{"id":41536,"date":"2019-03-21T12:44:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=41536"},"modified":"2019-06-04T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T19:46:47","slug":"v-word-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/v-word-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The V Word Experience Intertwines Art, Culture, and Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"

The V Word Experience<\/a>\u00a0is a pop-up art installation driven by activism and culture, focusing on six human rights causes and seeking to\u00a0entertain, educate, and inspire a diverse audience.<\/p>\n

Family-friendly in all aspects, The V Word is a great place to take your kids if you want to build their understanding of the way culture\u00a0and art intermingle. This pop-up experience encourages people of all ages to use their art to influence and educate the public, providing a lens to the true, artistic culture of this city.<\/p>\n

Vera Creative<\/a> CEO\/Founder Cristina Vera birthed The V Word Experience alongside\u00a0AMFM<\/a> CEO\/Founder Ciera McKissick as art curator. They collaborated with a team of talented creatives for each art installation, reigning in some of Chicago’s most influential\u00a0local artists\u00a0and making sure\u00a0every exhibit mirrored a\u00a0theme related to the six\u00a0human rights causes\u00a0central to The V Word Experience.<\/p>\n

Barrett Keithley, a Chicago-based muralist with a knack for abstract design, is covering violence in his installation. Many of his pieces feature symbols of anger and resistance, emotions he believes are neither good nor bad, just instinctual. Violence is majorly prevalent in current issues like gun control and the relationship between the black community and the police, and Keithley aims to validate those\u00a0experiences and the reality of victimhood in his art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Other works on display come straight from the minds of Jane Georges<\/a>,\u00a0Akeem Muhammad<\/a>, Myra<\/a>, Bella Bahhs<\/a>, Mauricio Ramirez<\/a>,\u00a0Edyta Stepien<\/a>, and Norman Teague<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The V Word curators seem to know that pop-up museums are all the rage for Instagrammers these days, and they’re not against you snapping a few selfies with the amazing art on display. But your experience will be that much more worthwhile if you take a moment to reflect on the reason why that art exists in the first place.<\/p>\n

Tickets<\/a> are $28 per person and spots are very limited, so make sure to book\u00a0ahead of time! The V Word donates a portion of their ticket sales to the cause of your choice:<\/p>\n