The streets of South Side Chicago have been a hub of African American artistic expression since the Chicago Black Renaissance of the early-mid 1900s. These creative roots continue to bloom with Streets of Bronzeville, a series of app-based audio walking tours that were researched, written, and recorded by five high school students from the neighbourhood: Omotola, D’Marius, Emmonie, Maasiah, and Shanayia.
Community-centered collaboration is at the heart of this project. We proudly partnered with Flowers for the Living (FFTL) Foundation to provide mentoring and skill-building workshops for the students, empowering them to develop their voices and reveal their strengths.
artprocessors.net/projects/flowers-for-the-living-streets-of-bronzeville
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Video by Erin Morgan Taylor
