The 2020 pandemic scattered us into disconnected spaces, interrupting our physical interactions along with our art-making. Responding to these times, performance makers Erika Chong Shuch and Amara Tabor-Smith have each created intimate connections within their communities of artistic practice, among isolated elders and individuals. Join us as we take the temperature of these artists, looking ... Read more3/15 Against Isolation: Pandemic Connections through the Arts

A panel discussion and virtual open house to celebrate the launch of Counterpoints. Counterpoints combines work from within the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (AEMP) with contributions from dozens of local artists, organizers, scholar-activists, and residents—from longtime community members who have been fighting multiple waves of racial dispossession to elementary school youth envisioning decolonial futures. Future Histories ... Read moreCounterpoints: An Atlas of Displacement and Resistance by Anti-Eviction Mapping Project

Future Histories Lab offers community-engaged, project-based courses. Dig into hidden local histories and envision better futures in our exciting courses focused on social justice, race, place, and the arts. Take just three courses (in summer or other times) and earn a Certificate in Urban Humanities. Come and learn more about Future Histories Lab at the upcoming Golden Bear ... Read moreGolden Bear Orientation Resource Fair

Future Histories Lab and Aurora Theatre Company present a dialogue in association with Stoop Stories by Dael Orlandersmith at the Aurora Theatre Part of the Aurora Connects series, register here to attend via Zoom What wisdom do stoops and porches hold? Where is urban knowledge stored and shared? Do different cities provide different kinds of ... Read morePorch Stories: Conversations about Urban Change

Venue: East Courtyard, Bauer Wurster (formerly Wurster Hall) Future Histories Lab offers community-engaged, project-based courses. Dig into hidden local histories and envision better futures in our exciting courses focused on social justice, race, place, and the arts. Take just three courses (in summer or other times) and earn a Certificate in Urban Humanities. Attend our open house ... Read moreFuture Histories Lab Open House

Location: Bauer Wurster Hall (formerly Wurster Hall), Landscape Courtyard Joe Lambert (left) & Brooke Hessler (right) Presentation: On Monday, August 30, StoryCenter Executive Director Joe Lambert and Media Artist Brooke Hessler joins Future Histories Lab to launch our fall 2021 Colloquium: Techniques and Technologies of Place-Based Storytelling. Brooke and Joe presents from their well of ... Read moreThe Story Center: Storytelling Techniques | Joe Lambert (Fall Colloquium)

Venue: Bauer Wurster 305 (Formerly known as Wurster Hall) If you're interested in community-engaged, project-based courses focusing on race, equity, local history and the arts, Future Histories Lab is for you. Come to the info session to learn about our exciting courses, community partners, and how you can earn a Certificate in Urban Humanities. We ... Read more(31 Aug) Future Histories Lab Info Session

Venue: Bauer Wurster 305 (Formerly known as Wurster Hall) If you’re interested in community-engaged, project-based courses focusing on race, equity, local history and the arts, Future Histories Lab is for you. Come to the info session to learn about our exciting courses, community partners, and how you can earn a Certificate in Urban Humanities. We reveal hidden ... Read more(2 Sep) Future Histories Lab Info Session

Presentation: Can walking tours be an effective measure in countering the loss of historically and culturally significant spaces? How does the expansion of public awareness of the past feed into activism surrounding present day development? What are the benefits of transitioning a live neighborhood tour into a self-guided tour?  On Juneteenth of this year, the ... Read moreBlack Liberation Walking Tour: Live and Recorded Tours | David Peters (Fall Colloquium)

Presentation:What resources are necessary to assemble for strong storytelling? For example, what role does archival research play in composing a story about place? Outside of the archive, what other tools of the landscape are at our disposal when working on site to tell stories about a place? How should a producer handle temporality in a ... Read moreFuture Histories Lab: Augmented Reality and Audio Tours | Susan Moffat

Evidence Over Story, Assembly Over Algorithm | Rick Prelinger Follow the Thread, Pull the Thread, Thread the Needle: Patchwork Projects Towards a Funerary Quilt | Savannah Wood Presentation Description: Most of the projects we will hear about this semester take place on-site, utilizing features of the landscape. What are other digital spaces and archives that ... Read moreAfro Newspaper Archive and Prelinger Archive: Making and Using Archives | Savannah Wood and Rick Prelinger

Presentation: “A Practical Overview of Museum Exhibition Development” How are museum exhibitions made? What are the constraints and advantages to storytelling in an institutional environment? How does something go from a big idea to a multi-part exhibit that visitors can interact with and learn from together? This week we are very lucky to have Sarah ... Read moreExploratorium: Making Exhibitions | Sarah Seiter (Fall Colloquium)