Lawndale Pop-Up Spot

 In the fall of 2016, UIC graduate students Chelsea Ridley and Jonathan Kelley embarked on a mission to connect with the residents of North Lawndale to create a community museum in a vacant building on 16th Street. The vision was to provide space for neighborhood residents to research and curate the history, art, issue, and science exhibitions and associated programming. Our first steps were to connect with as many community organizations and residents as possible to host visioning sessions and...