Radical Craft: Arts Education at Hull-House, 1889-1935, an exhibition, catalog, and workshop series, celebrates the work of immigrant artists and reformers at the country's most important social settlement. The exhibition showcases Hull-House’s rarely exhibited textile collection, drawn from a wide array of immigrant traditions. Also highlighted are handbound books from Ellen Gates Starr’s bookbindery, newly restored paintings by Alice Kellogg Tyler, and a new selection of ceramics from the historic Hull-House Kilns. The exhibition is accompanied by a unique clothbound exhibition catalog, designed by Hour Studio, and a special edition created in collaboration with The Weaving Mill.

Radical Craft extends Hull-House’s commitment to access to the arts for all. Hull-House has partnered with Red Line Service, an arts organization led by people experiencing homelessness, and Firebird Community Arts, which offers arts instruction to people living on the South and West Sides. The workshops with shared meals will take place in Fall 2024 and Spring 2025. The exhibition also features a host of programs open to the public: including our Radical Mending series, in collaboration with The WasteShed; Weaving Stories, a collaborative program with Art Design Chicago partner institutions; and Unravel, a workshop presented in collaboration with exhibition partners The Weaving Mill.

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The video is narrated by Director Liesl Olson and Curatorial Manager Ross Stanton Jordan and filmed and edited by Truth and Documentary.