Unfinished Business: 21st Century Home Economics

Unfinished Business: 21st Century Home Economics Hull-House Museum Social Justice Exhibit, 2012 The exhibit tells an untold story of the first generation of home economists who were equal rights advocates, chemists and public health advocates, labor reformers and innovators who sought to redefine domesticity. Filled with participatory experiences and hands-on activities, the exhibit describes the home economists’ visionary […]

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Forward, Together Forward Memorial

Forward, Together Forward Memorial Approx. 8’x12’ Projected Stories on Sheer Sheets, 2013 On February 14, 2008 at Northern Illinois University, a former student opened gunfire on a lecture hall, killing five, injuring over thirty, and rocking an entire community. As a student on campus that day, I have my story, as do others. Yet, our […]

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Report to the Public: An Untold Story of the Conservative Vice Lords

Report to the Public: An Untold Story of the Conservative Vice Lords Exhibition at Art In These Times, 2012 Regarded by some as innovative grassroots organizers and others as violent criminals, the history of the Chicago gang, the Conservative Vice Lords Inc. provides a lens for understanding the potential of grassroots organizing in urban communities.This […]

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Unfinished Business: Art Education

Unfinished Business: Art Education Hull-House Museum Social Justice Exhibit, 2011 A community curated, participatory art exhibition that explores the importance of the arts and insists on cultural rights as part of a thriving democracy. The exhibit makes connections between Hull-House history and the contemporary moment, and seeks to unleash radical imaginations about a collective future. Interactive […]

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