Radical Imaginings: How Can Contemporary Art Reshape Civic Education?

Lydia Ross (HGSE 2013) directs the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago‘s School Partnership for Art and Civic Engagement (SPACE), a collaboration with Chicago public high schools that uses contemporary art to empower Chicago teens to create positive change in their communities. Named Illinois’ Museum Art Educator of the Year (2017), she works with artists, teachers and museum colleagues to develop education programs.