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Community Member Spotlight: Ian Champ is a Champion of the Library

August 30, 2021

| By Marissa De La Cerda

Categories: Chicago Public Library Foundation Community, Featured

| Tags: Chicago Public Library Community, Library champion, Support the library

Ian Champ’s local library opened a whole new world when he was a kid. Today, he’s opening doors of knowledge, wonder, and opportunity for kids and youth as a member of the Chicago Public Library Foundation community.

Three individuals are looking at a pamphlet.

YOUmedia: A Creative Space to Learn Life Skills

August 19, 2021

| By Marissa De La Cerda

Categories: Summer Learning Challenge, YOUmedia

| Tags: Make Space Take Action, Make Summer Yours, Summer Learning Challenge, Teen Summer Learning Challenge, YOUmedia

For many teens across Chicago, YOUmedia is not only a space to create and collaborate with other teens on creative projects, but also a safe space to gain skills they can apply in school and in life.

Maker-in-Residence Katelyn Patton Wants to Create Art With You

August 3, 2021

| By Rica Bouso

Categories: Maker Lab

| Tags: 2021 Maker-In-Residence

Katelyn has a knack for building installation-based exhibits that quite literally stop people in the street. As this summer’s CPL Maker-in-Residence, she’s bringing these skills to the Library.

The Story of the Tin Can: A Document in and through Time

May 20, 2021

| By Rica Bouso

Categories: Maker Lab, Other

| Tags: 1933 Chicago World's Fair, Art at the Library, Maker in Residence, Special Collections

We catch up with award-winning artist and 2019 Maker-in-Resident Kate Conlon after two years. Her final project for Chicago Public Library, The Story of the Tin Can is a living document of her evolution as an artist during COVID-19

Is There a Better Year than the 90s? AS IF!

May 17, 2021

| By Rica Bouso

Categories: Other

| Tags: Rad Read-A-Thon finale, Zoom backgrounds

Put on your overalls, capri pants, bomber jackets, and fanny packs, and get ready to party like it’s 1999!

Community Member Spotlight: Ian Champ is a Champion of the Library

YOUmedia: A Creative Space to Learn Life Skills

Maker-in-Residence Katelyn Patton Wants to Create Art With You

The Story of the Tin Can: A Document in and through Time

Is There a Better Year than the 90s? AS IF!

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