Radical Imaginings: How can contemporary art reshape civic education?

With speaker Lydia Ross, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Discussant: Flossie Chua, Project Zero
February 22, 2018

Lydia Ross spoke about her work with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's School Partnership for Art and Civic Engagement (SPACE). SPACE is 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), Lydia works with artists, teachers and museum colleagues to develop education programs.

Flossie Chua is Senior Research Manager, Project Zero.  Her project Arts in Civic Commons explores how contemporary visual artists engage with social and civic ideas.