Family and Youth | Family Days
Family Day | Zines!
Admission is free to Family Day attendees.
Families participate in Family Day | Pocket Con, Dec 9, 2023.
Photo: Alexis Ellers.
Hosted in collaboration with MCA’s Teen Creative Agency, make and read zines (small, DIY magazines).
About the Artists
Marimacha Monarca Press (MMP) is an artist and educator collective of, by, and for queer & trans familia based on the South Side of Chicago since 2017. MMP provides workshops in printmaking, seed-paper making, piñata making, and zine-making as a means of self-publication, communication, and reflection. Working alongside themes of queerness, race, language, migration, accessibility, and visual storytelling, their hope is that these conversations showcase the power of illustrating our own histories. MMP’s pedagogy utilizes anti-racist and trauma-informed approaches, and their practice is centered on rasquachismo, the act of overcoming material and professional limitations within home and public practices. MMP’s studio is located at the Industrial Clocktower Park in McKinley Park.
The Teen Creative Agency (TCA) is the MCA’s cultural leadership program for teens ages 15–19 years old. TCA members come together from all over the Chicago area to the museum once a week to engage with contemporary art, artists, and ideas.
Family Days
Join us every Saturday, October–May, for some free family fun!
Funding
Support for Family Programs is provided in part by the MCA Women’s Board Family Education Initiative, Northern Trust, and Peoples Gas Community Fund.
