Stockyard Institute

Stockyard Institute Artist Project To get in touch, assist or reach out contact Lauren Lystrup at [email protected] Jim Duignan at [email protected]

The Stockyard Institute is an artistic and pedagogical pool in Chicago co-creating with various groups and spaces in the public arts, community initiatives, and pedagogical experiments with an expanding cooperative network both locally and internationally. Through the development of small run publications, exhibitions and programs, public art explorations, teaching forums and curriculum developmen

ts, the Stockyard institute uses the city as a series of sites for creative civic and social engagement. Since our beginning in 1995 in the Back of the Yards in Chicago, we have worked alongside so many different groups and spaces to co-develop projects through the arts and education to provide opportunities and give voice to young artists, teachers, high school students, community residents, senior citizens, elementary school students, graffiti writers, day laborers, musicians, researchers, futurists, activists, poets, foragers, collectives, friends and university students.

Stockyard Institute LIVE Artist Radio Broadcast starts TODAY at 11am at
10/26/2025

Stockyard Institute LIVE Artist Radio Broadcast starts TODAY at 11am at

🎭✨ What an Amazing Evening! ✨🎭Last Thursday, The Learning Studio, through Stockyard Institute and in collaboration with ...
05/29/2024

🎭✨ What an Amazing Evening! ✨🎭
Last Thursday, The Learning Studio, through Stockyard Institute and in collaboration with the DePaul Art Museum, hosted a fantastic symposium:
Exploring Viola Spolin’s Vision of Improvisation as a Non-Authoritarian Philosophy of Education
We were thrilled to have a full house! Aretha Sills, captivated the audience with her deep insights into the life and legacy of Viola Spolin. Erik Parsons from The Learning Studio also delivered an outstanding presentation, contributing to a dynamic and engaging dialogue.
🌟 A huge thank you to everyone who supported and made this event possible, especially Professor and artist Jim Duignan, and the wonderful team at the DePaul Art Museum. Your contributions were invaluable in bringing this enlightening experience to life.
We are grateful to all who attended and made the evening such a success. Stay tuned for more events that continue to inspire and educate!

🎨✨ Reflecting on an Incredible Workshop! ✨🎨 A couple of weeks ago, we had an enriching workshop from the Learning Studio...
05/29/2024

🎨✨ Reflecting on an Incredible Workshop! ✨🎨
A couple of weeks ago, we had an enriching workshop from the Learning Studio.
Counter Storytelling, Community, and Latina Identity
Focused on counter storytelling and building community as Latina women, this workshop was a space for reflection, conversation, and creativity. It was an intimate gathering where participants were deeply engaged, bringing critical, thoughtful perspectives to the table.
We aimed to equip Latina students from DePaul with writing counter storytelling tools to help solidify and celebrate their individual identities in the multicultural landscape of Chicago. The workshop’s objective was to foster a strong sense of social agency and help participants recognize and develop their capacity to create meaningful contributions in their communities.
🌟 Thank you to The Learning Studio, through Stockyard Institute, and the DePaul Art Museum for making this possible, and a special thanks to our engaged, reflective, and critical participants.
Would you like to develop your critical thinking skills while building a community? Stay tuned for more workshops from the Learning Studio.

Join us for a presentation, dialogue, and Q&A exploring the origins and implications of Improvisation as a philosophy an...
05/10/2024

Join us for a presentation, dialogue, and Q&A exploring the origins and implications of Improvisation as a philosophy and practice for experiential learning through the life and legacy of the mother of American improvisational theater, Viola Spolin. A Chicago-born group worker and theater director, Spolin was the originator of theater games and the author of Improvisation for the Theater. She is widely credited with igniting the spark of the improvisational theater movement in the United States. This event is free and open to all public. Link to RSVP in bio.

Happening today! Come join us for our first session of this two-day workshop at the DePaul Art Museum (2nd floor, event ...
05/08/2024

Happening today! Come join us for our first session of this two-day workshop at the DePaul Art Museum (2nd floor, event space). Will be engaging in critical thinking, counter-storytelling and lots of interactions for community-building. We hope to see you there at

Jim Duignan, Shelly Hope, and Lavie Raven talk gardens and seatings at 53rd and Halsted / Back of the Yards Photo by: Ia...
07/31/2020

Jim Duignan, Shelly Hope, and Lavie Raven talk gardens and seatings at 53rd and Halsted / Back of the Yards
Photo by: Ian Duignan

I am so pleased to announce the first museum retrospective at the DePaul Art Museum in Chicago. Curated by Julie Rodrigu...
04/28/2020

I am so pleased to announce the first museum retrospective at the DePaul Art Museum in Chicago. Curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm with Rachel Rachel L. S. Harper

Join us tomorrow, Thursday October 10th at the future site of National Public Housing Museum (1302 W Taylor St) and the ...
10/09/2019

Join us tomorrow, Thursday October 10th at the future site of National Public Housing Museum (1302 W Taylor St) and the current exhibition, Listed., for a community dinner and film screening. Listed. is a project for the Chicago Architecture Biennial and it has been our pleasure to partner with the and to bring this project to life

Keleketla! Library (Johannesburg) teams up with Stockyard Institute (Chicago) for LISTED, part of the Chicago Architectu...
09/23/2019

Keleketla! Library (Johannesburg) teams up with Stockyard Institute (Chicago) for LISTED, part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial at the future home of the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago. An architecture and radio broadcasting effort on heritage sites, hidden histories, and music.

Working on the Envisioning Justice installation at the Sullivan Gallery. Public reception on Saturday August 17 from 2pm...
07/30/2019

Working on the Envisioning Justice installation at the Sullivan Gallery. Public reception on Saturday August 17 from 2pm to 5pm.

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