Jenny LamDec 16

#Chicago artists: DCASE's 2026 Individual #Artists Program #Grant application is now open! I'm a past awardee. ^^ Both times I applied, I was selected to receive the #grant!: The first was for my ongoing city-wide #interactive #publicart and #mapping project, Dreams of a City* (http://artistsonthelam.blogspot.com/p/dreams-of-city.html); the second was when I conceived of SLAYSIAN** (http://www.artistsonthelam.com/slaysian-2).

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*(Recent #interviews about that passion project!:

WGN Morning News: http://www.facebook.com/WGNMorningNews/videos/567809751334793 (video, recorded live)

WBEZ: http://www.wbez.org/stories/dreams-of-a-city-connects-chicagoans-through-postcards/1ccd6755-999c-4111-a155-de9734e93c9d (audio, recorded live)

#Chicago Reader: http://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/postcards-from-a-stranger (article))

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5.8K views · 45 reactions | For nearly a decade, a Chicago-based artist has been leaving thousands of postcards around the city for strangers. She asks them one simple question, "tell me one thing you dream of doing before you die. Use this card as your canvas." Jenny Lam joined us to talk about the project. | WGN Morning News

For nearly a decade, a Chicago-based artist has been leaving thousands of postcards around the city for strangers. She asks them one simple question, "tell me one thing you dream of doing before you...

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**(The #exhibition I created and curated celebrating #AsianAmerican artists in #Chicago and the #Midwest, which finally happened in person in 2021! You can continue to enjoy the original virtual version from 2020 at http://www.artistsonthelam.com/slaysian and read about SLAYSIAN in #press coverage (including feature articles, #reviews, and #interviews with the #artists and myself) from 2020 at http://www.artistsonthelam.com/press)

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SLAYSIAN — Artists on the Lam

SLAYSIAN is a celebration—a celebrAsian, if you will—of local Asian American artists. Created by artist and independent curator Jenny Lam, SLAYSIAN is the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s acclaimed LEXICON, which was itself the successor to 2012’s acclaimed I CAN DO THAT, which was named the audienc

Artists on the Lam