Picking up the Pieces: Context, Healing & Advocacy
Thursday 7.9.20 4:00 PM
Special events
School of Art and Art History
Thursday, July 9, 4- 5:30 pm
Karyn Sandlos, Associate Professor, Program Head of Art Education, UIC
Rhonda Wheatley, Teaching Artist, Hyde Park Art Center
Alberto Aguilar, Adjunct Assistant Professor, UIC School of Art & Art History
Greg Michie, Media Arts & Social Studies – CPS
The pandemic has wrought trauma of many kinds on children, adults, elders, and families, and hit some communities harder than others. This session will focus on how artists and art educators have responded to the struggles of those they teach and those to whom they are connected through direct forms of engagement with the crisis. The panel will explore what historical precedents can tell us about advocacy and healing, whether individual or collective.