Creative Placemaking

Lawndale Love Stories: Homan Square

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Lawndale Love Stories: Homan Square is a continuation of work by artist Alexie Young of Art West Chicago in partnership with FHS to share and archive community histories of Homan Square and North Lawndale residents. This project will utilize the emergent themes of resident interviews to serve as inspiration for a public art installation in Homan Square. This project is supported by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events through the Together We Heal Creative Place Program grant.

Love Stories Themes

Throughout 2023, Alexie Young and Simeon Frierson of Visual Manifesto met with Lawndale residents to listen and record their stories and experiences in the neighborhood. These wide-ranging conversations led fun stories, intimate memories, and many learnings about what it means to be of North Lawndale and call it home. The team is looking forward to sharing glimpses into the stories that were shared soon. Below are the emergent themes that came out of these interviews, threads that nearly every interviewee made mention of in their own way.