Please join ART WORKS Projects (AWP) and First Defense Legal Aid (FDLA) at West Englewood Branch Library for a Know your Rights Workshop focused on juvenile justice. The FDLA Street Corp team will provide strategies for parents whose children are arrested or detained by police in Chicago and Cook County. AWP will show a mobile […]

Join ART WORKS Projects for the closing of Vinny and David: Life and Incarceration of a Family, a five-year photo essay by 2017 Emerging Lens winner Isadora Kosofsky. This essay documents one family's experiences with recurring periods of juvenile and adult incarceration. Beverages and food from Wow Bao provided. Presented by AWP's NextGen Committee.     For the […]

Please join ART WORKS Projects at the Journeys Festival International (JFI) for an installation of AWP's film Sanctuary/Sustenance. The film traces the journey of a family during the catastrophic events of displacement, on a path to sanctuary, and through the long process of rebuilding life in a new community. Sanctuary/Sustenance aims to raise the public consciousness of these […]

Please join ART WORKS Projects and Communities and Relatives of Illinois Incarcerated Children (CRIIC) for the second Chicago opening of Still My Mother, Still My Father by photographer Isadora Kosofsky, winner of the 2017 Emerging Lens Mentorship Program. Still My Mother was originally presented alongside Vinny and David: Life and Incarceration of a Family at […]

Women's Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination Presented By National Public Housing Museum and ART WORKS Projects Featuring reflections on feminism and the urgency of this moment by Beth Richie, Nadine Naber, Lynette Jackson and Bernardine Dohrn OPENING RECEPTION:  September 14th 6:00 PM-8:00 PM 625 N. Kingsbury Street Chicago, […]

Please join International Rescue Committee Seattle, St. Joseph's Parish, and ART WORKS Projects for an evening of conversation about welcoming refugees to Seattle and a screening of the short film Sanctuary/Sustenance: The Story of Many Journeys. We will be joined by the Biswa Family who resettled in Tukwila from a refugee camp in Nepal in […]

Double your impact this Giving Tuesday.   Right now, The Henry Nias Foundation has challenged us to match their generous grant, up to $15,000!   CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW   With your help over the past decade, our innovative arts advocacy programs have reached hundreds of thousands of people across five continents. Your contribution to the GiveX2 campaign translates […]

Please join ART WORKS Projects for its Winter Friendraiser featuring a preview of its upcoming documentary The Prosecutors on Tuesday, December 5 from 6 to 8pm. ART WORKS Projects Winter Friendraiser + The Prosecutors Preview Tuesday, December 5, 2017 625 N. Kingsbury Street, Chicago 6 to 8pm 6:30pm - Selection from The Prosecutors screening + Q&A […]

Join ART WORKS Projects for a conversation about the role of art in creating a more equitable society. Together we will take a look at some of AWP's work throughout the years and consider how art can make an impact on human rights around the world. Some questions we'll discuss together: Are images effective in […]

Please join ART WORKS Projects at the Design for Humanity Summit in New York City for an installation of AWP's film Sanctuary/Sustenance. The film traces the journey of a family during the catastrophic events of displacement, on a path to sanctuary, and through the long process of rebuilding life in a new community.   Sanctuary/Sustenance aims to raise […]

Join ART WORKS Projects at Chicago's World Refugee Day celebration at Daley Plaza! This event recognizes Chicago's rich multicultural history through music, dance, food, art, and more. AWP will show photographer Maren Wickwire's 2016 project I miss you all. that explores the nuance of the resettlement process for refugees (both recently and previously settled in […]

ART WORKS Projects is pleased announce the exhibition of Transitions at the Congo International Film Festival in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo from July 7 - 15, 2018.   CONGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESS RELEASE   Transitions is a four-part international exhibition and cultural exchange between creative teams from Bogotá, Colombia; Chicago, Illinois; Goma, […]