Title & Author:

Culture in action : a public art program of Sculpture Chicago / curated by Mary Jane Jacob ; essays by Mary Jane Jacob, Michael Brenson, Eva M. Olson.

Publication:

Seattle : Bay Press, [1995]
©1995

Description:

143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
New art, new audiences: experiments in public art / Eva M. Olson -- Healing in time / Michael Brenson -- Outside the Loop / Mary Jane Jacob -- Eight projects / Mary Jane Jacob -- Full circle. Suzanne Lacy and a coalition of Chicago women -- Tele-vecindario. Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle and street-level video -- Flood. Haha and Flood: a volunteer network for active participation in healthcare -- Naming others: manufacturing yourself. Robert Peters with mushroom pickers, ghosts, frogs, and others -- The Chicago Urban Ecology Action Group. Mark Dion and the Chicago Urban Ecology Action Group -- We got it! The workforce makes the candy of their dreams. Simon Grennan, Christopher Sperandio, and the Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers' International Union of America Local No. 552 -- Eminent domain. Kate Ericson, Mel Ziegler, and a resident group of Ogden Courts Apartments -- Consequences of a gesture and 100 victories/10,000 tears. Daniel J. Martinez and the West Side Three-Point Marchers.

Summary:

The Chicago-based art program "Culture in Action" addressed such pressing urban issues as minority youth leadership and gang violence, HIV/AIDS caregiving, public housing, multicultural demographics and neighborhood, achievements by women, labor and management relations, and ecology. "Culture in Action" took place from 1992 through 1993 and was organized by Sculpture Chicago, a decade-old visual arts organization that specializes in unique public art and education programs.
Seeking to bridge art and life, eight innovative artist and community partnerships unfolded with results as diverse as a storefront hydroponic garden, a new line of candy, and an ecological field station. These investigations into urban artmaking were activated by participating artists selected by curator Mary Jane Jacob for their interest in critical social issues and testing the boundaries of public art.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0941920313
9780941920315

Subject:

Sculpture Chicago (Organization)
Art and society Illinois Chicago.
Community arts projects Illinois Chicago.
Popular culture Illinois Chicago.
Art et société Illinois Chicago.
Projets d'art communautaires Illinois Chicago.
Culture populaire Illinois Chicago.
Art and society.
Community arts projects.
Popular culture.
Community art projects Illinois Chicago.
Illinois Chicago.
Geschichte 1992-1993

Added entries:

Jacob, Mary Jane, curator, contributor.
Brenson, Michael, contributor.
Olson, Eva M., contributor.
Jacob, Mary Jane.
Brenson, Michael
Olson, Eva M.
Sculpture Chicago (Organization)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 121693
Call No.: ID N72.S6.C86; ID:96-B754
Status: Available