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Designing For Change: Chicago Protest Art in the 1960s–70s

May 18, 2024 - June 28, 2025

A screen print to support a national boycott of lettuce and grapes led by Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers of America. Their iconic Aztec eagle logo can be seen on the horizon along with their motto, "Si Se Puede—It Can Be Done."
Leslie Nevraumont, Boycott Lettuce & Grapes, 1973. Screen print. Chicago History Museum, ICHi ICHi-176522

Illuminating the power of art as a tool for social change, this exhibition explores how Chicagoans in the 1960s and ’70s used art to advance the Chicago Freedom, Black Power, antiVietnam War, women’s liberation, and early LGBTQIA+ movements.

Details

Details

Start:
May 18, 2024
End:
June 28, 2025
Event Category:

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible

Bilingual

Other

Region
North Side
Audience
Life-long Learners, Scholars, Teens, Families
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible, Bilingual
Event Topics
Activism, Art Education, Design, LGBTQ+, Public Art, Racial Identity, Social Justice, Women Artists

Venue

Locations

Location

Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60614 United States
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