Open House Chicago Teen Ambassadors

FAIN: ZH-258511-18

Chicago Architecture Foundation (Chicago, IL 60604-2505)
Gabrielle Lyon (Project Director: May 2017 to March 2019)
Adam Rubin (Project Director: March 2019 to October 2022)

A program to involve 32 teens from minority and low-income groups in the study of the architectural history of Chicago’s neighborhoods.

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) requests a Humanities Access Grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities to support a new Open House Chicago Teen Ambassadors program in 2018 and 2019. In this program, CAF will work with 32 teens over nine month periods during 2018 and 2019. Participating teens will: 1) conduct primary source research in Chicago’s neighborhoods; 2) create audio/visual artifacts that will be shared digitally; and 3) serve as ambassadors during Open House Chicago, the largest free architectural festival in the country. This Teen Ambassadors program will enrich the experiences of festival visitors while also arming teens with new skills in humanities-based research and interpretation.

Media Coverage

Closed Chicago School Temporarily Reopens For Art Exhibit (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Ambriehl Crutchfield
Publication: WBEZ Chicago
Date: 10/5/2018
Abstract: WBEZ reported on the activities of the Neighborhood Teen Ambassadors leading up to Open House Chicago 2018.
URL: https://www.wbez.org/stories/closed-chicago-school-temporarily-reopens-for-art-exhibit/05ac3444-3308-4b40-a1da-a150dc3b5081

Remembering Emmett Till’s Funeral As A Catalyst For Civil Rights Movement (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Linda Lutton
Publication: WBEZ Chicago
Date: 7/22/2019
Abstract: Ambassadors met with Chicago civil rights activist and historian Timuel Black at Bronzeville's Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, the site of Emmitt Till's Funeral. Black spoke about Till's funeral and the impacts that people and places can have on each other. WBEZ recorded their conversation.
URL: https://www.wbez.org/stories/remembering-emmett-tills-funeral-as-a-catalyst-for-civil-rights-movement/a3369cb4-df77-404a-9398-21d33792cf2d

Telemundo Chicago celebra Bronzeville (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Karla Leal
Publication: Telemundo Chicago
Date: 7/18/2019
Abstract: Bronzeville tiene mucha historia… y una forma de conocer su pasado es a través de visitas guiadas del “Centro de Arquitectura de Chicago”.
URL: https://www.telemundochicago.com/marcando-la-diferencia/web-telemundo-chicago-celebra-bronzeville_tlmd-chicago/15001/

Associated Products

Get to Know Bronzeville (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Get to Know Bronzeville
Writer: N/A
Abstract: Get to know Bronzeville through the eyes of the 2018 Chicago Architecture Center Neighborhood Teen Ambassadors. Sixteen Chicago teens immersed themselves into the past, present and future of Bronzeville through research, site visits and interviews. This five-minute film features three significant sites (Overton Business and Technology Incubator, Rosenwald Court Apartments and Ebenezer Baptist Church) and Ambassadors' perspectives on the neighborhood and Open House Chicago. The Neighborhood Teen Ambassador Program was funded, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NccSfoPcJXw&ab_channel=ChicagoArchitectureCenter
Format: Web

Open House Chicago | Teen Ambassadors (FIRST CHURCH) (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Open House Chicago | Teen Ambassadors (FIRST CHURCH)
Writer: N/A
Abstract: N/A
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAlxh9ikVRE&ab_channel=ChicagoArchitectureCenter
Format: Web

Open House Chicago | Teen Ambassadors (FORUM) (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Open House Chicago | Teen Ambassadors (FORUM)
Writer: N/A
Abstract: N/A
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLKUuvh7KNM&ab_channel=ChicagoArchitectureCenter
Format: Web

Open House Chicago | Teen Ambassadors (OVERTON) (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Open House Chicago | Teen Ambassadors (OVERTON)
Writer: N/A
Abstract: N/A
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwRPlwehH2s&ab_channel=ChicagoArchitectureCenter
Format: Web

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