"Invisible Labors" Art Book Launch

Thu Dec 08 2022 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum | Chicago

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
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"Invisible Labors" Art Book Launch
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Join Hull-House for the launch of the special edition art book "Invisible Labors" and a discussion with contributors.
About this Event

In honor of Jane Addams Day, Hull-House will be hosting the launch of the special edition art book and discussion. Invisible Labors: Reviving Histories of Women’s Land Work in the Blue Island Ridge Communities, Chicago, Illinois. Written and conceived by Susannah Papish and Melissa Potter, Invisible Labors details the fascinating and mostly under-discovered histories of women and the manner in which land-stewarding and the Progressive movement influenced their creative work. The publication includes Potter’s interview with basket-maker Kelly Church, Anishinaabe, who carries on the Potawatomi black–ash basket weaving tradition and also tells the stories of educator Kate Starr Kellogg and sister and artist Alice D. Kellogg, who were closely associated with Jane Addam’s Hull-House in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Invisible Labors also amplifies the life of Louise Barwick, educator, geographer, cartographer and artist.

Authors Susannah Papish, artist and Director of boundary gallery, and Melissa Potter, artist and Professor at Columbia College Chicago, will be in dialogue with printer Jacob Lindgren of Inga Books and Tom McCormick of Thomas McCormick Gallery about the project from the genesis of the garden design to the development of the artist book. The conversation will also feature a video interview with designer Tamara Becerra Valdez. Like Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Invisible Labors connects the efforts and desires of Chicago’s Progressive Era social reformers to women working today across the arts and social justice.

Event Schedule

5:00 pm Museum will be open for special hours so that guests can view Alice DeWolf Kellogg Tyler’s paintings throughout the Museum.

6:00-8:00 pm presentation and discussion with Invisible Labors authors and contributors.

About Jane Addams Day

December 10th is Jane Addams Day. In 1931, Jane Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In December, Hull-House observes Jane Addams Day as a celebration of Addams’ lifelong commitment to peace and justice.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, 800 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, United States

Tickets

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