Past Exhibitions

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s ongoing Folded Map project connects residents who live at corresponding addresses in the North and South Side neighborhoods of Chicago. By documenting architectural aspects of the neighborhoods and conversations between residents, Johnson demonstrates how a city of renowned institutions and robust tourism is also a city that struggles with issues of racial inequality and segregation. This exhibition was organized in partnership with Loyola University’s Center for Urban Research & Learning and the Public History Program.

Press on Folded Map:

Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-folded-map-project-chicago-20180521-story.html

The Visualist - http://www.thevisualist.org/2018/07/tonika-lewis-johnson-folded-map/
Windy City Live - https://abc7chicago.com/society/folded-map-project-capturing-the-division-of-the-city/4154771/

Metropolitan Planning Council - https://www.metroplanning.org/events/affiliated/detail/472
ABC 7 Sunday News - https://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/folded-map-project-puts-chicagos-inequalities-on-display/4243730/

Chicago Sun Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chicago-segregation-racism-north-side-south-side-tonika-johnson-loyola-university/

Chicago Sun Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/activist-tonika-johnson-art-project-analyzes-chicago-segregation/

WGN Radio Outside the Loop - https://wgnradio.com/2018/05/12/otl-604-chicago-mini-maker-faire-the-folded-map-project-the-secret-history-of-the-weaker-sex/

Bad at Sports - http://badatsports.com/2018/tonika-johnson-and-natasha-ritsma/

Sixty - http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tonika-l-johnson-uses-visual-activism-to-combat-distorted-truth/

Loyola University Chicago - https://luc.edu/foldedmap/

ABP - https://abeautifulperspective.com/2018/09/in-racially-divided-chicago-map-twins-break-down-barriers/

WBBM 780 Radio - https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/newsmaker-making-difference-tonika-johnson-folded-map-project

City Lab - https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/08/folded-map-twins-chicago-south-side-segregation/568903/

Chicago Magazine - https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/September-2018/Tonika-Johnson-Bridges-Neighborhoods-to-Break-Down-Walls-of-Segregation/

Next City - https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/chicago-segregation-mapping-project-makes-real-life-connections

WGN Radio - https://wgnradio.com/2018/08/07/tonika-johnson-documenting-englewood-telling-a-broader-story-of-chicago-and-more/

ABC Eyewitness News - https://abc7chicago.com/society/art-exhibit-looks-at-chicago-segregation-in-new-way/3712630/

Fox 32 - http://www.fox32chicago.com/backseat-rider/341606371-video
U.S. News Report - https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-05-26/chicago-photographers-project-shows-disparities-in-the-city

WBEZ Chicago - https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/folded-map-project-addresses-segregation-in-chicago/0bd42eb0-2aa8-4acb-b11e-5249b0902805

WGN Radio - https://wgnradio.com/2018/05/12/otl-604-chicago-mini-maker-faire-the-folded-map-project-the-secret-history-of-the-weaker-sex/

Bad at Sports podcast - http://badatsports.com/2018/10/page/2/

Art Forum International - https://www.artforum.com/artguide/loyola-university-museum-of-art-8251

Sixty Inches from the Center - https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2013/08/22/sixty-inches-from-center-chicago-arts-archive/