WE GOT A GRANT! 2022 Neighborhood Access Program

"Art is Business"  #DCASEgrants

We're happy to announce our selection as a Neighborhood Access Program grant recipient from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events! 

The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announces the Neighborhood Access Program. This program aims to support the cultural vitality of every Chicago neighborhood via grant programs and partnerships designed to be responsive to the complex needs of individual communities. This program offers direct grants for community-based arts and culture activities.

Tactical Urbanism in The Horizontal Landscape "Soundscape Tapestry" exposes pedestrians to the experience of what is viewed inside the gallery creating a dynamic platform for large-scale installations, moving image works, and sound performances. This collaborative effort has put two artists, a composer/percussionist, and a visual/installation artist, in a space to create a new body of work that will draw on the inspiration gained from the environment of the Bronzeville neighborhood.

Bronzeville Art District Trolley Tour 2022, Pedestrians viewing Experimental Films 

This funding will support Bronzeville's cultural vitality through collaboration with soundscape artist and composer Reggie Nicholson. The Phantom Gallery Chicago will build a sound and visual installation while expanding its body of work. The piece will be made by recording sound in the neighborhood (the "horizontal landscape" sounds) and then woven together with a new composition by Nicholson. The music tapestry will play alongside experimental film projections curated by visual artist Alpha Bruton. The piece will be presented at the Bronzeville Artists Lofts commercial space and at the corner of 47th and Vincennes. "a series of free public art installations." #DCASEgrants

Tactical Urbanism in The Horizontal Landscape "Soundscape Tapestry" exposes pedestrians to the experience of what is viewed inside the gallery creating a dynamic platform for large-scale installations, moving image works, and sound performances. This collaborative effort has put two artists, a composer/percussionist, and a visual/installation artist, in a space to create a new body of work that will draw on the inspiration gained from the environment of the Bronzeville neighborhood.

2022 AIR Composer and percussionist Reggie Nicholson Soundscape Tapestry

47th and Vincennes Empty Lot, September 16th, 2022  Tactical Urbanism In the Horizontal Landscape

We’re excited to announce Tactical Urbanism in the Horizontal Landscape "Sound Scape Tapestry," and the use of funds will be to Create a dynamic platform for large-scale installations, moving image works, and sound performances. This project was funded by the Neighborhood Access Program from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. #DCASEgrants.

Historic PALM TAVERN in the Heart of Bronzeville Art District

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While not as well-known as the Harlem Renaissance in some circles, the Chicago Renaissance of the 1920s, fueled by the Great Migration, profoundly impacted the development of local and national cultural arts.  All is reflected in the creation of visual and performing arts, literature, and music.  Chicago was at the forefront of gospel music, the rise of urban blues, and the progenitors of great jazz musicians.  In 1933 Bronzeville businessman James Knight, a former Pullman car porter opened the Palm Tavern.  In 1956, Knight sold the business to Geri Oliver and her husband.  The marquee entertainers who frequented the Palm Tavern were Quincy Jones, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, Lena Horne, Muddy Waters, Count Basie, James Brown, and Dinah Washington.

In 2020, I started working with Andre and Frances Guichard, owners of Gallery Guichard (https://www.galleryguichard.com/), to organize a series of outdoor concerts called Palm Sunday to honor and build on the legacy of the Palm Tavern.  

Sunday, July 17th, from 2-5:00 p.m., with performances by 

The Kahil El'Zabar Quartet features 

Kahil El'Zabar, Isiah Collier, Corey Wilkes, and Justin Dillard.  

General admission is $5 and a limited number of VIP tickets, including a buffet, are $45.

Look at the attached for more information.  You can find additional information and purchase tickets at https://www.buildingcommunityfoundationinc.org/.  Since 2016, the Building Community Foundation, a 501c3 organization that supports the arts, has donated over $40,000 to Bronzeville area organizations that support youth, focusing on at-risk youth and helping keep the skills.  Proceeds from these events will be used to continue that work.

Lastly, Kahil and I were interviewed this morning by Darryl Dennard, V103's Chicago Speaks host.  The interview will air this coming Sunday, July 10th, at 6:30 a.m. CST.  You can listen live at https://v103.iheart.com/.

 

Hope to see you Sunday, July 17th!

Joseph M. Harrington

President/CEO, The Mojo Group, LTD

TheMojoGroupLTD@gmail.com

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COLLECTED VOICES POP UP SCREENING Strange Fruit trailer

"Art is Business"

The partnership between Collected Voices and the Phantom Gallery Chicago Network will serve as Collected Voices' first fundraiser during the Bronzeville Summer Nights Art District Trolley Tour on Friday, July 15, 2016. The screening and fundraiser is a pre-launch to the CV Film Festival that begins in August and runs through October 2016.

COLLECTED VOICES POP UP SCREENING AT BRONZEVILLE ARTIST LOFTS, SECOND FLOOR EXHIBITION SPACE.

Dark Exodus: Subject to Jim Crow laws and an overtly racist white population that still sees Blacks as property, an African American family in the South sends their sons away to a better life. Visualizing the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban, industrial North in sepia tones, director Iverson White's period film captures the atmosphere of early 20th century America. 28 min Fiction; directed by Iverson White

Sounds of Exodus: An Ode to the Great Migration: A short film from the critically acclaimed award-winning filmmaker Lonnie Edwards paying homage to the evolution of music birthed through the Great Migration. 3:17 min Doc; directed by Lonnie Edwards

The Talk: A father, a son, and a life or death conversation. 7:22 min Fiction; directed by Justin Vaughan

Does Police Have More Rights Than Juveniles? One South Side Family's Rare Victory Against Misconduct: In 2007, Donna Moore's 11-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter were assaulted by an off-duty Chicago cop. The city settled with the South Side mother in 2011, awarding her family $100,000. Real Chi Youth spoke with Moore and others to understand the impact of police misconduct against juveniles. 4:45min Doc; produced by Free Spirit Media, Directed by Chelsea Berry

Strange Fruit: A reinterpretation of the poem by Abel Meeropol in modern times, October travels down Middle American Main Street and finds himself trapped in a fatal cycle. At the end of the day,

Who is to Blame? The Fruit of the Root? 10 min Fiction; directed by Shay Riddick

Watch the trailer here: Strange Fruit trailer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOFCVDxkldE

WHEN

Friday, July 15, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 10:30 PM (CDT) - Add to Calendar

WHERE

Phantom Gallery Chicago Network- Room 205

 436 East 47th Street, Chicago, IL 60653

Space is limited.- Mixologist Alan Emerson Hicks 

Sponsors

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