Upcoming Events/
2023
13-16 Apr11am - 7pm / Navy Pier / Partnership with EXPO Chicago / The Garden Inflatable Monument
24 Apr
8am - 9pm / Governor’s Mansion Lawn / Springfield, IL / Partnership with OneState and Arts Alliance Illinois / Founders Inflatable Monument
21-24 Sep
This is a Rehearsal: Opening Reception / Chicago Architectural Biennial
Past Events/
2022
14 May
1pm – 2:30pm / Chicago Athletic Association / Partnership with Chicago Humanities Festival / Chicago’s Public Art with the Floating Museum / Performance and Conversation
11 Jun - 17 Oct
Art Institute Chicago / A Lion for Every House / Exhibit Information
11 Jun
11am – 2pm / Art Institute Chicago / A Lion for Every House: Opening Reception
16-17 Jul
12pm – 8pm / Oakwood Beach / Partnership with Silver Room Sound System Block Party / Founders Inflatable Monument
20 Aug
11am – 1:30pm / DuSable Harbor / DuSable Annual Commemoration in conjunction with the DuSable Park Coalition / Founders Inflatable Monument
9 Sep
2pm – 3:30pm / Art Institute Chicago / Slow Looking: A Lion for Every House / Gallery Conversation
11 Sep
11am – 7pm / South Shore Cultural Center / Partnership with Chicago Humanities Festival / Cooler by the Lake: South Shore Arts Party / Collective Construction with Sticks and Tape +
12-16 Sep
11am – 9pm / Lake Forest / Partnership with Lake Forest College/ Founders Inflatable Monument
5 Nov
10am – 5pm / Graham Foundation / Chicago Design Summit: The Future Real Conditional
Founders Inflatable / Park Locations and Schedule
2021
19 Jun
10am – 7pm / Washington Park, Dusable Park Front Lawn / Juneteenth Celebration / Founders Inflatable
25 Jun
10am – 7pm / Douglass Park / Partnership with T.R.A.C.E. Youth summer programs / Founders Inflatable
09 Jul
10am – 7pm / Garfield Park / Partnership with the Garfield Park Advisory Council / Founders Inflatable
16 Jul
10am – 7pm / Douglass Park / Partnership with T.R.A.C.E. Youth summer programs / Founders Inflatable
23 Jul
10am – 7pm / Garfield Park / Partnership with the Garfield Park Advisory Council / Founders Inflatable
31 Jul
10am – 7pm / Douglass Park / Partnership with T.R.A.C.E. Youth summer programs / Founders Inflatable
06 Aug
10am – 7pm / Garfield Park / Partnership with the Garfield Park Advisory Council / Founders Inflatable
20 Aug
10am – 7pm / DuSable Harbor / DuSable Annual Commemoration in conjunction with the DuSable Park Coalition/ Founders Inflatable
21 Aug*
10am – 7pm / DuSable Harbor / DuSable Annual Commemoration in conjunction with the DuSable Park Coalition/ Founders Inflatable and *Live Performances at 6pm
Floating Museum presents TRANSLATOR featuring Starla Thompson (Potawatomi and Chumash) and Lional ‘Brother El’ Freeman.
27 Aug
10am – 7pm / Douglass Park / Partnership with T.R.A.C.E. Youth summer programs / Founders Inflatable
28 Aug
12pm – 4pm / North Lawndale / Partnership with Lawndale Pop-Up Spot / Founders Inflatable
10 Sep
10am – 5pm / Hyde Park / Partnership with Museum of Science and Industry / Founders Inflatable
11 Sep
10am – 5pm / Hyde Park / Partnership with Museum of Science and Industry / Founders Inflatable
18 Sep
12pm – 4pm / SkyArt / 20th Anniversary of SkyArt / Founders Inflatable / Collective Construction with Sticks and Tape
25 Sep
10am – 7pm / Midway Plaisance / in partnership with Hyde Park Jazz Festival / Founders Inflatable
26 Sep
10am – 7pm / Midway Plaisance / in partnership with Hyde Park Jazz Festival / Founders Inflatable
2019
July 24th 2019 – Austin Town Hall
5610 W Lake St, 11am - 6.30pm
July 27th 2019 – Poetry Foundation Block Party (Nat’l Museum of Mexican Art)
1852 W 19th St, 12pm - 4pm
July 31st 2019 – Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, 11am - 6.30pm
August 2nd 2019 - Re-Imagining Belonging Cook Out
Englewood Line W 58th St & S Halsted St, 12-6pm
August 7th 2019 – Hadiya Pendelton Park
4345 S Calumet Ave, 11am - 6.30pm
August 11th – Boxville Market Day Boxville
332 E. 51st, 12pm - 4pm
August 14th 2019 – Harding Park
4912 S. Calumet Ave. 11am - 6.30pm
August 21st 2019 – Garfield Park (Next to Conservatory, Central Park Green Line Station)
300 N Central Park Ave, 11am - 6.30pm
832 W 63rd St, 5 pm to 7.30pm
August 28th 2019 – Hadiya Pendleton Park
4345 S Calumet Ave, 11am - 6.30pm
September 4th 2019 – Harding Park
4912 S. Calumet Ave. 11am - 6.30pm
September 11th 2019 – Garfield Park (Next to Conservatory, Central Park Green Line Station)
300 N Central Park Ave, 11am - 6.30pm
September 16th, 17th – Hadiya Pendleton Park
4345 S Calumet Ave, 11am - 6.30pm
September 19th, 20th, 21st 2019 – EXPO Chicago
Navy Pier 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, 11 am to 7pm
2018
July 13 - Cultural Transit Assembly Launch Party
August 26 - Reassembly of Photo in Grant Park with Move Me Soul
August 24 - Fieldwork Collaborative at the MCA, Move Me Soul
2017
September - Echo Location, in part with Singing Stones, curated by the Palais de Tokyo’s Katell Jaffrès
August 18 - Founder, in part with River Assembly project
2016
September - Calumet Park Assembly, done in collaboration with the Chicago Park District, the Southeast Chicago Historical Society, SkyArt, Consulate General of France in Chicago, and the Arts Pallette.