There is Black Housing in the Future: Equitable Public Housing as Memorial, Alisha Wormsley and Ayanah Moor, 2020

Fair housing cannot be achieved without continued education, support, and advocacy.

There is Black Housing in the Future: Equitable Public Housing as Memorial was a two-person show by Alisha Wormsley and Ayanah Moor in Mies van der Rohe's McCormick House. They created the installation as a means of activism and education to support mothers fighting for the future of Black housing.

Generously supported by the Goethe-Institut and Wunderbar Together.

Activist Art Kit instructional video - In this video, artists Alisha Wormsley and Ayanah Moor show you how you can create your own message, build a kite, and let your words fly in the sky. Art kits are available for pick up at the Museum's front entrance. Scroll below to download step by step instructions or to be inspired by protest signs used in support of Black Housing.


360 Degree Virtual Tour of the exhibition
Thank you to the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau and Threshold360 for making this possible.

Hear directly from the artists in these videos:


Executive Director John McKinnon discussed this exhibition, along with our upcoming complementary exhibition, In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Fight for Fair Housing, with Terrence Lee on FOX32 Chicago's Voices of Change segment.

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Design and create your own activist messages.