The Last Frame: Hard at Work
by Lauren Reese
MCA Benefit featuring Karen Finley at the Metro, Frame 26
June 7, 1991Featured image

FRAME 25A: Prep crew during install, c. 1980
Photo © MCA Chicago
FRAME 26: MCA Benefit featuring Karen Finley at the Metro, Jun 7, 1991
Photo © MCA Chicago
FRAME 27A: Education event with El Hogar del Niño, c. 1980
Photo © MCA Chicagoblog intro
Continuing our archival dig, we started feeling a sense of déjà vu when we came across frames 25–27. Today there are also plenty of hard hats to be found at the MCA thanks to our redesign, and we are once again partnering with Metro, this time for our Prime Time series. The last two frames, which included El Hogar del Nino/Cuidar (The Home of the Child), originally a bilingual daycare center—the first in the Pilsen neighborhood—that now serves more than 300 children, came as a pleasant surprise; they capture the museum's partnerships with community organizations throughout its history, something we consider part of our civic responsibility.