Art Design Chicago Talk Series • Designing for Change

The Art Design Chicago Talk Series by Lumpen Radio is set to explore and celebrate Chicago’s rich artistic heritage and its diverse creative communities. This series will examine the intersections of art, design, and activism and the city’s relationship with indigeneity, migration, and displacement.

Episode 6 - “Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s”

In today’s talk we’ll be discussing the “Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s-70s” at the Chicago History Museum with our guests Monica Trinidad, artist in the show, Olivia Mahoney, the curator, and Erica Griffen, the Museum’s Director of Education. The exhibit centers the role of art in promoting social justice in Chicago, with a particular focus on the 1960s and 70s. We’ll explore the importance of art as a powerful tool for expressing dissent and catalyzing change, as well as the intersections of race, gender, and class in social movements of that era.