Pritzker Fellow Robin Rue Simmons on "The Folded Map Project: Art Is a Form of Activism"

(Current UChicago Students Only)

Wednesday, March 1

12:30-1:45 PM

Tonika Lewis Johnson's Folded Map Project visually connects residents who live at corresponding addresses on the North and South Sides of Chicago. She investigates what urban segregation looks like and how it impacts Chicago residents. What started as a photographic study quickly evolved into a multimedia exploration with video interviews of residents. The project invites audiences to open a dialogue and question how we are all socially impacted by racial and institutional conditions that segregate the city.

Special Guest: Tonika Lewis Johnson, Photographer/Social Justice Artist and Co-Founder of Two Community-Based Organizations, Englewood Arts Collective and Resident Association of Greater Englewood

Pritzker Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only. Seating in the IOP Living Room is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Ashley Jorn (ashleyjorn@uchicago.edu).