An Evening with A Long Walk Home: In Dialogue with the Black Girlhood Altar

220 East Chicago Avenue,Chicago IL 60611

22 March, 2022

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Please join the Art Therapy Collective for a panel discussion with artists at A Long Walk Home and a viewing of The Black Girlhood Altar! *THIS EVENT IS FOR SAIC STUDENTS & STAFF ONLY. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND WITHOUT A VALID SAIC ID* Please join the Art Therapy Collective for a panel discussion with SAIC alumni Scheherazade Tillet, Leah Gipson, Robert Narcisco, and current first-year student Angelina Cofer. These are current artists at A Long Walk Home who will speak about their creation of The Black Girlhood Altar, currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago until March 27th. The Black Girlhood Altar is a sacred site assembled in collaboration with Black girls in Chicago for Black girls and young women who have gone missing or been murdered. ALWH artists will join the SAIC community for a discussion about their personal practice, a blend of art for social practice and art therapy. A Long Walk Home is a Black-led organization dedicated to empowering young people to end violence against girls and women. The event will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, located at 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, on March 22nd from 5-6:30pm free of charge. Attendees are invited to view The Black Girlhood Altar before the presentation begins. To register for this event please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-a-long-walk-home-in-dialogue-with-the-black-girlhood-altar-tickets-292077781507. All SAIC students, alumni, and faculty are encouraged to attend. If you have any further questions, please reach out to an ATC student leader via SAIC Engage. When you enter the museum, you will check in with the front desk. Admission to the Museum of Contemporary Art is free for SAIC students and all Chicago residents on Tuesdays. After checking in, you can head up to the second floor to view The Black Girlhood Altar before the main event. If you think you will need more time to view and interact with the exhibit, you are welcome to enter the museum before 5:00PM. The panel discussion with the artists will be from 5:30-6:30pm in The Crown Family Room. After viewing the exhibit, students can enter The Crown Family Room through the atrium on the first floor, where there will be ushers to guide you to the correct space. We are looking forward to seeing you there! You can learn more about A Long Walk Home on their website at www.alongwalkhome.org Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit saic.edu/access. About the School of the Art Institute of Chicago For 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranking among the top programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report , SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, Jeff Koons, and LeRoy Neiman. For more information, please visit saic.edu.