Black Wall Street Journey: Pop-Up Gallery Opening
Celebrate the opening of the Black Wall Street Journey pop-up gallery experience at Build Bronzeville’s Urban Juncture.The afternoon features music, food, and a new art installation from Dorian Sylvain.
FREE, open to all.
Program video
About
Located in Bronzeville’s 51st Street retail corridor, Urban Juncture is offering incubation space for Rick Lowe’s Toward Common Cause project Black Wall Street Journey. The installation offers an ode to the village of Black enterprises here in Chicago. It features posters, the Black wealth video stream Black Wall Street Journal, and a mural by Dorian Sylvain and the Mural Moves collective—hand painted logos representing over 100 businesses and organizations that have elevated the quality of life for Chicagoans and beyond.
Supported by
Lead support for Black Wall Street Journey is provided by Allstate. Additional support has been provided by the National Academy of Design/Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Trust Fund for Mural Painting; the Visiting Fellows Program at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society; The Field Foundation of Illinois; and a series of collaborations with a host of local contributors. In-kind support is provided by JCDecaux.
Related
In recognition of the Tulsa Race Massacre’s centennial anniversary, Black business and cultural leaders came together to discuss the complexities behind building up Black communities. It’s been a century since the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, when hundreds of Black people were killed and the thriving business district of Greenwood—the city’s “Black Wall Street”—was nearly destroyed. […]
In his first Chicago-based “social sculpture,” Rick Lowe is developing Black Wall Street Journey. The multifaceted city-wide project pays tribute to the building of Black wealth, using public art to tell the stories from the journeys of Black communities in Chicago and beyond. Black Wall Street Journey builds on the connection between Chicago and Tulsa, home…
I first began to explore art in a social context after being challenged by a high school student who looked at my earlier political work and said it wasn’t what people needed. People needed solutions. And he said, if you are an artist and you are creative, why can’t you create a solution? That was the turning point that got me thinking about how to produce work that was not only symbolic and poetic but also had a practical application.
The Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago is a site for rigorous inquiry and exchange that encourages the examination of complex issues through the lens of art objects and artistic practice. Plan your visit Visits to the Smart Museum of Art are free, but reservations are recommended. Open Tuesday–Sunday 10 am–5 pm;…
Urban Juncture revitalizes disinvested Black urban communities by rebuilding neighborhood commerce around culture and innovation. Urban Juncture’s five core Build Bronzeville initiatives work together to support and advance locally-owned, culture-based enterprises and catalyze neighborhood revitalization. Plan your visit Visit Black Wall Street Journey space at Urban Juncture during regular Wednesday pop-up markets, happening every other week…