The Future is Friday returns September 21 with arts activist, Lauren Pacheco. Grab your tickets now.

Lauren Pacheco
Arts Activist and Public Arts Curator
Lauren M. Pacheco is a third-generation Mexican-American born and raised on Chicago’s southwest side. She is an arts and culture practitioner with 15 years of professional experience in arts administration, curation and project management. Her experience is grounded in social practice and public engagement with a personal mandate to responsibly and respectfully invest in targeted communities. Lauren has become a resource to policymakers and has helped engage in the public dialogue about issues that impact artists and creative enterprises.

She is co-founder of the Chicago Urban Art Society, the Chicago Lowrider Festival and, in 2012 – 2015 Lauren developed and curated the award winning public art initiative, ‘Art in Public Places’ along the 16th street viaduct in Chicago’s Pilsen community. In September 2017, Lauren won a public art grant that will transform outdoor vacant space in Gary, Indiana into a walkable, art-park. Additionally, Lauren serves as Artistic Director for #PAINTGARY, an initiative bringing over 40 pieces of public art to Downtown Gary’s historic Broadway Avenue.

Currently she serves on the executive board with Chicago Creative Reuse Exchange (CCRx), and steering committee member with the Indiana Arts Commission. She has received grant funding from the Knight Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Legacy Foundation, Chicago Community Trust and the National Association for Latinos Arts and Cultures. Lauren has presented, and guest lectured with Creative Mornings Chicago, the Association of Arts Administration Educators, Illinois Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture, Pratt Institute, the University of Chicago, Michigan State University, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, among others. She holds degrees from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (Communication Studies), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Arts Administration and Policy) and, the University of Illinois at Chicago (Social Work). Lauren is faculty lecturer at Indiana University Bloomington, and currently works as Director of Arts Programming and Engagement at Indiana University Northwest in the Fine Arts Department.

Alisa Wolfson
EVP Head of Design at Leo Burnett, Chicago
As a leader in the agency’s U.S. design practice, Alisa oversees brand extension and campaign visual identity for Samsung, Kelloggs, P&G and many of the agency’s cultural and socially conscious clients.

Her career at Burnett began in 2009, when she founded the Department of Design—a group that she has grown from a team of four to eighteen designers. She is an advocate for collaboration and design excellence within the agency and community, championing design thinking as a method for transforming products, services, processes and strategy.

Her work has been recognized by notable industry awards, including the inaugural D&AD White Pencil, Best in Show at the One Show Design, and the first-ever Gold Pencil awarded to Design for the Greater Good. She has been named one of 30 “Women to Watch” by Ad Age Magazine.

Alisa is an active part of the Chicago design and cultural scene. She is the President Emeritus of the AIGA Chicago and the Design Director at Lampo, a nonprofit organization that presents experimental sound art. Alisa is also a mentor, volunteer and mom.

Agenda
8 AM — Mix, mingle, and drink coffee
8:30 AM — Presentation

Ticket Pricing
$5 Student Members
$5 AIGA Members
$5 Non-Members

All ticket sales for this event will go towards our Women Lead Programming.

Code of Conduct
By registering to attend this event, you agree to abide by AIGA Chicago Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct may be found here.
https://www.aiga.org/code-of-conduct

Twitter Hashtags & Handles
@AIGAChicago

Special thanks to Kelly Knaga, our Executive Director for planning this new event series, and to Morgan Garleff of Leo Burnett for the artwork, and to Leo Burnett for hosting this event series.

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