Forging Hope is the opening program for Reckon and Reimagine. The program will begin with an exhibition walkthrough with featured artists and concludes with a music performance by Elexa Dawson (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), Joseph Running Crane (Blackfeet), Brittney Chantele, and James Pakootas (Confederate Tribes of Colville).

Join us for the second of two guided tours of SURVIVING THE LONG WARS: Reckon and Reimagine led by UIC students.

Sada [regroup] is a complex visualization of individual and collective art practices in a protracted era of international warfare. Commissioned by documenta fifteen. 

DRONE is a new play by Andrea Assaf and a transdisciplinary performance project integrating theater, live music, emerging technologies, and artistic containers for public dialogue.

Monty Little (Diné) [Marine Corps veteran], an artist from Tuba City, Arizona, will lead this group discussion.

Join us for the first of two guided tours of SURVIVING THE LONG WARS: Reckon and Reimagine led by UIC students.

Gerald Sheffield [US Army veteran], a Los Angeles-based artist and educator, will lead this group discussion.

Join Dr. Meranda Roberts and artists Gina Herrera, Jason Wesaw, Ernest M Whiteman III, and Joseph Lefthand as they discuss the motivations behind their practices and the many ways their art is found in conversation with others. 

The welcoming performance will feature a discussion and grounding by Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes).