Jane Addams was America's first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Today, the museum stand
Due to a case of COVID-19 amongst the Hull-House staff, the upcoming Holiday Family Day has been postponed. The event will be rescheduled in the new year, so be on the lookout for our announcement of the new date! We look forward to welcoming you for a festive day of book making in collaboration with "Invisible Labors" soon.
Our “Invisible Labors” book launch event tomorrow evening will include discussion of Alice Kellogg Tyler (1862-1900), a Chicago-born artist and arts educator. A celebrated figure in the American art world, she had works exhibited by the Society of American Artists, in the Paris Salons, and at two separate World’s Fairs. She was also the first Chicago artist to begin working with Hull-House, both by exhibiting her artwork at the Settlement, mainly in the Butler Art Gallery, and by holding art classes and presenting lectures. Several of her pieces are on display here at JAHHM, including her renowned painting "The Mother", which was displayed in the Palace of Fine Arts during the Chicago Columbian Exposition in 1893. Check out the link below to learn more about Tyler's life and work!
Alice Kellogg Tyler (1862-1900) was a Chicago-born artist and arts educator. A celebrated figure in the American art world, she had works exhibited at the World’s Fair in both Paris and Chicago. She was also the first Chicago artist to begin working with Hull-House, both by exhibiting her artwork ...
There are still spaces available to RSVP to our launch event for the art book "Invisible Labors" tomorrow. Invisible Labors details the fascinating and mostly under-discovered histories of women and the manner in which land-stewarding and the Progressive movement influenced their creative work.
To reserve your place, visit our website:
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/12/8/invisible-labors-book-launch
Pictured: a preview of the "Invisible Labors" art book.
In addition to our launch event, Hull-House will be hosting a special Holiday Family Day celebrating the artist book "Invisible Labors".
Guests will learn to make books with Susannah Papish, co-author of "Invisible Labors" and founder of boundary, and be able to explore the Hull-House Museum throughout the day. There is limited space for book-making instruction every hour, so sign up soon through our website!
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/12/8/jane-addams-day-invisible-labors-holiday-family-day
Pictured: a 2019 bookbinding workshop at Hull-House.
We want to thank everyone who donated to the Hull-House! We would not be able to continue honoring the legacy of Jane Addams without your support. It's not too late to support! Click the link below to see how you can make a difference.
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Save the date for on November 29th to support the arts at UIC click the link below to donate!
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December 10th is Jane Addams Day! In 1931, Jane Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Each December, the Museum observes Jane Addams Day as a celebration of Addams’ lifelong commitment to peace and justice.
In honor of Jane Addams Day, please join Jane Addams Hull-House Museum for the book launch of “Invisible Labors: Reviving Histories of Women’s Land Work in the Blue Island Ridge Communities, Chicago, Illinois.” Authors Susannah Papish (artist and director of Boundary gallery) and Melissa H Potter (artist and professor at Columbia College Chicago) will be in dialogue with printer Jacob Lindgren of Inga and Tom McCormick of McCormick Gallery about the project. The conversation will also feature a video interview with designer Tamara Becerra Valdez. Like Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, “Invisible Labors” connects the efforts and desires of Chicago’s Progressive Era social reformers to women working today across the arts and social justice.
RSVP for FREE: https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/12/8/invisible-labors-book-launch
Happy Halloween! As the spooky season comes to a close, we celebrate the packed month we had here at the Hull-House with some highlights. Our sold-out night tours led by our fabulous educators left everyone well informed and frightened.
The Candyman (2021) screening with pre-movie talk led by University of Illinois Chicago professors Jane Rhodes and Cynthia Blair was another sold out event that really brought out the scary in the Halloween season.
Our partnership with Watcher's "Ghost Files" where Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej explored the Hull-House at night had aired with an exclusive interview with our Education Coordinator, Nadia Maragha.
This last weekend we ended the Halloween season with something a bit more family friendly. In collaboration with the Chicago Public Library, we had librarians Megan McFarlane, Lori Frumkin, and Liv Hanson read some spooky stories.
Thank you everyone for a wonderful Halloween season!
Today is our haunted Hull-House Family Day. Come in costume and hear ghost stories read by Chicago Public Library librarians! Discover the museum with a scavenger hunt and visit five different spooky craft stations. All happening until 12noon.
Join us this Saturday, October 29th for our Halloween Family Day! Come explore the museum and help us celebrate with costumes, candy, crafts, a scavenger hunt, and some special Halloween themed storytimes from our friends at Chicago Public Library.
This event is FREE and open to the public. Bring your masks AND your costumes! Our reservations are full, but we will be taking walk-ins.
Pictured: A January 2020 family day
Hull-House is LIVE NOW with WBEZ’s Reset discussing Chicago hauntings and urban legends. University of Illinois Chicago
Today we welcome WBEZ for a live broadcast of Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons.
To attend, register below or tune in to WBEZ at 11.
https://www.wbez.org/events/reset-on-the-road-at-jane-addams-hull-house-museum/210
Join us today for a screening of Nia DeCosta's 2021 film Candyman! We will be hosting UIC professors Cynthia Blair and Jane Rhodes for a panel examining important themes from the film including gentrification, racism, ghosts in the urban landscape, and police brutality.
More information can be found on our website, hullhousemuseum.org.
Published by Beacon Press, Making Americans by Jessica Landers is out now! This book provides powerful insight into the experiences of immigrant students and lends understanding about how schools can create nurturing environments to the benefit of all students.
Tomorrow Jane Addams Hull-House Museum will be hosting our screening of Nia Decosta's 2021 film Candyman along with a panel featuring UIC professors Cynthia Blair and Jane Rhodes.
There is still time to RSVP!
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/10/20/candyman-2021-screening
There are only two days left until our Thursday screening of the 2021 film Candyman including a special panel. We will be joined by University of Illinois Chicago professors Jane Rhodes and Cynthia Blair, who will discuss some important themes of the film including racism, gentrification, ghosts in the urban landscape, and police brutality.
RSVP for free here:
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/10/20/candyman-2021-screening
There is still time to reserve your spot at our panel + screening of Nina DaCosta's Candyman with professors Cynthia Blair and Jane Rhodes! Be advised that Candyman is rated R and contains violent scenes.
RSVP here:
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/10/20/candyman-2021-screening
Tonight we will be hosting a screening of Watcher's new Ghost Files episode featuring the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum along with our exclusive interview with Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej. Tickets to this event are sold out, but you can watch the full interview on our Youtube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo7_zIPiZYo
As an addition to our October programming, we are excited to announce that Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons will be hosting a live broadcast at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. Join us on Wednesday, October 26 for this spooky live broadcast to learn about the cultural significance of creepy tales told throughout Chicago. Visit our event page through the link in bio to learn how to reserve your spot.
What’s your favorite scary story? And what makes it scary? Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons will explore all things fearsome at the historic (and plausibly haunted) Jane Addams Hull-House Museum on Wednesday, October 26. Join us for this spooky live broadcast to learn about the cultural significanc
Due to popular demand, we have added more spaces for our special Watcher screening event! This Friday, Oct. 14th, from 6pm-8pm, we will be hosting a special screening of our exclusive interview with the Ghoul Boys themselves, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej. This will be followed by the episode of their new series "Ghost Files" that features their paranormal investigation of the Hull-House Mansion - the first in Hull-House history. Join us as we find out what supernatural residents they encountered during their hunt! Click here to RSVP for free: https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/10/14/ghost-files-screening
PLEASE NOTE: "Ghost Files" contains strong language and discussion of death, hauntings, and mature themes. Viewer discretion is advised.
Join us on Saturday, October 29th for a special Halloween Family Day at the museum! CPL librarians Megan McFarlane, Lori Frumkin, and Liv Hanson will be joining the Hull-House team to read some spooky Halloween stories as we extend our summer partnership with the Chicago Public Library into the fall season! Come explore the museum and help us celebrate with costumes, candy, ghostly crafts, and a scavenger hunt. Event is FREE and open to the public.
To accommodate high demand, we are expanding our “Haunting of Hull-House” tours! We are including an additional time slot of 7:30-8:30pm on 10/7, 10/21, and 10/28. As before, tickets will be $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Our last round of tours sold out within a week, so do not miss your chance to explore Hull-House’s haunted history this Halloween season! Get your tickets at the link below!
Get ready for spooky season with Jane Addams Hull-House Museum! This year, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum will be celebrating the Halloween season by offering special evening ghost tours for visitors ages 16 and up. Guests will be led through the house by a Museum Educator and will have the opportu
Join us on Thursday, October 20th for a screening of Nia DaCosta’s 2021 film, Candyman, a direct sequel to the 1992 film of the same name. UIC professors Jane Rhodes and Cynthia Blair will take part in a pre-film panel to talk about the important themes of racism, gentrification, and police brutality in the film.
See the film synopsis below, courtesy of the Internet Movie Database:
In present day, many years after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini. A chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to use these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, he unknowingly opens a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence.
RSVP for FREE:
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/10/20/candyman-2021-screening
This fall, Watcher Entertainment's Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej (Buzzfeed Unsolved, Puppet History) will be hosting a brand-new ghost-hunting series titled Ghost Files, with Jane Addams Hull-House Museum as a location in the show's premiere season. Due to its haunted history, JAHHM is an avidly-pursued location for ghost-hunters and paranormal investigators, but until this year, no full investigations had taken place there. Ryan and Shane explored both familiar and never-before-seen areas of the Museum’s grounds in hopes of finding evidence of paranormal activity onsite.
Join us on Friday, October 14th at 6pm for a special screening of our exclusive interview with Ryan and Shane, followed by a showing of the Ghost Files episode featuring JAHHM. RSVP for FREE: https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2022/10/14/ghost-files-screening
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is pleased to announce its second run of “The Haunting of Hull-House”, a night tour focusing on Hull House’s haunted history!
Since its inception, the Hull-House Settlement was a center of urban legends and supernatural stories, as Chicago’s neighborhoods kept alive whispers about its supposed unearthly inhabitants. Today, Hull-House is a favorite stop on Chicago ghost tours and it is often hailed as one of the most haunted places in the country.
This year, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum will be celebrating the Halloween season by offering special hour-long evening ghost tours for visitors ages 16 and up. (All guests under the age of 18 MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian.)
Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Space is limited, so grab your reservation now!
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2021/10/29/9z0uf899w4zxefce4psb561gnmwih4-gc4j9
Hull-House has a long history of tales and reports of ghosts and demons. The site is known as one of the most haunted places both in Chicago and the United States, and is a frequent stop on Chicago ghost tours. This October, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum wants to celebrate Hull-House's haunted history and share ghost stories as they were related by Jane Addams and the people of the surrounding neighborhood. In the wake of industrialization in the late 1890s and early 1900s, modern iterations of these stories have become urban legends. As folklore is known to, these stories tell, in a roundabout way, the depths of the struggles faced by marginalized and disadvantaged communities. We seek to highlight these supernatural stories and the greater implications of those narratives with a series of supernatural programs throughout the month of October.
Learn more about and register for these events here: https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/october-2022-event-series
Stop by Hull-House's Open House! Today we are celebrating Jane Addams' 162nd Birthday and the opening of our newest exhibition, "Benedict Gallery: Revisiting Hull House's Art Educators".
Join us Tuesday, September 6th, for the opening of our newest exhibit, "The Benedict Gallery: Revisiting Hull-House’s Arts Educators". The gallery is a continuation of the Museum’s effort into exploring art education roots in Chicago. On view are Enella Benedict’s oil paintings and watercolors that have not been publicly exhibited since 1938.
Artist and arts educator Enella Benedict was one of the most influential Residents of Hull-House. She was the founder and long-time director of the Hull-House Art School and she holds the distinction of being one of the longest serving Residents, after Jane Addams, living and working at Hull-House Settlement for nearly 50 years. Her work was intrinsic to the growth of Hull-House as an arts institution and laid the foundations for Hull-House's most important artists-in-residence and its cultural and community impact.
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Happy 162nd birthday, Nobel Peace Laureate Jane Addams! On Tuesday, September 6th, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum celebrates Addams and her advocacy for immigrants, women, peace among nations, and her defense of democratic ideals. Join us that day for our Fall Open House and learn more about her lasting legacy.
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/reserve-your-visit
On July 21st, Hull-House partnered with CPL to produce a Protest Banner Lending Library Workshop with project creator Aram Han Sifuentes and workshop leader Moki Tantoco. Participants created banners expressing messages about a variety of topics. Pictured here is a participant with their new banner that reads “BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER”.
You can now check out protest banners from Harold Washington Library Center; all you need is your library card! Find them in the YOUMedia center.
On July 21st, Hull-House partnered with CPL to produce a Protest Banner Lending Library Workshop with project creator Aram Han Sifuentes and workshop leader Moki Tantoco. Participants created banners expressing messages about a variety of topics. Pictured here is a participant with their new banner that reads “WOMENS' BODIES WOMENS' RIGHTS”.
You can now check out protest banners from Harold Washington Library Center; all you need is your library card! Find them in the YOUMedia center.
On July 21st, Hull-House partnered with CPL to produce a Protest Banner Lending Library Workshop with project creator Aram Han Sifuentes and workshop leader Moki Tantoco. Participants created banners expressing messages about a variety of topics. Pictured here is a participant with their new banner that reads “PAIN IN BEAUTY”.
You can now check out protest banners from Harold Washington Library Center; all you need is your library card! Find them in the YOUMedia center.
On July 21st, Hull-House partnered with CPL to produce a Protest Banner Lending Library Workshop with project creator Aram Han Sifuentes and workshop leader Moki Tantoco. Participants created banners expressing messages about a variety of topics. Pictured here is a participant with their new banner that reads “STOP ANIMAL ABUSE”.
You can now check out protest banners from Harold Washington Library Center; all you need is your library card! Find them in the YOUMedia center.
On July 21st, Hull-House partnered with CPL to produce a Protest Banner Lending Library Workshop with project creator Aram Han Sifuentes and workshop leader Moki Tantoco. Participants created banners expressing messages about a variety of topics. Pictured here is a participant with their new banner that reads “PROTECT KIDS NOT GUNS”.
You can now check out protest banners from Harold Washington Library Center; all you need is your library card! Find them in the YOUMedia center.
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Today at 12:00 PM (CST), Hull-House will host the Jane Addams Peace Association to broadcast a virtual program around the country to celebrate the Children’s Book Awardees and encourage introspection, communication, and actions on the urgent issues of our time. This year JAHHM is also partnering with Chicago Public Libraries for their summer initiative, “City of Stories.“ The program will incorporate the winners and finalists of the 2022 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards into its activities, in the spirit of promoting peace and connection within Chicago communities through shared stories and experiences. Since 1953, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards annually “recognizes children’s books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people”, in order to inspire every generation in the spirit of Jane Addams.
Tune-in tonight at 6:30 PM (CST) to hear "Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files: Audio Art & Strange Poetry from the US/Mexico Border." Tune your dial or point your internet to Lumpen Radio. Listen on 105.5 FM WLPN-LP or stream on twitch.tv/lumpenradio. Gómez-Peña’s "Mex Files" address the multiple pandemics of racism, sexism, xenophobia and neo-colonialism and more. It is is presented by Jane Addams Hull House Museum in partnership with #PublicMediaInstitute as an initiative of "Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40," organized by the Smart Museum of Art of Art at the The University of Chicago. Toward Common Cause is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. University of Illinois Chicago UIC College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
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