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The Chicago White Sox will celebrate its Pride Night
The White Sox will offer an exclusive Summer T-Shirt Series giveaway, with shirts created by local LGBTQ+ artist Sandra Antongiorgi for the first 10,000 fans, ages 21+, who enter the ballpark.
HUMBOLDT PARK — Neftali Reyes Jr. was on his way to fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional baseball player when he was shot and killed in 2017. “His dream was taken away, and so were my dreams for him,” Reyes Jr.’s dad, Neftali Reyes Sr., said.A new mural honoring the 19-year-old Roberto Clemente High School graduate and other young victims of gun violence was unveiled this week. The mural, located under a viaduct at 1798 N. Humboldt Blvd., was painted by a trio of local artists — Sandra Antongiorgi, Rae Wilson and Andy Bellomo — and funded by Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th), who represents the area where Reyes Jr. was killed.
Annette Flores and Neftali Reyes Sr., whose 19-year-old son Neftali Reyes Jr. was shot to death in December 2017, embrace during the unveiling of the “Tunnel of Blessings: Neftali Reyes Jr. Memorial Mural” underneath the viaduct at The 606 on Humboldt Boulevard, Wednesday afternoon, July 14, 2021. Neftali Reyes Jr. is one of 14 children and young adults honored in the mural after being lost to gun violence in Chicago.
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Chicago artists Andy Bellomo and Sandra Antongiorgi painted a mural to showcase queer artists of color and those who use their work to create social change.
![The mural, “Es Tiempo de Recordar,” was painted 26 years ago by a trio of artists. It was whitewashed last week by the city. [Photos courtesy of Scott Thompson; John Vergara]HERMOSA — Neighbors are outraged after the city destroyed a large mural celebrating Puerto Rican culture at Pulaski Road and Bloomingdale Avenue with no input from the artists or local officials.The colorful mural, “Es Tiempo de Recordar,” was painted 26 years ago by a trio of prominent artists — Sandra Antongiorgi, Marcus Akinlana and Rolf Mueller— in partnership with a group of students. It depicted the art, music and culture of the Puerto Rican community, according to Antongiorgi, who also restored the mural in 2010.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/566af61cbfe8738c2315f66a/1626736946352-503U5UMS45D15OY7F3EM/Es+Tiempo+de+Recordar+-Whitewash)
The mural, “Es Tiempo de Recordar,” was painted 26 years ago by a trio of artists. It was whitewashed last week by the city. [Photos courtesy of Scott Thompson; John Vergara]
HERMOSA — Neighbors are outraged after the city destroyed a large mural celebrating Puerto Rican culture at Pulaski Road and Bloomingdale Avenue with no input from the artists or local officials.
The colorful mural, “Es Tiempo de Recordar,” was painted 26 years ago by a trio of prominent artists — Sandra Antongiorgi, Marcus Akinlana and Rolf Mueller— in partnership with a group of students. It depicted the art, music and culture of the Puerto Rican community, according to Antongiorgi, who also restored the mural in 2010.
Sandra Antongiorgi, a rising Chicago artist known for her thought-provoking visual art and World, Latin and Neo-Soul music will be headlining a concert February 24 at SPACE in Evanston, as part of the film screening of One City Films’ F*** Your Hair, a new documentary about a local Latin American-owned craft brewery that became a symbol of resistance against then-Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
Puerto Rican-born artist Sandra Antongiorgi creates art for all the senses. She is a singer and song writer, a painter and muralist. She tells deeply revealing human stories of domestic violence, social justice and of all the parts of people that make them beautiful. Those stories come alive through her paint brush and her guitar. While the power of Sandra’s work is capturing attention across the country, it is here in Chicago that it is gaining recognition for the impact it makes across cultures.
MACLA Presents Sandra Antongiorgi
CHICAGO, IL ( August 30, 2016 ) — "Weaving Cultures", a new mural celebrating underrepresented women of diverse backgrounds, including a transgender Latina, will be unveiled by local Chicago artists Sam Kirk and Sandra Antongiorgi on September 8, 2016 at 5 p.m. at 16th Street and Blue Island in the Pilsen community. A meet and greet celebration will follow the unveiling from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Tack Room, located at 1807 S. Allport. The 15 ft. x 40 ft. mural, commissioned by the Chicago Public Art Group, was developed to increase awareness and encourage a dialogue around unity and acceptance.
Pilsen has been a mecca for the Mexican muralist movement. A geographically isolated part of Chicago, Pilsen’s boundaries, from the Chicago River to the railroad viaducts, have become canvases for the growing effort to maintain vibrancy and culture within the predominantly Mexican neighborhood. Pilsen’s buildings, alleyways, and even doors are places where artists blend their identities and culture to convey the injustices they face daily.