Jun 11th 2015

Cheryl Pope: Just Yell / Poetry as Self Defense

@ Poetry Foundation

61 W Superior St., Chicago IL

Opening Thursday, June 11th, at 5:30PM

Project& artist Cheryl Pope and a group of young poets from Chicago public schools will activate various places and spaces of the Poetry Foundation through installation, sculpture, and spoken-word. The building will be adorned with 20 gymnasium championship banners with text composed by youth from Lindblom Math and Science Academy. Borrowing themes and tactile relics of American high school culture, Pope and the young poets address issues of violence as they plague the city of Chicago at a rapidly increasing rate.

The exhibition opens with a one-night only performance of Walk With Me #3 featuring Phoenix Military Academy poets.

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