{"article":{"id":2031,"title":"Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee Releases Its Final Report","excerpt":"","body":"<html><head></head><body><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419101/brtsqkdwh8evtrdxtdx6.png\"></figure><p>Via PR</p><p>The Chicago Monuments Project (CMP) Advisory Committee released its final report, synthesized from a comprehensive, community-focused engagement process over the past year or more — the first of its kind in a major U.S. city. Thousands of Chicagoans from diverse communities contributed to this conversation on the city’s public monuments through several modes including surveys, live discussions and free-response public feedback submitted via <a href=\"http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLh8sfr5LTTKWIM6bd94IhkrYCQ1vgIKwNDhzS9APcqT9jjxps_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiKasl3Q0KHAlfCn9N7XONZksYe5OIXa5kf5eLUqZODuRSP9aq4SJ-2B49W0jH0wJ361i16ryG-2B6zGsCP-2B3aeL3idfpMpxdsVAUMKbFeDmiql6IbUF6a9DGmXwmRVIL0QHVt1oUuktxYG4n1LAs21dSLBL7TYVq9E8q-2B0dhF0A1nPkmS18OOYMe59BPhJlDiRUQ8QnaY0cPBvpMMaflJz5boxWV09HbEOLkIQSiDc2RkBHvSUzDBzzQfS-2Fm5pce9svUeo2KoklervfYuB1-2FNcDH0pxN2a8f9DpxMUxhg3RLUd8sjCZLQgeRMjQ4MDJw0hFfA0Sr7GSE2x92xqblEjE1NNA-3D-3D\">ChicagoMonuments.org</a>. The recommendations overwhelming conveyed the public’s desire for the creation of new monuments that memorialized Chicago’s true and complete history. As a result, DCASE is supporting the creation of eight new works each with a $50,000 planning grant, in addition to ongoing programs and investments to help diversity the collection.</p><p>Leading the effort was the <strong>Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee</strong>, a group of community leaders, artists, architects, scholars, curators, and city officials, who dedicated their time, experience, and expertise. This broad coalition engaged with a wide range of communities and world views to ask questions and bring the perspectives required to do this work on behalf of all Chicago’s people. The committee began its work in Fall 2020, conducted outreach throughout 2021 and compiled analysis and recommendations in Spring and Summer 2022.</p><p><strong>CMP Co-chairs Mark Kelly and Bonnie McDonald</strong> shared, “As Co-chairs, we proudly submit our report for consideration. The committee recommends interventions, ongoing program investments, funding of new public art projects and the development of curriculum and engagement programs for youth, teachers and docents. We believe the report’s ideas and recommendations will strengthen our City as our public art collection becomes more honest about our history and far more inclusive regarding who is represented and what stories are told. To our knowledge, we had one of the most engaging processes among many cities also grappling with the topic of their problematic monuments. We wish to thank and acknowledge the work of the committee members in doing so; this was a labor of love on the part of our community and is proof of what is possible when we listen to each other.”</p><p>Since the launch of the Chicago Monuments Project, the project has engaged thousands of individuals through its hotline and website, <a href=\"http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=Fx6ZlfogyykExOP4a2vWQ8Wo6HEowryPWd6OEYKkPlRNjkQ-2BJSO-2Bw5Q1orVDDW2ZEm1b_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiKasl3Q0KHAlfCn9N7XONZksYe5OIXa5kf5eLUqZODuRSP9aq4SJ-2B49W0jH0wJ361i16ryG-2B6zGsCP-2B3aeL3idfpMpxdsVAUMKbFeDmiql6IbUF6a9DGmXwmRVIL0QHVt1oUuktxYG4n1LAs21dSLBL7TYVq9E8q-2B0dhF0A1nPkmrRs5-2BYaTU6gTslj87j9CnTMQbJetbCXQBFFhjpqOKFuXxB86y2ueNadOnUlngBksp11gmccZifwCCy0ovFte1y3VMb6ij86GIqDbKNELviWYiCcfyd-2Bdt3ibh35trCFGnjTMOB9gzIWH9WEI3QkQId5LpWtFlp8yOLI7sgV8giQ-3D-3D\">ChicagoMonuments.org</a> — and dozens of virtual and in-person neighborhood programs were hosted by committee members, national experts, and local community organizations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Ken Lum</strong>, <strong>Chief Curatorial Advisor of the Monument Lab</strong> and participant in one of the CMP engagement series shared, “The Chicago Monuments Project is an ambitious democratic exercise, unprecedented in scope by any large American urban center, to grapple with the fullness of omissions regarding Chicago's monumental landscape and public works system of representation.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Treatments for Monuments Under Review</strong></p><p>CMP has carefully deliberated and reflected on the extensive, passionate, and wide-ranging public opinion offered. The report offers specific treatment recommendations for the monuments under review, including taking the monument down, modifying the monument by commissioning another artwork and/or adding additional signage. Among the various reasons that an artwork or monument may require action to be taken by the City are: the work does not fit with the City’s mission, goals and objectives for the Chicago Public Art Program; the work presents a threat to public safety; providing security for the work requires too many resources; acknowledgement of significant deleterious information about the monument and what or whom it represents; in addition to other criteria outlined in the <a href=\"http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLh8sfr5LTTKWIM6bd94IhkrYCQ1vgIKwNDhzS9APcqT9jr8NN_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiKasl3Q0KHAlfCn9N7XONZksYe5OIXa5kf5eLUqZODuRSP9aq4SJ-2B49W0jH0wJ361i16ryG-2B6zGsCP-2B3aeL3idfpMpxdsVAUMKbFeDmiql6IbUF6a9DGmXwmRVIL0QHVt1oUuktxYG4n1LAs21dSLBL7TYVq9E8q-2B0dhF0A1nPklAoYE2H13FjbqvtGjF1-2FZgmt-2F9H1hxva0-2BtrpnA3pXVygVN6cCT7Rit3oIyi1KXQpKX8sKCp94Kg8uwEpnNTrLT55MJkYO1-2B2w1YTBSz3ZKjqqES4TiYuGaBhW3T3SahwNNX6wBXOHgMylvc63sRh3h1U399CuWVkjWN54kbiOcw-3D-3D\">full report</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There is much work to come before any of these recommendations will be finalized and implemented. While the City works through the recommendations, which will require time and the involvement of various City agencies, CMP recommends that signage for all work currently on display be updated.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>New Work</strong></p><p>As part of its engagement process, CMP released a call, “Reimagining Monuments: Request for Ideas,” to solicit proposals from individual artist and community groups that rethink the place, purpose, and permanence of monuments in our public spaces. In addition, DCASE and Parks commissioned a number of demonstration projects through their public art and grant programs that signified the potential for new types of monuments that highlight diverse approaches and stories. A number of key action items emerged across proposals and demonstration projects, including engaging and interpreting the City’s existing public art collection; achieving greater visibility for American Indians; reexamining Chicago’s history, considering unsung people and underrecognized stories; and prioritizing programs led by or engaging youth.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>In the near term, the City will award $50,000 planning and implementation grants toward the development of eight new projects</strong>, which will add—permanently or temporarily—to the City’s collection and memorialize events, people or groups that historically have been excluded or underrepresented. Among the new works awardees are:</p><ul><li>The Greater Chatham Initiative for a Mahalia Jackson memorial</li><li>Artists and community groups for a monument to historic events and people that have shaped the Latina/x experience in the Pilsen neighborhood</li><li>The Mother Jones Heritage Project</li><li>Community organizations working to create a monument to honor Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable and Kitihawa, his wife and a local Potawatomi woman</li><li>Artist Patricia Nguyen and architectural designer John Lee for the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial concept</li><li>The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project</li><li>A Long Walk Home, for its “Visibility Project” proposal centering on Black women and girls</li><li>A community-led monument to victims of gun violence in Chicago</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Public Engagement Process</strong></p><p>The CMP conducted extensive public engagement efforts throughout 2021 to gain feedback on the monuments under review, begin a dialogue about who and what has not been memorialized and solicit ideas and recommendations for future monuments. Engagement modes included:</p><ul><li>Open-ended public feedback form on the CMP website; online speaker series examining key issues around Chicago’s monuments</li><li>Community-based groups presenting virtual public discussions on specific monuments</li><li>“Drop-in” virtual discussion sessions with CMP advisory committee members and DCASE staff</li><li>Virtual conversations with eight community stakeholder groups: African American, American Indian, Italian America, Latinx, leadership of culturally specific organizations, disability, historic preservation and youth</li><li>American Indian representation developed in partnership with Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC)</li><li>Solicitation of project ideas from individual artist and community group for the development of new monuments that rethink the place, purpose and permanence of monuments in our public spaces.</li></ul><p>“This report looks to the future and recognizes that this is just one phase in an ongoing process. Just as we are reconsidering the permanence of the monuments themselves, the recommendations included in this report are not the final word on the complex, ever-evolving issues related to justice, public space and our shared history. The CMP does not intend for the interventions suggested here to preclude later actions that might further correct or expand the narratives in our public spaces. We will continue to engage with Chicago residents in an honest and sincere effort to build a more diverse and representative public art collection that this city and its residents deserve,” shared <strong>DCASE Commissioner Erin Harkey.</strong></p><p>#&nbsp; #&nbsp; #</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The project had four main objectives, including:</p><ul><li>Cataloging monuments and public art on City or Park District property;</li><li>Appointing an advisory committee to determine which pieces warrant attention or action;</li><li>Making recommendations for new monuments or public art that could be commissioned; and</li><li>Creating a platform for the public to engage in a civic dialogue about Chicago’s history.</li><li>&nbsp;</li></ul><p class=\"lead\"><strong>Read the full report, compiled by Metris Arts Consulting, at </strong><a 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src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1792084737/qrikvx76nvvt5agq24rq.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><p>By CGN STAFF</p><p><br></p><p>Illinois Holocaust Museum &amp; Education Center will reopen its Skokie location on November 11, 2026, following a renovation that expands visitor spaces, updates its core Holocaust exhibition and adds a new reflection gallery. The reopening is timed to coincide with Veterans Day. Active military personnel, veterans and their families will receive free admission that day.</p><p><br></p><p>The project includes a redesigned Lillian &amp; Larry Goodman Auditorium and Gallery, an enlarged lobby in the Shapiro Family Foundation Welcome Center, and a refreshed Resilience Hall with an expanded stage for presentations and public programs.</p><p><br></p><p>Updates to the Zev &amp; Shifra Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition include additional material on the roots of antisemitism, the story of Chicago resident Leo Edelman, and the experiences of other groups targeted by the Nazis. A new reflection gallery, accessible from the exhibition, offers visitors a quiet space during and after their visit.</p><p><br></p><p>“Every visitor’s experience now begins differently and runs deeper,” said Kelley Szany, the Museum’s senior vice president of education and exhibitions. “The new welcome center sets the tone from the moment people arrive, the enhanced core Holocaust exhibition brings the history and the voices of survivors into sharper focus, and our new auditorium gives us a place to gather, listen, and talk about what it means for our communities today.”</p><p><br></p><p>Existing attractions, including the virtual reality theater, the interactive Survivor Stories Experience holographic theater, the Take A Stand Center and the Voices of Genocide Exhibition, will remain part of the Museum’s offerings.</p><p><br></p><p>Following the reopening,&nbsp;<em>Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare</em>&nbsp;will open November 15 in the special exhibition gallery. Created by and on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee, the exhibition examines the intersections of politics, antisemitism, freedom of speech and national security during the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. It will remain on view through March 2027.</p><p><br></p><p>The Museum’s satellite location in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, <span style=\"color: rgb(13, 13, 13);\">Experience360, </span>will remain open through December 31, 2026. The downtown space opened during the Skokie renovation to provide continued access to the Museum’s immersive exhibitions.</p><p><br></p><p>For information and ticket reservations, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ilholocaustmuseum.org</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Image: Museum exterior. 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Partners include the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation, Adler University, CAI Designs, Chicago Public Art Group, Chicago Sculpture Exhibit and Diasporal Rhythms.</p><p><br></p><p>Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Hunt developed an internationally recognized practice while continuing to live and work in his hometown. His welded metal sculptures brought together abstract forms, references to the natural world and an enduring interest in freedom and social justice.</p><p><br></p><p>Hunt identified attending Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955 as a turning point in his artistic life. Till had lived just two blocks from Hunt’s home. Decades later, Hunt’s public commissions would honor figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Jesse Owens and Ida B. Wells, while also addressing the Middle Passage and the Great Migration.</p><p>In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Hunt to the National Council on the Arts, where he became its first African American member. In 1971, at age 35, he became the first African American sculptor to receive a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. His career encompassed more than 150 solo exhibitions and more than 160 public art installations.</p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791479104/lltcodkx39gd8sbhtus1.png\"></p><p><em style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Richard Hunt with artist Chris Devins, who recently completed a mural honoring the sculptor in Hyde Park. Photo courtesy of Chris Devins.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Recent projects in Chicago offer new ways to encounter Hunt’s work and history. This fall, the Logan Center opened the Hunt, a café honoring the artist. Created and designed by Little Black Pearl founder and executive director Monica Haslip, the space incorporates two Hunt sculptures, African art, archival materials and photographs by Sandro Miller.</p><p>In Hyde Park, artist Chris Devins and historian Michelle Duster have brought a mural of Hunt to 1515–19 E. 54th Street. The portrait is based on photographs Devins took in Hunt’s studio before the sculptor’s death.</p><p><br></p><p>“Richard Hunt was a giant in the arts world and people need to see what he looked like and be inspired by his legacy,” Devins said.</p><p><br></p><p>Pigment International’s dedication also reflects its own relationship with Hunt. 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