{"id":8091,"date":"2017-12-08T23:41:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T23:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=8091"},"modified":"2017-12-08T23:41:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T23:41:40","slug":"kerry-james-marshall-mural-on-the-chicago-cultural-center-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=8091","title":{"rendered":"Kerry James Marshall Mural on the Chicago Cultural Center Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\n<div align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8092 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mural-Chicago-Cultural-Center-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Earlier this week, internationally renowned artist and MacArthur Fellow Kerry James Marshall, unveiled his epic, large-scale mural on the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.).<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The 132-foot by 100-foot mural is the largest artwork he has ever designed or created, and can be seen on the building&#8217;s Garland Court fa\u00e7ade, between Washington and Randolph Streets.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong>The mural honors 20 women who have shaped the city&#8217;s vibrant arts and culture landscape:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Susanne Ghez, Director and Chief Curator for nearly 40 years, The Renaissance Society<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Gaines, Founder and Artistic Director, Chicago Shakespeare Theater<\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline Russell, Founder and Artistic Director, Chicago Children&#8217;s Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Page, Dancer, Choreographer and Founder, Ruth Page Center for the Arts<\/li>\n<li>Lois Weisberg, Longest-serving Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Maggie C. Daley, Longest-serving First Lady of the City of Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Jackie Taylor, Founder and CEO, Black Ensemble Theater<\/li>\n<li>Monica Haslip, Founder and Executive Director, Little Black Pearl<\/li>\n<li>Abena Joan Brown, Founder, eta Creative Arts Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Burroughs, Founder, DuSable Museum of African American History<\/li>\n<li>Harriet Monroe, Founder, Poetry Magazine<\/li>\n<li>Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Co-founder, Goodman Theatre \/ Dearborn Homes Youth Drama Workshop<\/li>\n<li>Sandra Delgado, Founding Ensemble Member, Collaboraction<\/li>\n<li>Jane M. Saks, President and Artistic Director, Project&amp; and Founding Executive Director, Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Jones-Hogu, Founding Member, AfriCobra<\/li>\n<li>Gwendolyn Brooks, Literary Icon<\/li>\n<li>Sandra Cisneros, Literary Icon<\/li>\n<li>Achy Obejas, Award-winning writer<\/li>\n<li>Oprah Winfrey, Cultural Icon<\/li>\n<li>Joan Gray, Dancer and Longtime President of Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"justify\">The Kerry James Marshall&#8217;s mural at the Chicago Cultural Center is part of the Chicago&#8217;s Year of Public Art. Throughout 2017, the City of Chicago has unveiled the city&#8217;s first Public Art Plan, presented exhibitions and series of neighborhood events highlighting the city&#8217;s public art collection located throughout the city.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">As the year comes to a close, the city is also celebrating the completion of several new artworks as part of the 50&#215;50 Neighborhood Arts Project, a citywide initiative that commissioned dozens of local artists to create new sculptures, murals and other public artworks in Chicago&#8217;s 50 wards, representing a $1.5 million investment in artist-led community projects. Many of these works, including the sculpture to be erected in the 42nd Ward, are in the final stages of production or have been completed.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The mural is funded by Murals of Acceptance, whose goal is to bring art to all people in a free public setting. Murals of Acceptance was founded by Chicago native, Kevin McCarthy and is supported by Marc and Lynne Benioff and by Patricia Arquette and David Arquette.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The Chicago Cultural Center is the first and most comprehensive free large-municipal cultural venue in the country. Every year, the Chicago Cultural Center, presents hundreds of free international, national, regional and local artists, musicians and performers, providing a showcase where the public can enjoy and learn about the arts. It is currently home to the Chicago Architecture Biennial, which will run through January 7, 2018.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">To read the full press release,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofchicago.org\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2017\/december\/KJMMural.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" shape=\"rect\">click here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Source: Alderman Reilly Reports 12\/8\/17<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, internationally renowned artist and MacArthur Fellow Kerry James Marshall, unveiled his epic, large-scale mural on the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.). 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