Artistic Justice: Redefining Community Space
March 4, 2015
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Presented by: UIC Latino Cultural Center
- How does one of the largest single-site jails in the U.S. affect the identity of a community?
Join us for an interactive conversation with Maria Gaspar, founder of the 96 Acres Project. This community-engaged and site-responsive art project addresses the social and political impact that the Cook County Jail has placed on the Little Village community and the City of Chicago. Learn how their focus has generated alternative narratives of restorative justice, and how they have mobilized residents to participate in the community’s transformative vision of a space that occupies 96 acres.
Born in Chicago, Maria Gaspar is an interdisciplinary artist engaged in practices that individually and collectively mediate and occupy physical, symbolic, and socio-cultural aspects of given sites. UIC alumna Maria Gaspar is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the departments of Performance, Contemporary Practices, and Art Education at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Poster: Artistic Justice: Redefining Community Space [PDF]
Admissions: Free
Location: 803 S. Morgan St. LCB2 Chicago, IL 60607
Co-sponsors: UIC student organizations Alpha Psi Lambda, Delta Xi Phi, Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE), Mexican Students de Aztlán (MeSA), and Union for Puerto Rican Students (UPRS)
Date posted
May 18, 2018
Date updated
Jun 12, 2018