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Day of Schedule
Day of Schedule
Saturday February 21st from 11 am-4 pm
1400 W. 46th St. Chicago, IL 60609
Travel through The Plant on an art scavenger hunt, witnessing works in progress by disabled artists and their allies. Join us for a dance workshop, bring your crafting projects to craft care with others, or grab a beer in the brewery, and listen to tunes.
Schedule-
11 am -12 pm- Dance workshop (registration required)
12 - 3 pm- Stash Swapping version of Crafting Care
12:30 - 2 pm- Work in progress showings/performances
2 pm- Tour of the Plant (registration required)
2:30 - 4 pm- Music in Whiner Brewery
Catch performances and events from UDF members and creators, Will Bennet, Maggie Bridger, Erin Compton, Sydney Erlikh, Tsehaye Hebert, Kris Lenzo, Terri Lynn Hudson, Lauren Sheely and Andy Slater. Joined by artists Matt Bodett, Aquil Charlton, Meesh Sara Fradkin, and others!
Inclusive Dance Workshop
Inclusive Dance Workshop
Image Credit- Matt Griffo
Join Kris Lenzo and Lauren Sheely for an in-person Inclusive Dance Workshop! This hour-long session will begin with a gentle warmup. We will then explore mirroring and shadowing in movement, before finishing with an activity based on Merce Cunningham's Chance Dance, where we will devise short dance phrases in small groups. All bodyminds are welcome!
Registration required tickets range from 0-$20. All proceeds go directly to artists.
Crafting Care
Crafting Care
Join us for a special stash-swapping version of Crafting Care! An open afternoon of crafting care objects (blankets, clothes, pillows, decorative objects - any way you craft care is perfect!). Bring your own work in progress or choose from a few small projects that you can complete during your visit. For this special Crafting Care event, clear out your stash by bringing your unused supplies to swap! You're welcome to bring any supplies you're ready to part with - yarn, fabric, needles, thread, hooks, brushes, notebooks, whatever else! Swap them out for supplies that others bring or leave them with us. Any supplies left at the end of the event will be used for future crafting care events or donated to a local creative reuse center for others to enjoy.
NOTE: Crafting Care is a masks required space. We will have air purifiers and FarUV lights running to circulate and clean the air as much as possible. Let us know if there's anything else we can do to make the space more accessible to you!
Works in Progress Showings
Works in Progress Showings
Performances run from 12:30-2 pm throughout The Plant. This gives the folks a chance to experience performance in unique locations in The Plant. Work in progress performances will be from UDF members and creators, Erin Compton, Sydney Erlikh, Tsehaye Hebert, Kris Lenzo, Lauren Sheely and Andy Slater. Joined by artists Matt Bodett, and others!
These include-
Instructions for (Dancing): Performers Sydney Erlikh and Lauren Sheely aim to explore the utility of instructions for dance improvisation. In this open performance, Sydney and Lauren will improvise dance to various instructional scores selected and recited by audience members. Bring your instructional manuals, ask ChatGPT for a step-by-step for a task, or improvise your own instructions for dance: Sydney and Lauren will improvise movement that responds playfully and thoughtfully to the instructions given.
Elevator Action Revisited: Andy Slater will revisit his piece of from the original plant performance!
Duet by Kris Lenzo and Sydney Erlikh
NOTE: A full performance schedule and details will be added.
Music for Dancing
Music for Dancing
Artsy Antifreeze at The Plant will conclude with a series of musical performances from William Crosley Bennett, Aquil Charlton, and Andy Slater & Meesh Sara Fradkin at the Whiner Beer Tap Room.
NOTE: This is an open tap room so folks will be eating and drinking without masks
Sensory Access Info
Sensory Access Info
Moving around, stimming, making noise, etc are welcome and encouraged during all perfromances and events. Please feel free to bring any access tools that might help you feel as comfortable as possible during the day, including, but not limited to; ear defenders/plugs, fidget tools, headphones, etc. Some of the performances will include loud, sometimes overlapping noises. If at anytime these become overwhelming, volunteers are available to direct you to quiet zones.
Please note: The Plant has several live plants growing around the building. One of the performance spaces and the workshop space has Citronella growing in it. These will be clearly marked and guides will be available to direct you around these plants, if needed.
If you feel you might need some sort of access tool during this event, but do not have it or the ability to acquire it, please reach out to us at unfoldingdisabilityfutures@gmail.com.
About The Plant
About The Plant
An exterior view of The Plant
Artsy Antifreeze will unfold the wealth of architectural beauty within the revitalized space of The Plant. Located in Back of the Yards/New City, The Plant demonstrates techniques for reimagining waste as a resource, achieving economies of scale and incubating small businesses. The goal of The Plant is to create replicable models for efficiencies that close loops of waste and energy and to encourage others to implement these techniques to combat climate change.
Facility Access Information
Facility Access Information
The Plant is wheelchair accessible, though, due to the nature of the space, some floors are slightly slanted and bumpy. Guides will be on hand to help navigate this during the event.
The Plant has modernized their elevators, and there are three ADA-compliant freight elevators. Additional accessibility improvements are in the works.
Street parking is available around The Plant and additional accessible parking and paratransit drop off locations will be made available during all Unfolding Disability Futures events.
Getting Here
Getting Here
Driving and Parking
Street parking is generally available in front of the building and along adjacent streets.
Additional accessible parking will be sectioned off immediately in front of the plant for all Unfolding Disability Futures events.
Public Transit
The Plant is located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago at 1400 W 46th St. We are close to transit: ~ 2 blocks from the #9 Ashland bus, which has an express option during rush hour, and 1 block from the #47 / 47th St. bus. Ride your bike and park in the lobby, or park your Divvy at the bike-share station at 47th/Ashland.
A paratransit drop off area immediately in front of The Plant will be marked and kept clear (except during drop offs) for all Unfolding Disability Futures Events
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