Current Programs (Call 312-455-9655 for more information)

Community Portrait – Mural Class | fall 2011/spring 2012


The mural program, "Community Portrait: Establishing mural art in the Back of the Yards neighborhood", is an endeavor that aims to respond to the limited resources and opportunities for youth in the Back of the Yards community. The program introduces the history and practice of mural art to teens in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. The goal of this mural program is to provide an opportunity for youth to compose a visual narrative of their community as they see it. SPRING Program runs Mar 6 - May 18, 2012| Tue-Thu 4pm-7pm at Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary, 4541 S Wood. Register at www.afterschoolmatters.org or call 312-455-9652 ext 200.

 

Pilsen Mapping - Digital Photo, Video and Website Design | fall 2011/spring 2012


Pilsen Mapping combines urban planning, grass roots mapping, and new media to create a diverse art making program for teens. The goal of the program is to have teens learn the history and growth of Pilsen to create several visionary maps about the neighborhood using graphic design, video, blogging, photography, and other new media. Teaching artists will provide workshops about urban planning and development, resources for teens (such as guest lecturers and field trips) to discover the story of Pilsen, and workshops about using new media (graphic design, digital photography, video) to help guide teens through the process of creation. The fall program will focus on data collecting and research, and spring will focus on the teens thinking and creating innovative ways to share their data with the public. The final products will be presented to the community in a closing event. SPRING Program runs Feb 6 - Apr 19, 2012 | Tue-Thu 4pm-7pm at Yollocalli Arts Reach, 1401 W 18th Street. Register at www.afterschoolmatters.org or call 312-455-9652 ext 200.

 

Public Spaces - Silk Screen Printing | fall 2011/spring 2012


Public Spaces: Community learning through Silk Screen Printing offers youth the opportunity to produce inspirational posters for the Pilsen and nearby Chicago communities. Youth will create posters that explore positive statements and universal quotes. Youth will learn the art of silkscreen posters in the tradition and spirit of Jenny Holzer, Jose Guadalupe Posada, Robert Arneson, and 1960's counter-cultural rock posters. Youth will produce posters that highlight positive reinforcement targeting Pilsen and near by Chicago communities.SPRING Program runs Feb 6 - Apr 19, 2012 | Tue-Thu 4pm-7pm at Yollocalli Arts Reach, 1401 W 18th Street. Register at www.afterschoolmatters.org or call 312-455-9652 ext 200.

 

Media Mondays - Digital Media Workshops| fall 2011/spring 2012
Every 2nd Monday of the month, Yollocalli Arts Reach will offer free media workshops to the community. Topics will include Photoshop, Illustrator, Video Editting, and Freeware (free software). Don't know what these are? Come to Yollocalli and find out! Build your resume, make something cool for friends, start a blog, come to Media Mondays! Call 312-455-9652 ext 204, or sign up here.

Our computer lab is also open and free to the public, Mon-Fri from 10am-4pm. Visit us at 1401 W 18th Street.

 

 

 

 

Past Programs

 

Digital Youth Summer Jobs | summer 2011
Youth will learn more about digital media and help create a mural in the Pilsen community or will work as youth administrative assistants in a community organizations or business. 12 youth (9 for mural, 3 for assistants) Ages 14-17 (14-15 need to get work permit) Must be Pilsen Resident! Program runs Jun 27-Aug 19, 2011 | Mon-Fri 930am-230pm (Training offsite on Fridays)

 

Commercial Free | summer 2011
An ASM program that will offer youth the knowledge about performance and video and give them the power to create powerful works based on their interest in community and world issues. Teaching artists, Benjamin Kolak and Ricardo Gamboa. CPS HS students only.

 

DIG it Y'all - Digital Learning
Feb 7- Apr 15, 2011
Open Lab Mon-Fri, 12pm-5pm
Ages 13 and up
FREE WiFi!
Need some basic computer skills? Want to learn some basic digital design skills? Need to work on some homework or resume? Come by Yollocalli, check out what we have to offer, and maybe learn a new skill. For questions on how to be able to use the open lab, please call Vanessa Sanchez, 312-455-9652 ext 204.

Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Final Cut Pro are all available at our lab! And yes, Free WiFi!


POP Life | fall 2010/spring 2011
POP Life is a multimedia art making class that explores popular culture imagery found in comic books, political satire, fashion magazines and television. Students will create works that reflects graphics associated with music, art and fashion. The following art skills will be explored; book binding, silk screening, painting and graphic design.

Para Los Niños | fall 2010/spring 2011
Collaboration between Yollocalli Arts Reach  and  Children’s Memorial Foundation to create 271/2’ X 91/2 mosaic mural donor recognition display for 11th floor of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of  Chicago.  This project partners Yollocalli Arts Reach, teaching artist Salvador Jimenez with ten youth artist apprentice to complete mosaic mural donor recognition display for Lurie Children’s. Program will run from Oct. – Dec. 2010 and will reconvene from Feb. – May 2011.

How to Paint People at Tilden HS | fall 2010/spring 2011
How to Paint People will teach teens a wide range of basic painting skills through projects centered around portraiture based projects. Teens will leave the program feeling more confident as a painter and as an artist.

Puppet Making | fall 2010
Class Collaboration with Pros Arts Studios, this class taught students basic pole puppet construction skills, cultivated their expertise in clay, and developed advanced papier mache proficiency. The class then performed in Pros Arts Studio’s Day of the Dead Parade on November 2, 2010.  The class was taught by Angel Nava (who was hired by Pros Arts Studio). 


Declaration of Immigration Mural | summer 2009 view class images
The Declaration of Immigration mural class partnered young artists with teaching artist Salvador Jimenez to conceptualize and create a 2 story hight-x30ft wide mural on the Southwest exterior wall of the Yollocalli/Radio Arte shared building.  The mural is a visual dedication to all immigrants and allies who have marched hundreds of thousands of miles to advocate for fair legislation for immigrants and who have stood strong in the face of anti-immigrant rhetoric. Declaration of Immigration looked at some of the historic and current issues affecting immigrant communities and serve as a reminder that the United States of America was founded on emigration and settlement.


Visual Airwaves: Radio Arte Mural | fall 2008/spring 2009 view class images
“Visual Airwaves: Radio Arte Mural” is a mural making class that combines traditional painting and contemporary painting techniques to create a dynamic and highly creative mural for the walls of Radio Arte, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art. Teens will learn the history and tradition of mural making and learn about the history of Latino Radio, and work as a team to create a mural that will speak to the youth, the community and their culture.

 

St. Anthony Hospital Mural class | summer/fall 2008 view class images
This mural painting class gave the students the opportunity to plan, develop and complete a new mural for the walls of St. Anthony Hospital. With the guidance of artist Salvador Jimenez, teens created a beautiful mixed media mural for the 6th floor of the hospital.

 

ASM, Paint it Back - Mural class at Barrett Park | summer 2008 view class images
"Paint it Back" was a mural making class that combined traditional painting and spray painting to create a dynamic and highy creative mural for the walls of Barrett Park. Teens leared the history and tradition of mural making and graffiti, and worked as a team to create a mural that speaks to the youth, the community and their culture.

 

ASM, Rauner Family YMCA Mural | fall 2006/spring 2007 view class images
Continuing Yollocalli's partnership with the Rauner Family YMCA and After School Matters, young artists created a series of murals for the walls of the YMCA. Artists, Roberto Valadez and Ricardo Santos Hernandez, guided the teens as they planned, designed, and created 4 murals entitled “Honesty, Respect, Caring, Responsibility”.

 

 

ASM, Rauner Family YMCA Mural | summer 2006 view class images
Inspired by the celebrated, new Rauner Family YMCA on Western Avenue and Blue Island, young artists created a mural filled with collected images of the activities and participants in the YMCA. The class, taught by artists Gabriel Villa and Ricardo Santos Hernandez, brought together many ideas and worked together to create a mural that emphasized the essence of what the YMCA means to the communities (Little Village, Pilsen, and Bridgeport). This was the f

Little Village High School Mural | winter 2005/spring 2006 view class images
Students from the newly opened Little Village Multicultural Arts High School worked with artist Robert Valadez in designing and creating a 14 feet by 90 feet mural for the theater of the school. The mural focuses on the migration of African Americans and Mexican Americans to Chicago, combining images and themes from both cultures to create a theme of unity and commonality.

 

ASM, Dvorak Park Mural | summer 2005 view class images
Students worked together to create a mural that reflected the community and liveliness of Dvorak Park in the Pilsen neighborhood. The overall theme of the mural is unity. The interns worked incredibly well together and formed a bond together that is echoed within the mural. It is loaded with young peoples' imagination and compassion for the people of the neighborhood of Pilsen.