Do Your P'Art Foundation

Throughout the 2005-2006 school year more than 800 students from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs worked together to create sculptures that were displayed at Northerly Island from May 20- Oct 20.
The students expressed their interpretation of the project's overall theme, Building Identity in the art. Over the course of the school year, students met with their partner school several times to engage in a collaborative exploration of issues related to their individual, national or global identity. Specific areas of study ranged from environmental concerns, immigration policies, consumerism, international labor practices to the impact of the media on youth culture. The structure which displayed the sculptures was designed and built by Architecture students from The Illinois Institute of Technology. The team was led by IIT’s Professor and Architect Frank Flury.