Wild Yams Black Mothers Artist Residency | We Will Chicago – Arts & Culture EventsWe Will Chicago is the first city-wide planning initiative in 55 years. Equity and resiliency are the guiding principles for this effort to address the needs of residents. Honey Pot Performance was selected by the City of Chicago to serve as the lead public engagement artists on We Will Chicago. HPP is a collective of artists inspired by the Fifth City model, a radical community experiment from the 1960s-1980s in Garfield Park. Their work centers on consensus-building strategies and focusing on community members as leaders, experts, and problem solvers.Artist Organizer teams are specifically aligned with the seven core pillar issues of the We Will Chicago: Arts & Culture, Economic Development, Environment, Climate & Energy, Housing & Neighborhoods, Lifelong Learning, Public Health & Safety, Transportation & Infrastructure.

Wild Yams (BMAR), Creative Director Wisdom Baty partners with Aaliyah Christina as HPP-Artists Organizers for Arts & Culture. Members of the public are invited to join these gatherings to meet the artists, learn about the citywide plan, and share their thoughts on the project pillars.

ARTS & CULTURE | September Events

All events are free and open to the public, registration is not required.

Learn more about We Will Chicago at www.wewillchicago.com/. Honey Pot Performance at www.honeypotperformance.org/, Wild Yams Black Mothers Artist Residency at www.instagram.com/wild_yams/.