12 Artworks Across Chicago
In the face of failing action on environmental challenges, E(art)H Chicago (pronounced “Earth Art Chicago”) called on local artists to help Chicagoans process environmental grief, injustice, and hope within their communities through art – enabling us to look at debilitatingly large problems through beauty, curiosity, and togetherness.
Experience these artists’ creations starting June 3, 2023.
Albany Park
(Santiago) X, Nilay Mistry / Chicago Public Art Group
ART TYPE: Land Art
GRANT AMOUNT: $70,000
ART TYPE: Functional Art
GRANT AMOUNT: $65,000
ART TYPE: Sculpture
GRANT AMOUNT: $45,750
Canalport Riverwalk
Cynthia Weiss & Delilah Salgado, Chicago Public Art Group; Educational Partners: Citlalli Trujillo & Dr. Rachel Havrelock, UIC Freshwater Lab
ART TYPE: Metal & Mosaic Structure
GRANT AMOUNT: $100,000
Downtown - Art on the Farm, Grant Park
Vershawn Sanders-Ward / Red Clay Dance Company
ART TYPE: Dance
GRANT AMOUNT: $30,000
ART TYPE: Documentary Film
GRANT AMOUNT: $35,000
Hegewisch
Southeast Environmental Task Force in partnership with artists: Sam Kirk, Eduardo Luna, Lavie Raven, Desi Mundo, Rafa Almaguer
ART TYPE: Gathering Space + Murals + Block Party
GRANT AMOUNT: $100,000
Little Village
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), Edith Tovar, Jocelyn Vazquez-Gomez, William Estrada
ART TYPE: Coloring Book + Mural
GRANT AMOUNT: $30,600
ART TYPE: Sculpture / Garden
GRANT AMOUNT: $11,150
Oakland (Burnham Park / Oakwood Beach)
Alexx Temeña, Andrea Yarbrough / in care of Black women
ART TYPE: Sculpture / Gathering Space Structure
GRANT AMOUNT: $90,000
Southeast Side – Eggers Grove
Co-created by Julie Ritchey, Eleanor Kahn, and Katie Norregaard for Filament Theatre
ART TYPE: Interactive Theater for Toddlers & Their Caregivers
GRANT AMOUNT: $12,000
