Upcoming events for AREA #9 Peripheral Vision includes the Heartland South Study Day on Oct 17. Our release party will be held Nov 1 at the South Side Community Art Center (details to come).

Heartland South Study Day

Saturday, October 17, 12-6pm
Co-organized with the Smart Museum of Art’s Heartland exhibition, a co-sponsor of AREA #9. Visit far South Side neighborhoods and learn about local history, culture, and politics with artists, activists and researchers. Events include tours, informal presentation and discussion, and a meal. A bus leaves from in front of the Smart Museum on Greenwood at 12pm sharp. Space is limited; reserve your spot by emailing areaeditors@gmail.com. Please use the subject line “Heartland South Study Day.”

Tour Schedule:

12pm Bus leaves from the Smart Museum, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave.

12:30-2 “Southworks Slag and Lakeside Commons: A Look at US Steel’s 600-acre Development.” Tour with Charles Vinz. Begins Rainbow Beach, E. 79th and the lake, at 12:30.

2-3 Tour of exhibition “The Great Migration and What They Brought With Them,” Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society, Hotel Florence, Pullman State Historic Site with Sherry Williams, curator

3-4 Presentation: “A Political Map for Michael Jackson,” by Samuel Á Love

4:15 Arrive Jeffrey Manor for nourishment and conversation at the home/studio/garden of travis

Samuel Á. Love is a Chicago/Calumet Region-based educator, photographer, and writer currently serving on the advisory board of AREA Chicago and as a keyholder with Mess Hall. Judge Gary, his ongoing exploration of the city of Gary, began in 2002.

travis is a 63-year-old Mississippi Chickasaw/Black painter, gardener, Vice-President/Treasurer of American Veterans for Equal Rights, and performance artist providing Guitar/Words/Voice/Noise for the experimental noise ensemble ONO since 1980

Charles Vinz is a practicing architect and educator. He works for Tom Brock Architect and runs an After School Matters Architecture & Design program in Logan Square. He also writes for Proximity, volunteers for Chicago Architecture Foundation CPS curriculum planning, and serves on the advisory board of the Rebuilding Exchange.

Sherry Williams is the founder and Executive Director of the Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society, located at the Pullman State Historic Site. Among other goals, its mission is to preserve, protect, collect, and perpetuate the record of African Americans who live or lived in Chicago.