About this Event
Join WILD YAMS for an open studios and gathering where WILD YAMS: Black Mothers Artist Residency alumni, and the larger community are welcome with their families to drop in for nourishment and joy, both from food and community. Come meet the WILD YAMS SEED Residents in person and see what they've been working on in their studios. During EXPO Chicago art fair week!
We will provide snacks and refreshments.
Weather permitting, part of this event will happen in the garden outside the building, which is accessible from the street though is a grass lawn. WILD YAMS studios are on the second floor up a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible. For accessibility, we can live-streamed short video tours to those who are not able to access the space due to physical or other restrictions. Please register and then email the organizer for any questions or to request accommodations.
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About the hosts:
WILD YAMS: Black Mothers Artist Residency is an art residency experience designed to support, uplift and encourage artist sustainability for Black mothers on the South Side of Chicago. This event is partially supported by grants from Good Chaos and Crossroads Fund.
THE cre.æ.tive ROOM (TCR) is an Art + Design Collaboratorium studio founded in 2015 by Interior Architect Clemenstein Love in Chicago's Park Manor neighborhood. TCR provides artist's studio, gallery, lecture workshop room, office workspace, and outdoor studio garden. WILD YAMS has been in partnership with TCR since 2021.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
7034 S Martin Luther King Dr, 7034 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Chicago, United States
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