All posts tagged: Yollocalli

An Interview with Hananne Hanafi of YolloCalli Arts Reach

Published by Anjali Misra

Tucked away on the second floor of the Boys & Girls Club on 28th & Ridgeway in Little Village is Yollocalli Arts Reach, a dynamic program that has been providing free visual, digital and media arts programming to young aspiring creators since 1997. In 2012, Yollocalli made Little Village home, and has a second studio location through a partnership with the Chicago Park District at Barrett Park in Pilsen that serves as an artist in residency space and provides free workshops. I caught up with Programs Coordinator Hananne Hanafi in YolloCalli’s vibrant space to learn more about the ways she and her colleagues are empowering creative youth in Little Village to express themselves through art. Anjali Misra: How did you all end up in this particular space and this particular community? Hananne Hanafi: The National Museum [of Mexican Art] started the program and originally the space was located in Pilsen, and it was on the corner, it’s where the Giordano’s is now at 18th and Blue Island. So it was there for years and …

April Art Picks

Published by Sixty Inches From Center

Your regular serving of exhibitions, talks, screenings, performances and other events happening around Chicago this month.

We Just Wanna Make Crazy Weird Stuff!

Published by Carlos Matallana

Carlos Matallana is a Bogotá-born and Chicago-based visual artist, a teacher, and a New Tech Curriculum developer. He has taught graphic design, web design, and comics in different after-school programs around Chicago since 2005. Currently he is working in his comic book Manual of Violence, which will be released by Mid 2015 http://manualofviolence.org/

Week Ends, Art Begins || May 20th – May 22nd

Published by Sixty Inches From Center

There is always a lot happening on the weekends. Here are some of the events we at Sixty suggest you check out. Click event names and locations for more information about each event. And for more, check out some of our favorite links to Chicago art calendars at the very bottom.