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Drea Howenstein is an artist, scholar, and professor emerita at School of the Art Institute of Chicago who is interested in the intersection of society, environment, and subjectivity. Her creative research focuses on critical spatial practices, multidisciplinary research, self-organizing processes, decolonizing food and medicine, and embodied projects that encourage democratic social spaces. She actively works to create alliances, collaborations and networks which broaden public dialogue. Her work connects imaginative propositions with making practices that cultivate local participation and social innovation to build equity and ecological resilience. She pays attention to emergent creative process, cultural agency, evolving intelligence, and the subjective experience and voice of participants.
Address: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
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The Wall of Respect was a highly visible community artwork that celebrated black heroes, and serv... more The Wall of Respect was a highly visible community artwork that
celebrated black heroes, and served as a platform for performances and rallies. Engendering a sense of collective ownership within a neighborhood, it inspired community mural movements in the United States, and the world. Leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Wall of Respect in 2017, this symposium invites the artists to revisit their creative political acts and to reflect on the Wall’s legacy, in conversation with other artists and educators. Through moderated roundtable discussions, panels, and open forums, the symposium addresses the Wall’s concerns.
The Wall of Respect and People’s Art Since 1967 is a symposium that launches a two-year critical ... more The Wall of Respect and People’s Art Since 1967 is a symposium that launches a two-year critical conversation on the Wall of Respect that leads up to the mural’s 50th anniversary.
In the summer of 1967, during a time of political turbulence, the visual artists of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), together with muralist William Walker, painted a group mural on the side of a semi-abandoned, two-story building on the South Side of Chicago.
Known as the Wall of Respect, the highly visible community artwork celebrated black heroes, served as a platform for performance and rallies, and engendered a sense of collective ownership within the neighborhood, inspiring community mural movements around the US and the world.
Leading up to the Wall of Respect’s 50th anniversary in 2017, this symposium invites the artists to revisit their creative political acts and to reflect on the Wall’s legacy in a public conversation with other artists and educators. Through moderated roundtables, panels, and open discussions, the symposium will address the Wall’s contributions to the artistic and political movements of its time and its continuing relevance to current times.
Radical Love, Play, Conscientização, and Expanding Boundaries: A Performance Workshop on Social C... more Radical Love, Play, Conscientização, and Expanding Boundaries: A Performance Workshop on Social Change, is a 1 1/2day event, hosted by GFRY Studio, that focuses upon theoretical praxis commonalities of Paulo Freire, Eric Fromm, and Augusto Boal, using Pedagogy, and Theater of the Oppressed texts, and an exploration of freedom and action, grounded with/by/through the body.
The Wall of Respect was a highly visible community artwork that celebrated black heroes, and serv... more The Wall of Respect was a highly visible community artwork that
celebrated black heroes, and served as a platform for performances and rallies. Engendering a sense of collective ownership within a neighborhood, it inspired community mural movements in the United States, and the world. Leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Wall of Respect in 2017, this symposium invites the artists to revisit their creative political acts and to reflect on the Wall’s legacy, in conversation with other artists and educators. Through moderated roundtable discussions, panels, and open forums, the symposium addresses the Wall’s concerns.
The Wall of Respect and People’s Art Since 1967 is a symposium that launches a two-year critical ... more The Wall of Respect and People’s Art Since 1967 is a symposium that launches a two-year critical conversation on the Wall of Respect that leads up to the mural’s 50th anniversary.
In the summer of 1967, during a time of political turbulence, the visual artists of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), together with muralist William Walker, painted a group mural on the side of a semi-abandoned, two-story building on the South Side of Chicago.
Known as the Wall of Respect, the highly visible community artwork celebrated black heroes, served as a platform for performance and rallies, and engendered a sense of collective ownership within the neighborhood, inspiring community mural movements around the US and the world.
Leading up to the Wall of Respect’s 50th anniversary in 2017, this symposium invites the artists to revisit their creative political acts and to reflect on the Wall’s legacy in a public conversation with other artists and educators. Through moderated roundtables, panels, and open discussions, the symposium will address the Wall’s contributions to the artistic and political movements of its time and its continuing relevance to current times.
Radical Love, Play, Conscientização, and Expanding Boundaries: A Performance Workshop on Social C... more Radical Love, Play, Conscientização, and Expanding Boundaries: A Performance Workshop on Social Change, is a 1 1/2day event, hosted by GFRY Studio, that focuses upon theoretical praxis commonalities of Paulo Freire, Eric Fromm, and Augusto Boal, using Pedagogy, and Theater of the Oppressed texts, and an exploration of freedom and action, grounded with/by/through the body.