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  • July 2023

  • Sun 23
    January 6, 2023 - September 30, 2023

    Semillas: Artwork by Raul Ortiz Bonilla

      The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago, IL, United States

      Through his signature puntos and semillas, Puerto Rican artist Raul Ortiz Bonilla presents a story of migration and diaspora.

      Free
    • Sun 23
      March 10, 2023 - December 16, 2023

      Soy Boricua

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      The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago, IL, United States

      From digital collage to painting to glasswork to photography, twelve non-male Diasporican artists explore their expansive identities and how they intersect in their own ways.

      Free
    • Sun 23
      April 21, 2023 - August 13, 2023

      Letters from Home

        Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

        Artists from Sweden and Chicago collaborate to create original works interpreting early 20th century letters to Chicago immigrant Emil Olsson from his family in Sweden.

        Free – $6
      • Sun 23
        April 25, 2023 - November 7, 2023

        ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood

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        Chicago Architecture Center 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, United States

        This exhibition tells the story of building with mass timber and features architectural models of mass timber projects, from public spaces to office buildings.

        $14
      • Sun 23
        May 18, 2023 - September 24, 2023

        The Girl in The Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto

          Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United States

          In 1945, a 14-year-old's diary was discovered in Auschwitz. The exhibition explores Rywka's life in the Łódz Ghetto and what might have happened after her deportation to Auschwitz and beyond.

          Free – $18
        • Sun 23
          June 5, 2023 - August 31, 2023

          Summer Weddings

            Raupp Museum 901 Dunham Ln, Buffalo Grove, IL, United States

            Weddings bring us together. They are a chance to celebrate love and the beginning of a couple’s new life together. Weddings also celebrate our history and culture. Join the Museum […]

          • Sun 23
            June 20, 2023 - August 18, 2023

            ECAC Summer Camp

              Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago 5800 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago
              $150
            • Sun 23
              June 23, 2023 - October 15, 2023 The Spirit of Place: Earth is Home – Lithography by Kurt Seaberg

              The Spirit of Place: Earth is Home – Lithography by Kurt Seaberg

                Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

                Seaberg uses his lithographs of the beautiful natural landscape of Minnesota and Sweden to connect with his Sami heritage and to remind us of beauty, community, and sense of place.

                Free – $6
              • Sun 23
                June 24, 2023 - August 20, 2023 Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present

                Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present

                  Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

                  The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present. Join us for the opening reception. Yulia Gasio will give a presentation at 2pm.    

                • Sun 23
                  June 25, 2023 - December 31, 2023

                  M.K Čiurlionis Virtual Reality Film “Trail of Angels”

                    Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, United States

                    Take a VR journey through the works of the paintings and music of M.K. Čiurlionis.

                    $35
                  • Sun 23
                    July 8, 2023 - May 31, 2024

                    Resistencia y Libertá por Bombazo Wear

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                    The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago, IL, United States

                    Bomba music and dance provide  resistance, self-expression, and community building for Afro-Puerto Ricans. This exhibit displays the evolution of bomba attire since the 17th century.

                  • Sun 23
                    July 16, 2023 - August 27, 2023 Made in Taiwan | 台灣製造 CATHY HSIAO & NESTOR SIRÉ

                    Made in Taiwan | 台灣製造 CATHY HSIAO & NESTOR SIRÉ

                      Chinese American Museum of Chicago 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, United States

                      Artists Cathy Hsiao and Nestor Siré comment on our digital connectivity. Taking porcelain and recycled plastic, they reveal how economies thrive under political and economic erasure.

                      Free
                    • Sun 23
                      July 21, 2023 - July 23, 2023

                      9th Annual National Gathering of American Indian Veterans: Healing for One, Healing for All

                        Cantigny Park Wheaton, IL, United States

                        Join the Trickster Cultural Center as they honor veterans & military personnel of all cultures, eras, and branches in a Native American way.

                        Free
                      • Sun 23
                        July 22, 2023 - December 16, 2023

                        Shelly Jyoti – Indigo: The Blue Gold

                          South Asia Institute 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

                          Acclaimed Indian visual and textile artist Shelly Jyoti depicts the indigo's colonial history and impact — the  cultivation, exploitation, and servitude that happened because of one plant.

                          $5 – $10
                        • Sun 23
                          July 23, 2023 @ 2:00 pm

                          Mykhailenko Brothers Fundraising Concert

                            Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

                            Join the Ukrainian Institute for Modern Art for a classical fundraising concert!

                            $10
                          • Tue 25
                            July 25, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm The Hellenistics Kingdoms: Journey into the “Other Ancient” Greece

                            The Hellenistics Kingdoms: Journey into the “Other Ancient” Greece

                              Virtual Chicago, IL, United States

                              Learn about the Hellenistic kingdoms with the National Hellenic Museum. Explore the legacies of Alexander the Great, and the Seleucid, Ptolemaic, and Antigonid kingdoms.

                              Free
                            • Tue 25
                              July 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm

                              On-Site Book & Author: “A Revolution in the Name of Tradition: Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement”

                                Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United States

                                Bais Yaakov schools provided religious education for Jewish girls. Explore this movement through its tensions, capturing its complexity as a revolution in the name of tradition.

                                Free
                              • Tue 25
                                July 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Greek Civil War: A History

                                The Greek Civil War: A History

                                  Virtual Chicago, IL, United States

                                  Step into the tumultuous era of the Greek Civil War with our thought-provoking NHM Discussion

                                  Free
                                • Wed 26
                                  July 26, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

                                  Prost! Beer and Architecture in Chicago

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                                  Join Chicago Architecture Center for a history of Chicago's brewery architecture: industrial breweries, palatial homes of beer barons, and vernacular neighborhood pubs.

                                  $15
                                • Fri 28
                                  July 28, 2023 - July 30, 2023

                                  Tantalizing Treasures Sale

                                    Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

                                    The Swedish American Museum will take part in the Andersonville Sidewalk Sale. Come find your treasures old and new.

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                                  J. Gibran Villalobos

                                  Board Member

                                  J. Gibran Villalobos is an arts administrator, educator, and cultural worker. He has served as Senior Program Officer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, as the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Artists Coalition, and faculty lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Previously, he has held posts as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Partnerships and Community Engagement Manager for the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Cultural Liaison for the Chicago Park District, and Curator-in-Residence for the Chicago Cultural Center. In 2016 he attended the Advocacy Leadership Institute and was invited to the White House Office of Public Engagement, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to speak to issues affecting Latinos in Chicago. In 2017 he launched an inaugural summit of Latinx artists and administrators across the U.S; for this project he was awarded the Act Up Award by the Chicago Community Trust. His work has been presented at the Fabrica de Arte Cubano during the 2017 Havana Biennial. In 2019 he was an inaugural recipient of the Field Foundation’s Leaders for a New Chicago Award as well as the Americans for the Arts 2019 Leaders of Color Fellowship. In 2020, he joined the Civic Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy where he worked with government and nonprofit sector participants to think about effective policy for Chicago’s cultural industries. He helped establish the Auxiliary Board at the National Museum of Mexican Art. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Department of Arts Administration & Policy.

                                  Gibran holds a BA in Art History and a BS in Public Relations from Northern Arizona University and an MA in Arts Administration & Policy and MA in Modern Art History & Theory from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

                                  He has contributed to exhibitions such as Direct Message, presenting the artwork of Chicago artistic collectives and their relation to language and civic engagement. As part of an international project, he has convened the MCA Chicago with the Tate Modern, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Queens Museum and other institutions to create dialogue on civic engagement within contemporary art institutions. He has written catalog entries for Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, and Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford. In 2021, he is contributing to the upcoming retrospective on the work by artist Andrea Bowers focusing on the activism and archives of Emma Lozano. He is curator of the symposium Fractures: Creating Around Devastation focusing on water ecology, civic engagement, activism, and architecture.

                                  Loreal Robertson

                                  Board Member

                                  Loreal Robertson is a native Chicagoan who recently returned home in 2021 where she began working at the University of Chicago. In her role she oversees and monitors a range of programs, services, and resources to support the retention, wellness, belonging, and success of graduate students. Additionally, her role includes informing strategic priorities, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, professional development, student advancement and the support of students who may be experiencing financial academic, or personal challenges, including students with disabilities and international students.

                                  Loreal has over 10 years of experience in higher education and student affairs. In 2021 she received the Inclusion and Diversity Champion Award from Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), where she was previously employed. Loreal’s personal and professional philosophy is creating and promoting spaces and opportunities where everyone can see themselves as part of an experience and feels represented.

                                  Loreal holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Arkansas, a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from TAMUK.

                                  Loreal is a financial and active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, an avid reader, and enjoys traveling with family and friends.

                                  Warren Frank

                                  Treasurer

                                  Warren Frank is a retired CPA and CFO, and current Adjunct Professor at Columbia College.

                                  Warren worked at such CPA firms as KPMG, PwC, and Deloitte, and Not For Profit organizations as National Association of Realtors, Chicago Associations of Realtors, Anixter Center, and Chinese American Service League.

                                  Warren is a Chicago resident in the Lakeview neighborhood. He attended Loyola University of Chicago for his bachelor degree and Northwestern University for his master degree.

                                  Colleen McGaughey

                                  Board Member

                                  Colleen McGaughey (she/her) is the director of development at the National Public Housing Museum, where she leads the strategic direction of the museum’s fundraising efforts with a focus on creative and community-centric approaches.

                                  Mario Longoni

                                  Board Member

                                  Mario Longoni is a cultural anthropologist (“Lead Environmental Social Scientist”) in the Keller Science Action Center at the Field Museum. For over 20 years, he has worked with individuals and organizations to surface and activate cultural and natural assets (specific strengths and characteristics) to help communities meet the challenges they face.

                                  Rob Fojtik

                                  Board Member
                                  Rob Fojtik is Vice President for Neighborhood Strategy at Choose Chicago, the city’s official tourism and convention promotion bureau. In this capacity, Rob oversees efforts to promote and support Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods to visitors from near and far. Programs include the award-winning Neighborhood Content Creator program that leverages resident-made digital content, and Chicago Alfresco, a $2.5 million placemaking initiative created in partnership with the Chicago Department of Transportation to transform public spaces into community plazas for outdoor enjoyment.

                                  Before coming to Choose Chicago, Rob was a Senior Advisor to Mayor Lightfoot on economic development and international relations at City Hall, as well as LGTBQ+ affairs and the expanded outdoor dining program. In this role, he also worked to recommend and place over 150 civic leaders and residents onto City boards and commissions. Prior to government service in the Lightfoot administration, Rob ran her winning campaign in the crowded 2019 Chicago mayoral race as Chief of Staff. In past lives, Rob has worked as a public affairs manager for a Fortune 500 company downtown; had misadventures in management consulting, art sales, and personal cheffing; and spent time in Washington DC working for former Secretary of Defense William Cohen. Rob also served a one-year appointment at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence as a policy advisor on Central and Eastern Europe. In this role, he was part of the NSC’s interagency process to develop a comprehensive sanctions regime on Russia as a consequence of its 2014 invasion of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.

                                  After receiving his BA in Slavic Languages and Literature at Northwestern University, Rob lived and worked in the Czech Republic teaching English and tending bar before moving to Washington, D.C. to pursue a MA from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES). He enjoys cooking, learning foreign languages, hiking with his partner and their dog, and visiting Chicago’s many neighborhoods.

                                  Paul Durica

                                  Board Member

                                  Dr. Paul Durica is the Director of Exhibitions at the Chicago History Museums and worked in a similar capacity at The Newberry Library. From 2015-2020, he served as the Director of Programs and Exhibitions with Illinois Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

                                  Prior to that he drew upon his work as a writer, researcher, and teacher to produce a series of free and interactive talks, walks, and reenactments focused on narratives from Chicago’s past that resonate with its present.

                                  These public history programs led to collaborations with cultural institutions in the city such as the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago History Museum, Newberry Library, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Chicago Cultural Center among others.

                                  Each program made use of both his original research and the skills of the arts organizations, community groups, local businesses, and publications that acted as my partners. Some of these programs, such as the full-scale reenactment of the Haymarket Affair in 2011, involved recruiting and directing over 300 volunteers and 1,000 participants.

                                  To produce these programs successfully, he wrote grants; managed budgets; generated web content; worked closely with program partners of varying sizes and resources; and identified, engaged, and sustained a diverse multi-generational audience.

                                  Lynessa Rico

                                  Board Member

                                  Dr. Lynessa M. Rico is the Associate Chair of the Business Psychology Department at the The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Chicago campus. She is also a business mentor at 1871.

                                  Lynessa is a results-driven Strategic Consultant with over 25 years of experience enabling leaders to meet strategic business objectives by identifying and aligning business growth opportunities with strategic direction of culturally diverse organizations. By leveraging her strategic experience in identifying and impacting business growth opportunities and maximizing profits in retail firms and higher education institutions, Lynessa leads workshops focused on the creative mindset, women’s entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, and the value and application of design thinking within entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Her services also include consulting with and educating leadership on emotional intelligence, the power of design thinking and the creative mindset, and leadership styles to support inclusive, creative workplaces. She has presented to leadership and innovation teams in small, mid-size, and Fortune 500 companies.

                                  Lynessa received her undergraduate degrees in Marketing and Management from Wichita State University. She then went on to earn a master’s degree in Business Administration from Wichita State University with a focus in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. After earning her master’s degree, Lynessa received her doctorate in Business Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where she successfully completed her dissertation titled, “The Relationship Between Personality Types and Color Preference for Color Combinations.” Her current research interests include women’s entrepreneurship, design thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, and entrepreneurship self-efficacy.

                                  Outside of work and research, Lynessa enjoys mentoring start-ups and judging pitch competitions. Lynessa currently resides in Chicago, Illinois with her four cats. She is an avid long-distance runner, having completed 5 full marathons (and counting), and enjoys watching musical theater.

                                  Briana Thomas

                                  Board Member

                                  Briana Thomas is the Museum Associate at the Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education (a core member of the Chicago Cultural Alliance). She wears many hats including developing exhibition content, facilitating community programs (children and adults), liaising with visitor artists, and other responsibilities. Her previous experience in the nonprofit space includes her tenure as the Financial Empowerment Coordinator at AMERICORPS Sharing Life Center as well as engaging with the public at the Dallas Arboretum. Her past professional experience has remained rooted in marginalized communities. It is their needs, discourse and histories that she has routinely been tasked with protecting and showcasing in the face of poor infrastructure, and willing ignorance. Creating safe spaces is an ancestral practice she has inherited.