Past Events

Roundtable on Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle's Practice

Thursday, November 13, 2025, 6pm – 7:30pm

In conjunction with Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing at DPAM, join us for a roundtable discussion exploring the artist’s deep engagement with conceptual art. Participants include Michelle Grabner, Sean Kirkland, Lane Relyea, and Manglano-Ovalle himself, in a conversation moderated by DPAM Curator Ionit Behar.

This program is in partnership with DePaul’s Philosophy Department, DePaul's Institute for Nature and Culture, DePaul Humanities Center, DePaul's Department of History of Art and Architecture, DePaul's Environmental Science and Studies Department, Northwestern’s Art, Theory, Practice Department, and University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Art.  

Image credit: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Well 35°58’16”N - 106°5’21”W (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM), 2014. Pictured: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle. Courtesy of the artist.

Student-led Exhibition Walkthrough

Saturday, October 25, 2025, 11am – 12pm

In celebration of DePaul University’s Alumni and Family Weekend, please join us for a guided tour of DPAM’s Fall/Winter 2025-26 exhibitions, Tengo Lincoln Park en mi Corazón: Young Lords in Chicago and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing, led by DPAM’s student staff – Kayla Hodge, Eloise Lyons, Bernardo Soares, and Erin Zeman – who will share insights into the exhibitions and their broader historical and artistic contexts.

Women in the Young Lords: Film screening of "Palante, Siempre Palante!" and Conversation with Dr. Jacqueline Lazú

Thursday, October 16, 2025, 6pm – 8pm

All are welcome to a screening of the award-winning documentary Palante, Siempre Palante! (1996, 48 mins) directed by Iris Morales. Told through interviews with former Young Lords members, archival footage, and music, the film surveys Puerto Rican history, the Young Lords Organization’s activities, philosophy, and its inspiring legacy, connecting the streets of Chicago to the barrios of New York City and other urban centers. Following the screening, guest curator of Tengo Lincoln Park en mi corazón: Young Lords in Chicago, Dr. Jacqueline Lazú, will lead a conversation exploring the impact of the women of the Young Lords Organization and their legacy in developing inter-city dialogues that connect activism and memory across the country. 

Jacqueline Lazú is a Society of Vincent DePaul Professor in the Department of Modern Languages at DePaul University. Her research on the Puerto Rican diaspora and the Young Lords in Chicago has led to long-standing collaborations with original members of the organization and informs her public history work, including the exhibition Encendidas: Women of the Young Lords. She also served as a historical advisor and on-screen contributor for the WTTW documentary The Young Lords of Lincoln Park. She is the author of two forthcoming books: The Young Lords Speak: (Re)Constructing the Narrative of Revolution (Haymarket Books, 2025) and Stone Revolutionaries: The Origins of the Young Lords Movement (Duke University Press, 2026).

Iris Morales is an activist for Latinx civil rights, filmmaker, author, and lawyer based in New York.  Morales is the founding director and executive editor of Red Sugarcane Press dedicated to publishing works about the Puerto Rican and Latinx Diasporas in the Americas. Currently, she serves on the advisory board of the Instituto de Formación Política of Mijente, a political home for Latinx people who seek racial, economic, gender, and climate justice.

Palante, Siempre Palante! is distributed by Third World Newsreel, New York. 

This program is supported by DePaul University’s Vincentian Endowment Fund through the Division of Mission and Ministry and the Center for Latino Research.

Let's Talk About Art: A Want for Nothing

Wednesday, October 1 (virtual) and Thursday, October 2 (in-person), 1pm – 2pm

"Let’s Talk About Art" is an innovative hybrid learning program designed for older adults (65+) to explore and discuss visual and performing arts through both virtual and in-person experiences. This special program begins with a virtual session on Tuesday, October 1, from 1–2 PM, featuring a conversation with curator Ionit Behar, PhD, followed by an in-person guided tour on Wednesday, October 2, at 1 PM at the museum.

Free & open to individuals aged 65+. Registration limited to 25 participants.

Presented in partnership with the Hyde Park Art Center. 

Walking Tour: Lincoln Park and the Young Lords

Saturday, September 27, 2025, 2pm – 3pm

Join us for a historical walking tour of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood led by Derek Potts, Instruction and Outreach Archivist at DePaul University. Covering approximately 1.5 miles, the tour will highlight key sites of activism and community organizing, with a focus on the influential history of the Young Lords Organization (YLO) and the urban renewal efforts of the late 1960s.

This program is supported by DePaul University’s Vincentian Endowment Fund through the Division of Mission and Ministry and the Center for Latino Research, in partnership with Special Collections and Archives at DePaul University.

Image credits: A member of the Young Lords writes in chalk as a family looks on during a Puerto Rican heritage festival at the Armitage Methodist Church, 1969.ST-40001976-0057, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum.

Music as Rebellion: A conversation with artist/musician Anika

September 26, 2025, 2pm – 4pm

Join us for a discussion on music as a form of resistance and rebellion. Berlin-based musician Anika (aka Annika Henderson) will be in conversation with Zack Ostrowski, Associate Professor at The Art School, DePaul University.

Anika is a composer, DJ, poet, photographer, radio host, and filmmaker. After beginning her career as a journalist, she gained recognition in the electronic music scene for her experimental sound collages, confrontational texts, and unique live performances around the world. Anika has a wide range of collaborators including musician Tricky (Massive Attack), computer programmer Raoul Sanders, and fashion house Jil Sander. She has created major multimedia commissions for Neue Berliner Kunstverein and most recently composed the score for Father Mother Sister Brother, directed by Jim Jarmusch, which won the 2025 Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.

This event is a partnership between the DePaul Humanities Center and the DePaul Art Museum.

Artist website

https://anika-music.com/ 

Artist-Curator Conversation and Walkthrough: "Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing"

Sunday, September 21, 2025, 11am – 12:30pm

Join renowned artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle and DPAM Curator Ionit Behar for a conversation exploring the artist’s solo exhibition A Want for Nothing. Together, they will discuss Manglano-Ovalle’s artistic process and how his work critically engages with pressing contemporary issues. The conversation will be followed by a guided walkthrough of the exhibition and an audience Q&A.

This program is presented in partnership with Chicago Exhibition Weekend.

Fall Exhibitions Opening Reception

Thursday, September 11, 2025, 6 – 8pm

Please join us for an in-person reception celebrating the opening of DPAM’s Fall/Winter 2025-26 exhibitions. Light refreshments will be served. 

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing presents site-specific works that blur the line between art and utility, inviting viewers to meditate on the role and “usefulness” of art in society. Manglano-Ovalle’s challenges notions of function, beauty, and purpose in art, calls us to inhabit the present moment fully, and urges us to consider: How does the work draw us in, and how do we, in turn, respond to it—right here, right now?

Tengo Lincoln Park en Mi Corazón: Young Lords in Chicago explores the Young Lords Organization's trajectory in the Lincoln Park neighborhood amidst gentrification and urban renewal. This exhibition highlights the displacement of a vibrant Puerto Rican community in the 1950s and 1960s, and the intersections of history, activism, and the geography of memory within one of the most influential movements in Latinx civil rights history.

The Learning Studio: Workshop with Artist Victoria Martinez

Saturday, August 2, 2pm

Join DPAM for another exciting Learning Studio program! Inspired by Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures, Chicago-based artist Victoria Martinez will guide an all-ages workshop where participants use photographs, textiles, and everyday materials like fruit nets and bubble wrap to craft unexpected and creative collages. 

This program is generously supported by the Vincentian Endowment Fund.

Image credits:

Victoria Martinez, Batman incognito at the U.S. / Mexican border, 2019, Yale University School of Art. 

Lance Scott Walker in Conversation with Jessica Hopper

Thursday, May 29, 5pm

Please join us for a conversation between Lance Scott Walker, author of the book "DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution," in conversation with the book's editor, Chicago-based director, producer and music writer Jessica Hopper. "A Life in Slow Revolution" examines the history and work of DJ Screw, innovator of the chopped and screwed music phenomenon. The talk will be followed by a book signing, and books will be available for purchase at the event. 

This event is brought to you in partnership with the DePaul Humanities Center.