TransActions Publication TransActions is a socially engaged arts newspaper and dialogue. Artists and Educators Jim Duignan (Chicago) and Fiona Whelan (NCAD Dublin) present a series of perspectives on ethics, the city, aesthetics, labor, education and art through the questions around socially engaged arts between their communities within Chicago and Dublin. Through the form of generated […]
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A Plea for Playgrounds Booklet designed and printed to accompany the exhibition of playground equipment sculptures created by artist Jim Duignan. The booklet is a modern day reproduction and redesign of the 1905 Plea published by the City of Chicago. The text written by Jennifer Gray highlights the importance of playgrounds in an urban setting […]
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Folk Night Harvest Edition 18” x 24” Poster, 11” x 17” Signs, 2013 A bianual event celebrating the arts of the people through an evening of performances and visual arts. Handcrafted from found autumn leaves, the background contrasts the rhythm of the typography and sharpness of the vector graphics.
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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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Hull-House Museum Brochure Created for the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago, these brochures are issued to museum patrons upon visiting the historic site to enhance the experience, as well as issued at events outside of the museum to encourage visits.
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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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