’s $1 million initiative to install art in all 50 wards.
“Twelfth Night” will be performed 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at Columbus Park.
This year’s 7th district congressional contest showcased an array of work produced by high school students from Chicago’s West Side and nearby suburbs.
More than 40 high school students from Illinois’ 7th Congressional District are vying for the right to have their works displayed at the U.S. Capitol for the next year.