PUBLIC SCHOOL

PUBLIC SCHOOL

Hyde Park Art Center welcomes back artist Jim Duignan to expand on his previous work at the Art Center highlighting art and education in the city in PUBLIC SCHOOL on view in Gallery 1 and 2. Duignan, of the Stockyard Institute, works collaboratively with artist and educator Rachel Harper, of Seen + Heard to create a imagination-inducing installation of curious objects – including a fort, a stage, a tower, a piano, and a decommissioned school bus – to construct a new playground for all ages. At a moment when the Public Education System struggles to exist, Chicago artists ask: where is learning actually happening in this city and who gets to determine what we should know?

talk at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

twins cabins originally from Westville, IN being rebuilt in Chicago.
Teacher Institute at the MCA’s most immersive and collaborative professional development program for educators. This free, year-long program is designed to help you investigate, plan, incubate, and implement innovative, contemporary curricula. The emphasis of the Teacher Institute is on supporting teachers in developing socially engaged art projects for the classroom. Socially engaged art uses artistic strategies to respond to issues of importance within a local community and is collaborative and participatory. Jim Duignan in Hyde Park studio (2007) Photo by Jamie Chan.