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South Side Home Movie Project Receives Grant from the Getty Foundation to activate essential documents of the history of Black art in the US
Liu Yang 5/13/26 Liu Yang 5/13/26

South Side Home Movie Project Receives Grant from the Getty Foundation to activate essential documents of the history of Black art in the US

 Yet unidentified woman inspects film in Ramon Williams’s studio (around 1946), from the South Side Home Movie Project’s Ramon Williams Collection

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THE ACT OF RECORDING IS AN ACT OF LOVE: THE SOUTH SIDE HOME MOVIE PROJECT
Liu Yang 6/12/25 Liu Yang 6/12/25

THE ACT OF RECORDING IS AN ACT OF LOVE: THE SOUTH SIDE HOME MOVIE PROJECT

Image of Althea Gibson from the Ramon Williams Collection, courtesy of SSHMP.

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Liu Yang 3/27/25 Liu Yang 3/27/25

Chicago Critic’s Table Announces 2025 Cohort, Fostering New Voices in Cultural Criticism

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Liu Yang 11/20/24 Liu Yang 11/20/24

Arts + Public Life announces Never So Free: Black Queer Art + Assembly in Chicago

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Reclaiming leisure on Chicago’s South Side at Homecoming: Interactive sound sculpture, music, and games invite Washington Park to come out and play
Liu Yang 8/16/24 Liu Yang 8/16/24

Reclaiming leisure on Chicago’s South Side at Homecoming: Interactive sound sculpture, music, and games invite Washington Park to come out and play

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Arts + Public Life’s South Side Home Movie Project Brings History to Life at 95th Bud Billiken® Parade with Creative Vision from Teen Arts Council Students
Liu Yang 8/6/24 Liu Yang 8/6/24

Arts + Public Life’s South Side Home Movie Project Brings History to Life at 95th Bud Billiken® Parade with Creative Vision from Teen Arts Council Students

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Liu Yang 2/7/24 Liu Yang 2/7/24

Arts + Public Life Announces the 2024 Cohort for Artists-In-Residence, Performance Residency, and L1 Creative Business Accelerator Fellowship

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Liu Yang 9/7/23 Liu Yang 9/7/23

Arts + Public Life (APL) Unveils The Arts Lawn: A New Community Arts Green Space

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Arts + Public Life

Arts + Public Life (APL) at the University of Chicago is a neighborhood platform for arts and culture in Washington Park, providing residencies for local artists and creative entrepreneurs, arts education for youth, and artist-led programming and exhibitions. Launched in 2011, APL is part of the UChicago Arts in the Division of the Arts & Humanities.

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