There’s something for everyone at the Southeast Side parks! From festivals, to campouts, to climbing classes, check out all the exciting outdoor adventures we have planned in your community.
The Chicago Park District has adjusted its programs and events schedule in response to the modified Stay at Home order. Please note that all program dates are subject to change based on guidance from City and State public health officials.
Big Marsh
11559 S. Stony Island Ave.
Chicago, IL 60633
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Join us as we celebrate the culmination of the 2021 Big Marsh Mural Project!!
As a strategy to enhance the visitor experience and visually activate the Bike Plaza at Big Marsh, the Chicago Park District invited five local artists to participate in the project, each receiving a stipend for their work. The murals are intended to bring stimulating visual art to the plaza. The centrally located plaza functions as a convening ground for diverse, inter-disciplinary programs, events and groups.
Please join us for a day of celebration with food, music, bonfire and opportunities to meet the artists!
FREE
MEET THE ARTIST
Adan Ramirez:
Adan is a Mexican-American artist from the Southeast Side of Chicago with a graphic design and commercial mural painting background. His bodies of work pay homage and capture the overlapping nuances of street culture and conventional philosophical concepts through the lens of graffiti disciplines.
Corey Jenkins:
Corey is a Chicago native raised in the Chatham neighborhood. Through the arts, Corey believes that culture and community can lead to ever expanding opportunities for people of all backgrounds to build, network, learn and grow collectively.
Elizabeth Bel Reyes:
Elizabeth is a Chicana, Graffiti Writer born and raised in Chicago’s Southwest side who became interested in Graffiti at a very young age. She has taught Graffiti programs through community organizations such as Yollocalli, National Mexican Fine Arts Museum and Elevarte to youth in communities such as Little Village, Pilsen and Back of the Yards.
Eduardo Luna:
Eduardo (Edde) is from the community of South Chicago where he always wants to give back and uplift those who helped him, and still live there. He believes art is a gateway to beautify, communicate, and elevate those who do not have a voice. His prior projects have been inclusive of the barriers and challenges our south side neighborhoods have faced.
Oscar A. Jacques Reyes:
Oscar Jaquez, an emerging multimedia visual artist, lives and works in Hegewisch. Ranging from Acrylic paint to Aerosols to Digital, he experiments and applies his knowledge and intuition to create dream state characters and illustrations. Oscar’s work celebrates the diverse communities of the Southeast side by representing the natural habitat of the area.
Hegewisch Marsh
13298 S. Torrence Ave.
Chicago, IL 60633
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Join Chicago Ornithological Society (COS) for a morning of birding in one of Chicago’s better wetland habitats. Expect a nice variety of migrating waterfowl and wintering passerines. Beginner birders are welcome.
