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Carl Sandburg-Inspired Arts Workshop at Mozart Park

4/28/2014

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You're invited to come to our next Chicago Heroes & Arts Adventures workshop --
Monday, April 28 (6:00-7:15, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL   60624

all ages, free & open to the public


During this workshop we will leverage the work of Carl Sandburg to highlight Chicago as a heroic historical presence, celebrated as a sufficiently significant subject for poetry and other arts created by Sandburg and others.

We’ll spend the first part of the workshop reading and discussing Sandburg's poem "Chicago," as well as poems by workshop participants. Then we’ll talk about common and unique characteristics of Chicago and the works interpreting it, and end with a creative exercise to process our own views that feelings about the city. Participants will be invited to use poetic forms such as haiku, limericks, short ballads, sonnets . . . whatever may catch people’s fancies. Artists may use of media of their choosing (which they must needs also provide) to express their views and impressions of Chicago.
 This workshop is facilitated by Wayne Allen Jones.  

Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. Our workshop series happens in the room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.  

Transportation & parking: Mozart Park can be reached by public transportation (such as the #73 Armitage Ave. bus, and not far from the Logan Square and Western Ave. stations on the CTA's blue line. Mozart Park has a parking lot on Armitage, east of Avers. 

Registering for Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys: You can register for this workshop series at the Chicago Park District website. 

Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here (if you have questions about this workshop or to RSVP). Click here to find out more about the Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys workshop series. 
Links: 
  • "At 100, poem 'Chicago' still fierce, fresh" by Steve Johnson (Chicago Tribune)
  • "Careless Love" by Carl Sandburg, performed by Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan
  • Carl Sandburg (poets.org)
  • "Carl Sandburg and the Spanish Guitar" -- concert with John Akers
  • Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (Flat Rock, NC)
  • "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg (Poetry Foundation)
  • Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg
  • The Day Carl Sandburg Died (dir. Paul Bonesteel)
  • "Marilyn Monroe and Carl Sandburg" by Roger Ebert 
  • "Sandburg's Lincoln Within History" by James Hurt (Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association)





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Our Next Arts Workshop: Katherine Dunham & Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

4/20/2014

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You're invited to come to our next Chicago Heroes & Arts Adventures workshop --
Monday, April 21 (6:00-7:15, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL   60624

all ages, free & open to the public


During our next workshop we will focus on the lives and legacies of Katherine Dunham and Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable. Participants will create graphic scores and write poetry inspired by those important individuals. 
Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. Our workshop series happens in the room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.  

Transportation & parking: Mozart Park can be reached by public transportation (such as the #73 Armitage Ave. bus, and not far from the Logan Square and Western Ave. stations on the CTA's blue line. Mozart Park has a parking lot on Armitage, east of Avers. 

Registering for Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys: You can register for this workshop series at the Chicago Park District website. 

Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here (if you have questions about this workshop or to RSVP). Click here to find out more about the Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys workshop series. 
Links: 
  • America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 113 (Dance Heritage Coalition)
  • Black Arts Group (Oliver Lake's website)
  • "The Black Arts Movement: Let Me Count the Ways" chapter from Visionary Women Writers of Chicago's Black Arts Movement by Carmen L. Phelps
  • DuSable Museum of African American History
  • "How Katherine Dunham Revealed Black Dance to the World" by Jennifer Dunning (The New York Times)
  • Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (PBS)
  • Katherine Dunham (PBS)
  • Katherine Dunham at home in Martissant, Haiti (1962)
  • Katherine Dunham: Beyond the Dance (Missouri History Museum)
  • Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanties
  • Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Katherine Dunham: My Love of Dance (Visionary Project interview
  • Living St. Louis: Katherine Dunham (KETC)
  • Margaret Burroughs
  • The Ruth Page Center for the Arts
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Our Next Arts Workshop: Lisel Mueller, Penelope Rosemont & Franklin Rosemont

4/12/2014

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You're invited to come to our next Chicago Heroes & Arts Adventures workshop --
Monday, April 14 (6:00-7:15, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL   60624

all ages, free & open to the public


During our next workshop we will focus on the visual art and writings of Lisel Mueller, Penelope Rosemont, and Franklin Rosemont. We will: 
  • Learn about the work and lives of those three Chicago-based individuals; 
  • Listen to Penelope Rosemont talk about some of her experiences writing and creating art; 
  • Read and discuss "Monet Refuses the Operation" by Lisel Mueller, a passage from Dreams & Everyday Life by Penelope Rosemont, and "ON THE ROAD: From Maywood Rhapsodism to City Lights in San Francisco and Armitage Avenue Transcendentalists" by Franklin Rosemont; and
  • Create works of writing and visual art inspired by those three individuals, including exquisite corpses. 
Picture
Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. Our workshop series happens in the room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.  

Transportation & parking: Mozart Park can be reached by public transportation (such as the #73 Armitage Ave. bus, and not far from the Logan Square and Western Ave. stations on the CTA's blue line. Mozart Park has a parking lot on Armitage, east of Avers. 

Registering for Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys: You can register for this workshop series at the Chicago Park District website. 

Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here (if you have questions about this workshop or to RSVP). Click here to find out more about the Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys workshop series. 
Links: 
  • "Another Version" & "Scenic Route" by Lisel Mueller
  • article about Blues and the Poetic Spirit and  Paul Garon by  Kevin Belford (Devil at the Confluence)
  • Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company
  • "Chicago Surrealist Group" by Joey Pizzolato (AREA Chicago)
  • "Franklin Rosemont," a remembrance by Mike Klonsky (Small Talk Blog)
  • "Franklin Rosemont (1943-2009)" by Michael Löwy (Solidarity)
  • "In My Mind's Eye: Remembering Franklin Rosemont" by Joseph Jablonski (yardbird reader)
  • Interview with Penelope Rosemont, by Rebecca Zorach (Never the Same)
  • Lisel Mueller bio (Poetry Foundation)
  • "Ody Saban: Surrealist and Outsider" by Penelope Rosemont
  • "Poet, Historian, Surrealist Activist: The Surreal Life of Franklin Rosemont" by Paul Garon, David Rodiger and Kate Khatib (Counterpunch)
  • Pulitzer Poet: Lisel Mueller (PBS News Hour)
  • Surrealism: Here & Now -- review by Janina Ciezadlo
  • Surrealism in 2012: Toward the World of the Fifth Sun (exhibition at the GoogleWorks Center for the Arts)
  • Surrealist Editions & Black Swan Press (surrealism-usa.org)
  • Surrealist Experiences: 1001 Dawns, 221 Midnights by Penelope Rosemont (review by G. Jurek Polanski)
  • "When I Am Asked" by Lisel Mueller (Poetry Foundation)
  • Winston Smith and Grant’s Tomb presents Insect Music: Surrealism, Alchemy and the Image (2012 art exhibition in San Francisco)

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Nelson Algren-Inspired Arts Workshop at Mozart Park

3/28/2014

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You are invited to come to our next Chicago Heroes & Arts Adventures workshop --
Monday, March 31 (6:00-7:15, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL   60624

all ages, free & open to the public


During this workshop, inspired by the great Chicago writer Nelson Algren, participants will: 
  • Learn more about Algren's work and legacy;
  • Read passages from Algren's poetry and prose, and several letters from Simone de Beauvoir to Algren; 
  • Watch and discuss several video clips: part of Studs Terkel's 1975 interview with Algren; a clip from The Road Is Nothing, the End Is All; and Willem DeFoe reading "The Lightless Room," a short story by Algren; and    
  • Creatively explore Algren's work through creative writing and visual art. 
Location: Mozart Park is on Armitage Avenue in Logan Square -- several blocks east of Pulaski Road, just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. There  is street parking by Mozart Park, and a parking lot is on the east side of Avers. 

Please contact us by clicking here -- if you have questions about this workshop and/or if you would like to RSVP. Thanks!
Links:
  • "A Breakup Letter from Simone de Beauvoir" by Maria Popova
  • "But Never a Lovely So Real" by Colin Asher (The Believer)
  • Interview: Filmmaker Michael Caplan (chicagist.com)
  • "Life, Love, and Nothing in Between" by Kelly Kleinman (Chicago Reader)
  • "Love and Letters in Paris and Chicago" by Joel Henning (The Wall Street Journal)
  • The Man with the Golden Arm (dir. Otto Preminger, 1955)
  • Nelson Algren Committee
  • Nelson Algren Live! event clip featuring William Dafoe
  • Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All
  • "The Ninth Man Out: As baseball begins again, Nelson Algren turns 100" by Jeff McMahon (New City)
  • "The Secret Faces of Poets in Nelson Algren's Chicago: City on the Make" by  Jeff McMahon
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Our Next Arts Workshop: Ed Roberson & Sun Ra 

2/18/2014

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You're invited to our next Chicago Heroes & Arts Adventures workshop -- 
Monday, February 24th (6:00-7:15, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL   60624

all ages, free & open to the public


During this next workshop, we will focus on the work and legacies of Ed Roberson and Sun Ra. Ed Roberson is an amazing Chicago-based poet, and Sun Ra is a pioneering instrumentalist, composer and bandleader whose dynamic vision has exploded conceptions of music, space and identity. We are delighted that Ed will be joining us at the workshop. 

After growing up in Birmingham, Sun Ra moved to Chicago where he developed key aspects of his musical approach, including his iconic Egyptology-suffused space persona. Sun Ra later lived in Montreal, New York City, and Philadelphia...but Chicago and Sun Ra have a special connection. 

This workshop will include the following: 
  • Ed Roberson will read a selection of his poetry.
  • We will discuss one or two of Ed's poems. 
  • We will listen to several songs by Sun Ra and his Arkestra.  
  • We will write poetry and create visual art inspired by Ed Roberson and Sun Ra.  
Location: Mozart Park is on Armitage Avenue in Logan Square -- several blocks east of Pulaski Road, just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. 

Please contact us by clicking here -- if you have questions about this workshop and/or if you would like to RSVP. Thanks!

Links: 
  • "Brother From Another Planet: The Cult and Culture of Sun Ra" by Adam Shatz (Slate)
  • Ed Roberson's website
  • Mechanisms of Emotion: An Interview with Ed Roberson (Fifth Wednesday Journal) 
  • Space is the Place: The Life and Times of Sun Ra by John Szwed (book review by Matthew Muethrich at allaboutjazz.com) 
  • Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (dir. Robert Mugge)
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Margaret Burroughs-Inspired Arts Workshop 

2/13/2014

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You are invited to come to our next Chicago Heroes & Arts Adventures workshop -- 
Monday, February 17 (6:00-7:15, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL   60624

all ages, free & open to the public


Dr. Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs was an amazing visual artist, curator, educator and community organizer who founded the DuSable Museum of African American History. We will dedicate this workshop to Margaret Burroughs' life and legacy, as well as creative responses to her work. Also -- celebrating Margaret Burroughs' work is one way to celebrate Black History Month! 

This workshop will include the following-- 

  • We will look at and talk about several examples of Burroughs' artwork, and talk about her legacy in Chicago and beyond.
  • Participants will write poetry and create collages inspired by Margaret Burroughs' artworks. 
Location: Mozart Park is on Armitage Avenue in Logan Square -- several blocks east of Pulaski Road, just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. 

Please contact us by clicking here -- if you have questions about this workshop and/or if you would like to RSVP. Thanks!
Above: artworks by Margaret Burroughs, courtesy of the South Side Community Art Center

Links:
  • Dr. Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs: Chicago's Cultural Maverick and The DuSable Museum of African American History (Black History Heroes)
  • DuSable Museum of African American History
  • Margaret Burroughs Biography (The History Makers)
  • Margaret Burroughs Collection at Oakton Community College
  • Margaret Burroughs Collection at The University of Chicago Visual Resources Center
  • Margaret Burroughs (Heritage Gallery)
  • Margaret Burroughs (Illinois Women Artists Project)
  • Margaret Burroughs: Early Biography (Art Institute of Chicago
  • Sapphire & Crystals
  • South Side Community Art Center
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Our Inaugural Arts Workshop Session: Gwendolyn Brooks & Ekphrastic Poetry

1/24/2014

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Monday, January 27, 2014
(6:00-7:15, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL  60647 

free and open to the public, all ages

You're invited to come to an ekphrastic poetry writing workshop inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks -- the inaugural session in the Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys series at Mozart Park. 

This workshop will include the following:  

  • We will read and discuss "The Chicago Picasso," an ekphrastic poem by Gwendolyn Brooks. We will also read and discuss a few other poems by Gwendolyn Brooks. 
  • Each participant will select a reproduction of an artwork in collections at the Art Institute of Chicago and Museum of Contemporary Art. Then each participant will write an ekphrastic poem that is inspired by that artwork. (Reproductions of artworks will be provided.)
  • Participants will share their poems with others in the workshop. 
These arts workshops are free and open to the public, and all ages welcomed. Participants are invited to bring writing utensils and paper, although supplies will be provided if needed. Sometimes we play music and explore other art forms, so if you have a musical instrument that you'd like to bring, or if you have art supplies (e.g. colored pencils, pastels, etc.) you can bring those. We often use an upright piano during workshops as well. 

Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. Our workshop series happens in the room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.  

Transportation & parking: Mozart Park can be reached by public transportation (such as the #73 Armitage Ave. bus, and not far from the Logan Square and Western Ave. stations on the CTA's blue line. Mozart Park has a parking lot on Armitage, east of Avers. 

Registering for Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys: You can register for this workshop series at the Chicago Park District website. 

Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here. Click here to find out more about the Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys workshop series. 
Links: 
  • "AIC: Maquette for Richard Daley Center Monument" by Jyoti Srivastava
  • "The Chicago Picasso" by Gwendolyn Brooks
  • Chicago Black Renaissance
  • "Chicago's Picasso sculpture" by Alan Artner (Chicago Tribune, 8/15/1967)
  • "Dedication of the Chicago Picasso" (Connecting the Windy City)
  • Gwendolyn Brooks (at poetryfoundation.org)
  • Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University
  • Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks (Contemporary Literature (v. 11, no. 1))
  • "The Making of Picasso's Monumental Sculpture for Chicago's Daley Center Plaza" by Jyoti Srivastava (Public Art in Chicago)
  • "Meditations on 'Mecca': Gwendolyn Brooks and the Responsibilities of the Black Poet" by Elizabeth Alexander
  • "Money-Making and Public Art-Loving: The Image of Chicago" by Kristina Maldre (National Archives)
  • "Pablo and the Boss: The Amazing Story of Chicago's Picasso" (WTTW)
  • "The Picasso" (Untitled) -- at the Daley Plaza
  • Picasso and Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago)
  • "Review: Picasso and Chicago/Art Institute of Chicago" by Chris Miller (New City, 2/21/2013)
  • Soft Version of Maquette for a Monument donated to Chicago by Pablo Picasso by Claes Oldenburg (Le Centre Pompidou)
  • South Side Community Art Center
  • "Steel Shots: The Picasso" by Tasha Weiss (Modern Steel Construction)

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