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Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment


  • Logan Center | Gallery 915 East 60th Street Chicago, IL, 60637 United States (map)

A PROGRAM OF LOGAN CENTER EXHIBITIONS

Logan Center Exhibitions, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC), and the Pozen Center Human Rights Lab (HRL) at the University of Chicago are pleased to present Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment featuring 2022-23 "Artist for the People" Practitioner Fellows Dorothy Burge and Michelle Daniel Jones with Mourning Our Losses.

Burge and Daniel Jones completed year-long fellowship residencies co-hosted by CSRPC and HRL that explored the injustices of the carceral system. Their work engages critical race and human rights issues by looking back at forgotten, ignored, or suppressed stories and people. This exhibition asks: “Who gets remembered?” Learn more>>


Exhibition Events

  • Opening Reception: Fri, Jul 7,  6-8pm

  • Holla Back: Art and Conversations: Sat, Jul 8, 10am-3:30pm

  • Black August: Solidarity with Incarcerated Torture Survivors Quilting Workshop: Sat, Aug 19, Noon–3pm 

  • Artists Live with Dorothy Burge and Michelle Daniel Jones: Wed, Sep 6, 6-7:30pm

Image: Dorothy Burge, Free Derrick King from “Won’t You Help to Sing These Songs of Freedom?”, 2021, quilted materials, 36"x48". Image courtesy of DePaul Art Museum.

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