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Celebrate the Summer with Wattz Up! on our season finale at the 2024 Yollocalli Summer Exhibition taking place in the one and only @malinalligarden . Hear from Yollocalli program instructors and participants about all the amazing art and work they created throughout the summer! We will have guests like the Yollocalli Youth Council, Yollo Lab, Camera Flux and our amazing Yollocalli Director, Vanessa Sanchez! Tune in and learn more about Yollocalli, our programs and amazing students!
The National Museum of Mexican Art plans to turn this long-vacant structure into the Yollocalli youth arts center. Located at 2358 S. Whipple St., the former Little Village firehouse will have performance and studio spaces, an indoor garden made from an old spiral staircase and disco balls. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
Art has always been an important way for 20 year-old Kaelah Serrano to explore and express her queer identity. Born and raised on Chicago's southwest side, Kaelah found an artistic home in Yollocalli Arts Reach, a nonprofit based in Little Village that provides arts, media, and storytelling education for young people—many of them Latinx—in Chicago. Yollocalli is an example of a crucial “third space”: a place separate from home and school where young people can socialize and learn. In this episode, reporter Grace Del Vecchio follows Kaelah's journey of self-discovery and explores how schools can better serve their Latinx LGBTQ+ students. For more information, all episodes, and transcripts in English and Spanish visit us at 100latinabirthdays.com. Follow us on social media @100latinabirthdays. 100 Latina Birthdays is made possible by grants from the Healthy Communities Foundation, Woods Fund Chicago, the Field Foundation of Illinois, JB and MK Pritzker Family Foundation, and the Chicago Foundation for Women. Mujeres Latinas en Acción is the series' fiscal sponsor.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Wattz Up! takes their show to the National Museum of Mexican Art to talk with some extraordinary Yollocalli alumni about the history and impact of this art initiative and the Giving Shape exhibition! Featuring interviews from exhibit curator Marina Alvarez and Giving Shape artists, Yollocalli friends and alumni Sarita Garcia, Joseph Mora, and Izze Ortiz.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. At Yollocalli's 2023 Summer Exhibition, the Wattz Up! team show up and get the party started! Listen in to hear voices from wonderful students and teaching instructors from every class talk about their experiences at Yollocalli Arts Reach and what Yollocalli means to them!
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. We are ending our season 21 with our annual holiday special! And this year it's a reunion, featuring all the students of the YSYW Class and Sonic Vibez! Santa & company are visiting the students at Yollocalli to see if they are worthy of meeting her and going through any previous encounters they may have had with her in the past. Hopefully, some of these students can go through some of their holiday traditions, music, movies and teach us a little bit about Christmas!
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Yollocalli was invited to this year's Pitchfork Music Fest! We covered the music acts, Renegade craft fair, Chirp record fair, food vendors, and our overall thoughts on the weekend. Yollo also participated in a series of DoorDash backstage conversations with artists, and YSYW student Kaelah Serrano got the opportunity to interview Chicago singer, song-writer, producer, and all around creative artist Kaina.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. This week the youth talk all about buildings! Now the word itself has 2 meanings, as it can refer to an established structure, or be described as a process of making something. Join the Yollocalli crew as we tackle both definitions! Featuring interviews with J, a young virtual building expert in the Roblox world, an architect on how to build for the community, as well as conversations regarding the fate of Discount Mall in LV, gentrification in our Chicago neighborhoods, and segments that reflect on how Legos and video games can lead to lasting interest on structures… all of this and much more in our new episode: Binge Building
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this episode, Yollocalli crew goes out of their way and takes on new experiences for the sake of it, presenting audio pieces documenting the ride! + Syd and August crash Chicago EXPO! **Featuring interviews and reviews of what you missed during EXPO Weekend
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. This episode is all about… COLLECTIONS! We here at Yollocalli are all big collectors, from vinyl and figures, LEGO sets and to keychains! Wattz Up! shared their journey as collectors, what they collect, and even some of the holy grails that they favour above the rest. The audience sent messages with their favorite collectables and featured a special interview with The Dragon's Den Shop, a pop-culture store that sells the coolest collectibles around! That's not all‼️ They also had a trivia! quizzing each other to see which collector has the biggest knowledge of them all!
La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. La Mesita is back in the Chill Space at Yollocalli and interview Cabeza de Chivo, a latin tropical, psychedelic band from Chicago.
La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. La Mesita is back in the Chill Space at Yollocalli with their first live guestL DJ La Colocha! NY, El Paso, Cd. Juarez and Chicago are the cities in which she has lived and explored from dark cumbias and tropical rhythms to the most modern music in the latinx world.
La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. La Mesita is back in the Chill Space at Yollocalli with an interview and show from special guest DJ and music promoter, Kona FM!
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this episode, the youth explore the topic of cancel culture, discussing its pros and cons as well as creating a long list of people, institutions, and ideas that we are OVER featuring responses from the Yollocalli insta story! Including audio pieces from students of the Your Story, Your Way class, as well as an interview with artist, activist and scholar.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this edition, Wattz Up! presents various members of Chicago's fashion scene from designers to store owners and even consumers themselves, discussing the topics of thrifting, fast fashion, clothing production, and the fashion of the futureeeeeee... Featuring interviews with jewelry maker and Yollocalli's own Zipporah Auta, owner of Comercio Popular Miguel Cervantes, Production Mode designer Jamie Hayes, and creator of Rebirth Garments Sky Cubacub. Enjoy!
A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way interns in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Summer 2021, researching and reporting on the topics of collective power, environmental justice, and urban agriculture in Chicago's Little Village community. “Food Sustainability” discusses how we can adequately make food accessible to the people who live in our neighborhoods on the west and southside, speaking with the organizers of The Love Fridge Chicago and Mercado de Colores.
A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way interns in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Summer 2021, researching and reporting on the topics of collective power, environmental justice, and urban agriculture in Chicago's Little Village community. “Looking at Unequal Green Spaces” reports the disparities in Chicago's natural parks and green spaces, comparing the north to west and southside and highlighting what community residents think on the issue. Featuring a special interview with a mental health specialist.
A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way interns in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Summer 2021, researching and reporting on the topics of collective power, environmental justice, and urban agriculture in Chicago's Little Village community. "Our Collective Power" podcast takes a look into the Defund CPD campaign and see what kind of narratives are believed about police abolition in our community, with special guest Tynetta Hill-Muhammad, Chicago community organizer and abolitionist.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! In this edition, we present a bilingual podcast as part of “The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project” in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health and Yollocalli Arts Reach. The 2-part podcast exhibits stories from 15 individuals living in the communities of North and South Lawndale, discussing the unsafe working conditions and employment difficulties apparent in these neighborhoods as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Enjoy!
This two-part bilingual podcast exhibits stories from 15 individuals living in the communities of North and South Lawndale, discussing the unsafe working conditions and employment difficulties apparent in these neighborhoods as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Produced by the Your Story, Your Way interns in Spring 2021: August Abitang, Emmanuel Ramirez, Melissa Regalado, and Antonio Salazar **In partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health as part of “The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project” and Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art.
This two-part bilingual podcast exhibits stories from 15 individuals living in the communities of North and South Lawndale, discussing the unsafe working conditions and employment difficulties apparent in these neighborhoods as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Produced by the Your Story, Your Way interns in Spring 2021: August Abitang, Emmanuel Ramirez, Melissa Regalado, and Antonio Salazar **In partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health as part of “The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project” and Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! Yollocalli would like to dedicate this show to Adam Toledo and all victims of police violence and police killings. In this edition, Wattz Up! presents a vox populi of community members’ thoughts and concerns with police, interviews with Solorio Students and Program Manager of The Peace Exchange Henry Cervantes, and conversations about police in CPS schools and in our communities. Followed by a Music Jamz filled with songs of protest and resistance!
A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Little Village, Big Problems” highlights the exploitative sale of the historic Little Village Discount Mall with special guests Julio Anaya from Little Village Local, Kocoy Malagon, and Katie Bedoya, community members.
A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Mental Health in Chicago’s Latinx Communities” discusses the inequalities that low income, black and brown, immigrant communities face in regard to mental health resources with special guests Elizabeth Chrisostomo from ENLACE Chicago, Sarah Taylor from Yo soy ella , and Arturo Carrillo from Brighton Park Community Council.
A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Mental Health in Chicago’s Latinx Communities” discusses the inequalities that low income, black and brown, immigrant communities face in regard to mental health resources with special guests Elizabeth Chrisostomo from ENLACE Chicago, Sarah Taylor from Yo soy ella , and Arturo Carrillo from Brighton Park Community Council.
A series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Desde la Raíz” speaks about the struggles local street vendors are facing during the pandemic and with police with special guests Martin Unzueta from Chicago Community and Workers Rights and Daniel Martinez, a food truck owner.
Vanessa Sanchez, director of youth arts program Yollocalli stops by the studio to discuss how she became the director of the youth arts program that has been around since 1997
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted live straight from the comfort of their couches! In this show, youth presented what Yollocalli is made up: some weird, fun, wonderful, inspirational, magical humanz. They poured their hearts and spilled their guts out about living and dreaming in this times. Stay in and listen in!
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted live straight from the comfort of their couches! In this show, youth presented what Yollocalli is made up: some weird, fun, wonderful, inspirational, magical humanz. They poured their hearts and spilled their guts out about living and dreaming in this times. Stay in and listen in!
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show, Wattz Up! covers Chill Set 2019, Yollocalli's annual teen night at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Chill Set hosted a fun and thrilling event filled snacks, jams, and extraordinary backdrops. Enjoy!
Yollocalli popped up and broadcasted live at Pop America 1965-1975 Exhibition Opening from The Block Museum of Art in Northwestern University Evanston Campus. The students interviewed the Academic Curator: Corinne Granof, an IGC member: Eric Gasca, the Block Museum Director: Lisa Corrin and the Trío Calavera: Jaime Garza, Luis Fernando Amaya Muñoz and Camilo Rincón. Enjoy!
Yollocalli popped up and broadcasted live at the Chicago Humanities Festival- Creative Chicago Revisit. In this show, the youth interviewed Tiff Beatty, CHF Director of Programming, Kenyatta Forbes, the creator of the card games Trading Races and Trading Rappers, and Tonika Johnson + Paola Aguirre about The Folded Map Project. *Creative Chicago, at the Chicago Humanities Festival is presented with the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art, and in partnership with the Joyce Foundation, and the Metropolitan Planning Council.
Yollocalli popped up and broadcasted live at The Chicago Poetry Block Party 2019 @ the National Museum of Mexican Art. The students interviews local poets, artists and guests. Enjoy!
Yollocalli popped up and broadcasted live at 606 Records in Pilsen Neighborhood to explore the world of vinyls. They interviewed Andrew Mitchell, owner, the band The Braided Janes among other store visitors.
Yollocalli and Lumpen Radio popped up at the IL Humanities' People-Powered Publishing Conference 2018 to present the “Tune In, Turn Up! Community Building & Disruption of Mainstream Media” session. Hosted by Yollocalli's youth Gloria Valle & Oscar Perez and as a guests, Vanessa Sanchez (Director of Yollocalli Arts Reach), Stephanie Manriquez (Radio and Journalism instructor at Yollocalli) and Logan Bay (Programming Director of Lumpen Radio).
A series of audio-pieces made by the Your Story, Your Way students at Yollocalli on Spring 2018. The students explore tools for a creative production. They narrated a topic of their concerned and explored it through sound effects.
A series of audio-pieces made by the Your Story, Your Way students at Yollocalli on Spring 2018. The students explore tools for a creative production. They narrated a topic of their concerned and explored it through sound effects.
I met Deborah Garcia at Yollocalli Arts Reach, an organization dedicated to providing after-school arts programming to teens in the Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods of Chicago. First at Yollocalli and now at Enlace, another local non-profit, Deborah has dedicated a large part of her life to making sure that kids in the community have the opportunity to express themselves in a safe, creative environment. She's graduating with a Master's degree in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute this Spring, and her thesis project is an ambitious series of murals that examines the problem of gentrification in the area. If you are feeling overwhelmed by everything that's wrong with the world, this conversation will remind you that there are brilliant people working hard every day all around us to make the future brighter and more peaceful for everyone.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this edition, we had a conversation with Vanessa Sanchez, Yollocalli Art Reach Director; giving us a glimpse of the Yollocalli's 20 years of existence from its foundation to nowadays. Also, we heard few testimonies from former students, staff and teachers about how to Keep It Weird!!
My guest this week thinks of her work as building the community of the future. Vanessa Sanchez is the Director of Yollocalli Arts Reach, the youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art, as well as a practicing artist, music festival planner extraordinaire, and activist. She opens up about her apprehension at describing herself as a leader and instead prefers to describe herself as a collaborator. We discuss the importance of Yollocalli in young people's lives, some of the challenges young people face in Chicago, and how an arts organization can make an impact on its community. Vanessa Sanchez received her BFA in Painting at University of IL at Chicago. Since 2001, she has dedicated her career to designing innovative, creative, and free art and media programs for teens and young adults in collaboration with local and international artists. She has served on the Hive Chicago Advisory Committee, the Little Village Quality of Life Plan, the Pilsen Image Taskforce, and the Lakefront Curatorial Committee. Currently she is one of the lead organizers for Villapalooza, the Little Village Music Fest. She is also an artist and collaborator in the Instituto Grafico de Chicago print collective, and the Chicago Artists Creating Transformation (ACT) Collective.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show, Wattz Up! features the 2 stories produced by Yollocalli students Gerardo Salgado and Jennifer Galan during the Social Justice News Nexus fellowship part of Northwestern University, Cycle 4: Energy and Environmental Justice. Gerardo Salgado brings awareness on Bike Equity on the South Side neighborhoods of Chicago, while Jennifer Galan researches on Unilever expansion and its direct effects on Zapata Elementary school and in Little Village.
Title: We are Yollocalli Year: 2017 Written by: Cecilia Ruiz & Zipporah Auta Produced by: Your Story, Your Way Team This audio-piece was produced for "The Best of Yollo Exhibition" at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN-LP 105.5FM Chicago. This edition of Wattz Up! is about Yollocalli's Alumni Q&A. A fun and informative talk with Gilberto Sandoval, Joseph Josue Mora & Gabriela Ibarra!!
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN-LP 105.5FM Chicago. Hello, This is Yollocalli. This is our second show about Music, but with a different take. For this show we discuss how Music can used an alternative for medicine and therapy. We discuss how music can help use through hard times and over come obstacles that make us stronger. Enjoy! :)
Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN-LP 105.5FM Chicago. Hello, This is Yollocalli. This is our Supernatural show! We cover spooky haunted movie sets, and scary moments. Enjoy!
Come to We 'Go: A Chicago Showcase and Celebration, on Friday 6/17! Free and all ages. https://www.facebook.com/events/913429428756200/ Vanessa Sanchez is the Director of Yollocalli Arts Reach, a remarkable organization and branch of the National Museum of Mexican Art that works with youth, primarily in the city's Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods. In a city full of of nonprofit efforts that talk the talk, and ultimately take up space and resources without fostering dynamic spaces for young people to create, Yollocalli stands tall as a welcoming, unpretentious home for free art and new media programs, including street art, mural internships, experimental video, music, storytelling, radio and journalism. Vanessa is also one of the creators of Villapalooza, a fantastic annual festival, community celebration, and block party in Little Village. Recorded live 6/9/16 at WHPK in Chicago Music from this week's show: Only Time Will Tell - @kodyakhiphop Keep You In Mind - @guordan-banks
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