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Radical Pedagogies Series at Compound Yellow

2/21/2019

Borderbend is happy to announce that we're starting a new series called Radical Pedagogies, in partnership with Compound Yellow. This series, which happens on the fourth Sunday of the month, is intended to explore different ways of thinking about what "radical pedagogies" means. Here's what's being scheduled in the coming months:

Radical Feminist Pedagogies, led by Janina Ciezadlo (April 28th)
Racial Identity, Racism, and Cultural Appropriation in the Arts, led by Spencer Hutchinson and Dan Godston (May 26th)
Environmental Justice, Zinemaking, and the Gary Ecopolis Project, led by Corey Hagelberg (June 23rd)
Radical Love led by Samina Hadi-Tabassum (July 28th)
Program led by Maggie Leininger (August 25th)
CodeCreate and the Industrial Galaxy, led by Jeff Sweeton (September 22th)
Bop Prosody and the Practice of Spontaneous Poetics (October 27th)
TBA program (November 24th)
Program led by Amy Thomas (December 22nd)
TBA program (January 26th)
TBA program (February 23rd)

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Our Next Workshop -- Toys and Games Made in Chicago

11/16/2015

Monday, November 23
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

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

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which focuses on toys and games made in Chicago --

We will find out about toys and games made in Chicago, such as Lincoln Logs, Stern and Bally pintball games, and Mold-A-Rama toys; and
Workshop participants will create poetry and art inspired by toys and games made in Chicago.

Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

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 Borderbend's arts workshop series at Mozart Park: Click here or here to register for the fall term 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 Borderbend's arts workshop series at Mozart Park.

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Our Next Workshop: Common, Kanye West and Chance the Rapper

11/2/2015

Monday, November 16
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

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

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Common, Kanye West and Chance the Rapper --

We will listen to and talk about the music and other projects of Common, Kanye West and Chance the Rapper, including their connections to Chicago;
We'll talk about other people who are linked to and/or inspired by these three artists; and
Workshop participants will create art inspired by Common, Kanye West and Chance the Rapper.

Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

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 Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the fall term 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 Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

Our Next Arts Workshop: Ray Bradbury

10/26/2015

Monday, November 2
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

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

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Ray Bradbury --

We will listen to and talk about the work and legacy of Ray Bradbury;
We'll talk about other people who are linked to and/or inspired by Bradbury; and
Workshop participants will create art inspired by Ray Bradbury.

Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

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 Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the fall term 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 Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

Our Next Arts Workshop: Marcos Raya and Hector Duarte

9/21/2015

Monday, October 5
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

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

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Marcos Raya and Hector Duarte --

We will look at and talk about the work of Raya and Duarte, with a focus on their connections to Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood;
We'll talk about other people who are linked to and/or inspired by them; and
Workshop participants will create art inspired by Raya and Duarte.

Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

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 Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the fall term 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 Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

Links:
arts workshop inspired by Carlos Cortez (Mozart Park, 2014) http://www.borderbend.org/blog/carlos-cortez
arts workshop inspired by the Hairy Who and the Chicago Imagists (Mozart Park, 2015): http://www.borderbend.org/blog/june-20th
Chicago Calling: Move/Remove/ /Place/Replace (High Concept Labs, 10/10/2015): http://highconceptlaboratories.org/event/chicago-calling-move-remove-place-displace/?instance_id=21784
Marcos Raya: http://www.marcosraya.com
National Museum of Mexican Art: http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
Yollacalli: http://yollocalli.org

Our Next Arts Workshop at Mozart Park: Pullman Porters

9/16/2015

Monday, September 28
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

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

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by the Pullman Porters. We will find out more about the Pullman Porters, and talk about this Saturday's soundwalk and performance at the Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site. Then we will create art inspired by the Pullman Porters.

Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

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 Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the fall term 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 Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

Links:

Our Next Workshop: Captain Walter Dyett, Dorothy Donegan, John Gilmore and Dinah Washington

9/7/2015

Monday, September 14
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

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

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Captain Walter Henri Dyett, Dorothy Donegan, John Gilmore and Dinah Washington --

We will talk about the careers of Dyett, Donegan, Gilmore and Washington, including their connections to Chicago;
We'll listen to examples of those artists' and educators' works, and we will talk about other people who are linked to and/or inspired by them; and
Workshop participants will have opportunities to create music and writings inspired by Dyett, Donegan, Gilmore and Washington.

Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

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 Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the fall term 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 Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

Links:

Our Workshop Series at Mozart Park -- The Fall Term Begins Soon!

8/27/2015

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You're invited to register for the Chicago Portraits and Arts Journeys workshop series that happens at Mozart Park. The fall term begins on Monday, September 14th. Click here or here to register.

Click here to find out more about the series that Borderbend has been running at Mozart Park since January 2014.

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Our Next Workshop: Kenneth Fearing

6/29/2015

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Monday, July 6th
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

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

all ages, free & open to the public
all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Kenneth Fearing. Poet/novelist/essayist Kenneth Fearing was born in Oak Park in 1902. More than fifty years after his death in 1961, he remains one of the most original & under-appreciated Chicago-born writers. He published numerous pulp stories, seven collections of poems and eight novels, including The Big Clock (1946), a thriller that helped to define the genre of film noir when Paramount adapted it in 1948. Few of his works remain in print today, probably because of his radical politics. In the 1930s, he was one of the most respected poets of the Popular Front and a founding editor of The Partisan Review; in 1950 he was called before HUAC. In response to the question, “are you a member of the Communist Party?” he is said to have replied, “Not yet.”

Fearing's poems and novels are machinic assemblages—big machines made of words—that critique the mechanization and mediation of white American society. In Clark Gifford's Body (1942), he uses multiple narrators to describe a futuristic version of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, which leads to a proletarian/capitalist civil war. The raid is conducted not on an armory, but a radio station, reflecting Fearing's belief that broadcast media was the most important weapon in modern America. In Loneliest Girl in the World (1951), he employs multiple narrators—including a rudimentary computer—to ask what might become of romance in a bureaucratic, post-human society.

Come to learn more about / debate / be inspired by Kenneth Fearing. We will use Infernal Machine Poetics (IMP) technology to further our understanding of one of our region's most engaging political artists.

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 Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the summer term 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 Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

Links:

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Our Next Workshop: Fred Anderson, Tatsu Aoki, Renée Baker & Mwata Bowden

6/17/2015

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Monday, June 29th
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

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

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Fred Anderson, Tatsu Aoki, Renée Baker & Mwata Bowden --

We will talk about and listen to music and other works created by Anderson, Aoki, Baker and Bowden;
We'll discuss examples of people and organizations that are linked to and/or inspired by those four artists' work; and
Workshop participants will have opportunities to create music and writings inspired by Anderson, Bowden, Baker and Aoki.

Bring your musical instruments, art supplies and notebooks. These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

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 Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the summer term 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 Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

Links:

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Our Next Workshop -- Toys and Games Made in Chicago

Our Next Workshop: Common, Kanye West and Chance the Rapper

Our Next Arts Workshop: Ray Bradbury

Our Next Arts Workshop: Marcos Raya and Hector Duarte

Our Next Arts Workshop at Mozart Park: Pullman Porters

Our Next Workshop: Captain Walter Dyett, Dorothy Donegan, John Gilmore and Dinah Washington

Our Workshop Series at Mozart Park -- The Fall Term Begins Soon!

Our Next Workshop: Kenneth Fearing

Our Next Workshop: Fred Anderson, Tatsu Aoki, Renée Baker & Mwata Bowden

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