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Given the complexities and varying modes of care, how might we create sites of care that speak to our evolving needs and circumstances?

Join artists engaged with in ℅: Black women, a creative place keeping initiative anchored on the South Side of Chicago, as they discuss connections between art objects from the Smart Museum’s permanent collection and their own artistic practices.

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Image: Yaoundé Olu, Mother of Worlds, 1975, Pen and ink on illustration board. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Purchase, The Paul and Miriam Kirkley Fund for Acquisitions, 2018.1.

Exhibitions

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Unmade bed with rustled sheets and several hairpins resting on it, black and white photo.

Take Care

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What does it mean to care for something, someone, or ourselves? Drawing generously from the Smart Museum’s collection, Take Care seeks to unpack matters of care from the personal to the collective.