The Fundred Project is now on view @ the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and University of Chicago Lab School’s Corvus Gallery! Both Midwestern creative spaces are hosting Fundred-making sessions and public programs with artists, students, lead prevention advocates, and elected officials .
MMoCA is distributing at-home art kits including supplies for Fundred-making and their reimagined interactive contemporary art space, The Shop, has been transformed into a Fundred making workshop. The Fundred show will continue with additional elements.
Corvus Gallery is activating Fundred making across all grade levels at the Lab School and is newly providing resources for parents, teachers and students alike to get involved with the large-scale interactive project. The Fundred Lab @ Corvus Gallery is the final engagement of the Chicago Fundred Initiative: A Bill for IL, organized with Smart Museum of Art as part of Toward Common Cause.
All of the Fundreds made through these two city initiatives will be delivered and added to the Fundred Reserve at Brooklyn Museum April 2, 2022.
Links:
Fundred Project @ MMoCA
January 8 through March 20, 2022
Fundred Lab @ University of Chicago Lab School Corvus Gallery
January 5 – March 20, 2022
About the Fundred Project:
Initiated by artist Mel Chin in 2008, Fundred connects individuals and communities across the country in a collective effort to bring visibility to the widespread threat of lead poisoning. Nearly half a million children and adults across the country have created their own hand-drawn currency, in the form of “Fundred Dollar Bills” to speak to the value of every individual impacted, and the need to invest in solutions.
The Fundreds have been collected via armored truck and through U.S. mail, and presented together in the “Fundred Reserve” in our nation’s capital, on display in museums, public venues, and activated in the halls of Congress as Fundred artists meet directly with their Congressional Representatives.
Learn more about the Fundred Project at fundred.org.
Featured image by Gina Alicea.