Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Rooms, 2nd Floor North

Between the folds of this world, lingering pieces of one’s own gossamer, narrative threads lay waiting to be unearthed and held.

To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart embraces the reflective ways in which five contemporary textile artists illuminate their rich interior worlds through their unique fiber practices. The artists: ebere agwuncha, Nnaemeka Ekwelum, Hale Ekinci, Josué Esaú, and Thương Hoài Trần each visually intertwine time, memory, and emotion to conjure deeply felt histories across spatial geographies, venerating the cultural traces that connect us to the motherlands.

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 2nd Floor North

In a new series of quilts, celebrated Chicago artist and activist Dorothy I. Burge honors the radical legacy of Black veteran freedom fighters whose struggles exceed the battlefield. Through textile and portraiture, Burge traces a lineage of Black resistance that links military service, abolition, civil rights, and antiwar organizing.

Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Galleries, 1st Floor East

Imagine walking inside the thunderous sound of a taiko drum or feeling enveloped by the sinuous sounds of a saxophone, cello, or bass. What if your body became part of a visual landscape of colors, textures, and movements that resonated with the bone-tingling sound vibrating in your ears?

Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground creates a sensory and celebratory experience of jazz art forms that connect, uplift, and transform our human spirit by translating the power of music into color and movement.