Jane Addams Bedroom Project
Jane Addams believed that art and creativity are central to what it means to be human and that rest is a human right.
Throughout fall 2023, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum invited UIC students, faculty, and staff to take a nap in the bedroom of the country’s most influential social reformer. Read UIC Today’s coverage of the semester long program or read about the program launch.
Re-Thinking Soup
Re-Thinking Soup was a weekly series of meals and conversations begun in 2008 with executive chef Sam Kass and former Hull-House Director Lisa Lee. The program, affectionally called “soup,” gathered hundreds weekly and framed the lack of access to healthful food as a social and racial justice issue. The soup stock came from Hull-House’s educational urban farm located a few blocks from the Museum. After two years, Re-Thinking Soup received major funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Making the West Side
Making the West Side: Community Conversations on Neighborhood Change was a convening and monthly program series begun in 2016. Funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities, the initiative brought together scholars, activists, neighborhood residents, and other stakeholders to investigate the history of neighborhood change on Chicago’s West Side. The program generated two exhibitions, several artist activations, youth-led workshops and many other initiatives. For this work Hull-House was recognized with the Award for Excellence in Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice by the Association of Midwest Museums.
