Chicago Insight June 28th 2026

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
And is following the signs and slowing down when you
drive through a work zone, respect the zone.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's not a game.

Speaker 3 (00:06):
Hello, and welcome to Chicago Inside. I'm your host, Darryl Dennard.
As I always like to say, the show is all
about informing you about the institutions as well as the
individuals who are doing extraordinary things in our cities as
well as our communities. Over the last few years, there
have been dramatic strides made and the treatment of cancer

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and survival rates for people who are diagnosed with these
sometimes deadly disease. In fact, the five year survival rate
for cancer patient stands at seventy percent. That's a historic high. Still,
one cancer death is too many. The biggest tool in
treating cancer is early detection, but the reality is getting

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screened for breast and prostate cancer can be cost prohibitive
for some. Well, if you're a resident of Cook County,
paying for breast and prostate cancer screenings is no longer
an issue, and it's thanks to a special program developed
by Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry. We'll get the details
on this very important program and we'll also learn about

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the soft launch of the Life and color art gallery
a vision of Pastor John Hannah and his new life
Covenant Church, Southeast. So there is a lot to talk
about this morning, and we begin with birthday cancer screenings.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
There is good.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
News to report when it comes to treating cancer. Major
advances in gene therapy and a massive shift toward precision
medicine has increased the five year overall cancer survival rate
to a historic seventy percent. Still much needs to be done,
and the major tool in the arsenal for treating cancer

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is early detection. With June being Cancer Survivors Month. A
press conference was held this week to inform Cook County
residents on the birthday health screening program. In joining me
this morning, you discuss the program is its creator, Cok
County Commissioner Bill Lowry, Commission always a pleasure to talk
to you. How are you doing, sir?

Speaker 2 (02:07):
I'm doing great, my friend, and I always want to say,
whenever I see you, thank you for all that you're
doing for us throughout the community.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
We really appreciate you. You're one of our blessings.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
And when it comes to treating cancer, I don't believe
there's any family that hasn't been touched. I know that
you're bullied by just the increases in treating cancer, but
for this, in terms of being a cancer survivor, it's
personal for you.

Speaker 4 (02:31):
Well, that's right, it's very personal.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
And I think that there are a lot of lessons
which really I can convey given my cancer journeys.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
And one thing I'll say, I've always been good at
getting my annual physical and I think that's.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Vital for all of us to do, and I've always
done it around or in my birthday month, because you know,
I may forget a lot, but I don't forget my birthday.

Speaker 4 (02:51):
So living that. It was October.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Twenty nineteen when I had my annual physical and a
part of that was the taking of blood which allowed
my prostate specific.

Speaker 4 (03:01):
Antigen test to be performed.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
That's the PSA test, and that's related to the prostate
and you want a PSA.

Speaker 4 (03:08):
Reading of four or below. I was a six point eight.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
So that gave my urologists some pause, and then we
went to step two. And step two is we set
up a abdominal MRI. And when we had the MRI,
it showed some inflammation. Now, Daryl inflammation may mean cancer,
it may mean inflammation, but there was inflammation around my prostate,

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and that led to a biopsy after that, where samples
were taken from the prostate so they could be studied
to determine if in fact cancer was present or not.
And about five days after the biopsy, I received a
call from a radiologist who said, no cancer. You know,
I exhaled, No one wants to have cancer. But then
five days later my eurologists called me from Bali and

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if your doctor calls you from Bali, it's.

Speaker 4 (03:57):
Not to ask about Chicago weather.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
And he told me that based on a second reading,
he thought, in fact I did have prostate cancer, but
it was early and he said it's a slow growing cancer,
so we could just get through the holidays, which we did.
And then my options going forward were surveillance, where your
doctor just gives you regular tests to determine if your
PSA level is rising, to radiation where you use radiation

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to kill.

Speaker 4 (04:23):
The cancer cells which are present.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
Or three remove of the prostate, which of course would
also remove any cancer that was present. So I elected
to have removal and we did so January of twenty twenty,
less than one percent of my prostate was cancrous, but
thankfully it did not spread, and it had not spread
because of early detection. It did not spread because I'd
had my annual physical and the procedure itself was the

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robotic procedure. It was probably as easy as the surgery
could be. And my recovery, you know, while I had
a couple of hiccuffs, by and large, it was very,
very easy. So after that, I decided that I needed
to make sure you're all in our community. New that
first of all, you had to have an annual physical
and do it around your birthday. You won't forget that too.

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Early detection is so important if in fact you do
have cancer. The difference between a grade one and a
grade four cancer is enormous relative not only to your
daily life, but your longevity.

Speaker 4 (05:19):
And then the other thing I.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
Wanted to really share and especially with my brothers throughout
the community. No man should die from prostate cancer. But
in order to live those words, you have to have
your annual physical. You have to know what your.

Speaker 4 (05:31):
PSA level is. You have to allow.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
Your doctor when examining you, to give you the part
of the exam. I hear a lot of brothers say
they don't want but that's the two second part of
the examination when your urologist actually feels the prostate and
they're feeling that to determine if the prostate feels normal
or not. So that's a very important step, but it's
very quick and it's vital to your.

Speaker 4 (05:54):
Long term health.

Speaker 2 (05:55):
So after that, I continued my annual physicals, and I
did so while also starting my annual Commissioner Bill larry
Men's Healthfare every September.

Speaker 4 (06:06):
That September is prospectly.

Speaker 3 (06:08):
Radio many times talking about that, and you've been a supporter.
It's grown exponentially well, it has.

Speaker 2 (06:15):
Now it's actually the Commissioner Bill larry Men's and Family
Health Fare, and we have organizations represented from all over
the county and beyond, and.

Speaker 4 (06:26):
All types of specialists are there.

Speaker 2 (06:28):
So while we certainly have individuals there who can address
prostate cancer, we have individuals there who can address all
types of cancer, lung cancer, colorecto cancer, breast cancer, et cetera.

Speaker 4 (06:40):
So we're very proud of that.

Speaker 2 (06:41):
But I continued with my annual physicals and then in
May of twenty twenty three, I saw my position.

Speaker 4 (06:46):
He says, how you feeling. I said, feel good.

Speaker 2 (06:48):
He says, you look pretty good. But let's take a
half day and get some radiographic testing just to see
what's going on inside of your body. And even I
had good, good insurance, I had to pay out a
pocket because I didn't have a diagnose. And thankfully though,
we went forward with that because one of the tests
showed that I had a mass on my right kidney,
and through further testing, we determined that that too represented

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a cancer, but again it was early detection, it had
not spread, and I had my right kidney in that
mass removed September of twenty twenty three, and we found out, Darrow,
that the two cancers were not directly related to each diagnosis,
but instead was related.

Speaker 4 (07:28):
To my immune system.

Speaker 2 (07:29):
My immune system was not killing the cancer cells which
all of our bodies produced, so after ten months of
immuno therapy, it had the desired effect and I've been
cancer free since twenty twenty four. And that has led
me to another initiative, which you've already talked about before.

Speaker 3 (07:46):
We talk about that initiative, yeah, because there are so
many people that don't have the internal let's say, constitution
to deal with the diagnosis and instead of you know,
going at it full throttle to say, hey, I'm going
to do everything in my power to also be in

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a mental state of mind that will aid in my
recovery and dealing with this. I want to take a
step back here because you did that during the initial stage.
It was caught early. You took it on full force,
and I just wanted to know what was the emotional
roller coaster once you said, hey, you are cancer free

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in terms of the prostate, only one percent having spread
throughout your prostate there. But then just a couple of
years later, you get a second diagnosis that isn't the
prostate but the kidney. How did you handle that emotionally?

Speaker 4 (08:48):
Well? It was devastating, but.

Speaker 2 (08:52):
It forces you to face your own mortality. But like you,
I have a lot to do, and you know, I
believe each and every day my job is to live Galatians,
so I am here to serve and love my community.
So I compartmentalized and I kept doing what I have
to do.

Speaker 4 (09:05):
I am a man of faith.

Speaker 2 (09:06):
I believe that much like I had been brought through
the prostate cancer journey, I would be brought through the
renal cancer cancer journey. And we just went by day
by day, and thankfully, you know, again it was early
detection and the cancer was removed. But no, it's very difficult,
and it's not only difficult for the person who has
the diagnosis, it's very difficult for family and friends who

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surround that person. So it's very hard on my three children,
my wife. But again, I'm a big believer in prayer,
so I'd rather have five of us praying every day
as opposed to just me.

Speaker 3 (09:40):
Yeah, you definitely had churches praying for you as usually.
You help always at faith institutions in terms of Apostolic
Church of God being one of the locations for the
now Health and men's Health and Family screenings. I want
to talk about in terms of just not only being

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a cancer survivor. But one key point that you mentioned
is that to get screened, to be in the right
frame medically in terms of being observed and understanding all
the quirks and everything that go on in your body,
that was expensive. You had the wherewithal to cover that

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expensive screening, but there are so many people that don't
have insurance, don't even have the money. They may have insurance,
but as you said, the insurance didn't cover the screening.

Speaker 4 (10:36):
That's right. So to that point, after my right kidney
was removed.

Speaker 2 (10:42):
I said to my wife, I said, you know, I've
got to come up with a way to make it
easier for all of us to receive the gift of
early detection, including those of us who maybe do not
have the means to pay out a pocket for that privilege.
Because again, healthcare, both traditional and behaviors are right share
bias all. It's not a privilege reserved for the few.

Speaker 4 (11:03):
So after that statement, it came to me.

Speaker 2 (11:05):
I popped up in bed at three ten am a
couple of days later, and this was in September of
twenty twenty three, and she asked me if I was
all right, and I say yes, But it just came
to me, I'm going to create a birthday health screening
program throughout all of Cook County. And that led to
a resolution which was unanimously supported by President Preckwinkle as
well as my colleagues on the.

Speaker 4 (11:24):
Board and Cook County Health.

Speaker 2 (11:27):
And then in January of twenty twenty five of the
Commissioner Bill Larry, Cook County Birthday Help Screening Program was
launched and under that program, women throughout Cook County forty
years of age and oder are entitled to get a
mammogram at Cook County Hospital or another participating clinic, and
if they don't have insurance, it's absolutely free. And men

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forty five men forty five and older I can't get
a prostate screening, and if they don't have insurance, it's
absolutely free. And Daryl, when you looked at the first
year of my program from January of twenty five through
January twenty six, and you compared it with that same
time frame relative to screenings at Cook County a year previous,
we learn that mammograms are fifty four percent for uninsured women,

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eighteen percent overall, and of thirteen percent for prostate screening.
So quite simply, this program is having the desired effect.
It's fostering early detection overall wellness, and it's saving lives.
And then the other thing, and you know this because
we've talked a lot about it. With the screening, it's
not just the screening for cancer, excuse me, it's a physical.

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So thankfully they're individuals who have had the screening and
they don't have cancer, but they find out for the
first time that they're.

Speaker 4 (12:40):
Pre diabetic or they have high blood pressure.

Speaker 2 (12:43):
The other thing that's made possible at the time of
the screening. If an individual wants a primary care physician,
they have a list that they can choose from.

Speaker 4 (12:51):
And that's so important because so.

Speaker 2 (12:53):
Often in our community, because of lack of health care
access over the years, because of a prevailing distrust by
some in healthcare.

Speaker 4 (13:03):
You know, for various reasons in.

Speaker 2 (13:05):
The past that we've all that we've all embraced. We
often use the emergency room as our primary care position.
And you don't want to go to the emergency room
because of some symptom and then you're being seen. What
you want to do is be preventative. And to be preventative,
I advise everyone to have a primary care position, and
with that in place, you're then positioned to have your

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annual physical as.

Speaker 3 (13:26):
I outline, and I love the aspect of an annual
physical I like most Black men, and you know, of
course i'm generalizing here, always have a trepidation in terms
of doctors. It's like they're saying in the Wiz, don't
bring me no bad news, right right, And doing annual

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physicals something that really men should start at least in
the forties in terms of the prostate and also other
health issues, whether it be diabetes, high blood pressure. Is
that when you go for that annual physical it is
absolutely miraculous. I'm going to do away with the word
amazing here. It is miraculous what two vials of blood, yes,

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and a little bit of urine can detect in your body.

Speaker 2 (14:16):
No, that's right, and we must embrace that avoidance is
not the answer. We must also embrace knowledge is power,
and for you to get that knowledge, you have to
go through the steps that we've outlined.

Speaker 4 (14:28):
The other thing, You're absolutely right.

Speaker 2 (14:30):
You need to really lean in the screenings on once
you reach the age of forty. But if you have
a family history, do it earlier and make sure you
know earlier.

Speaker 4 (14:38):
What's going on in your body.

Speaker 2 (14:40):
And I think that's important, but it also leads to
another critical point. We need to talk and share with
each other. You know, my father needs to tell me
what types of issues he dealt with, so then I
know what I need to look out for. And I'm
doing the same relative to my sons.

Speaker 4 (14:57):
And my daughter. We've got to stop being secret of
about health.

Speaker 3 (15:01):
It we all have been, including mental health.

Speaker 4 (15:04):
Oh, it was so much so.

Speaker 2 (15:05):
And that's why you know, when I look at my
why relative to my service as Cook County commission of
the third District, my wives become health care health care equity,
and I'm talking about both traditional and behavioral. There's no
question about it.

Speaker 3 (15:18):
Talking to Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry about his wonderful
Birthday Help screenings program, all you have to do to
schedule a screening for breast cancer as well as other
health issues is called three one two eight six four
four two eight nine. One thing that happened at this
press conference was that you had other cancer survivors that

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have survived cancer for twenty and thirty years. There was
this eighty three year old woman and she of course
didn't look eighty three black as they say in crack,
but she was diagnosed in twenty five or thirty years
ago in terms of having breast cancer. And it was
just extraordinary in terms of the message of survivalship. But

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all tied into what you're doing with the birthday health screenings,
and that is early detection.

Speaker 2 (16:11):
It's just critical, you know, and a diagnosis does not
have to be a death sentence. But obviously the earlier
you're diagnosed, the better prognosis you're going to have. That's
why again, and you know, we're harping.

Speaker 4 (16:23):
On it because it's that important.

Speaker 2 (16:25):
Get the annual physical know what's going on in your body,
hopefully nothing other than just you know, normal types of things,
but is there something going on? Knowledge is power, you know,
knowledge is power. But you're right, I was just hearing
from the other survivors. It's just it really was a
celebration that we had an acknowledgment of June being National

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Cancer Survivor Month. It was a celebration. It was a
celebration of life. And that's really my message. With the
knowledge that you can get by making sure you know
what's going on in your body, you'll be able to
celebrate a whole lot of things for a lot longer
than if you don't do it. And that's really the takeaway.
And then again for our brothers prostate cancer. No man
should die from prostate cancer.

Speaker 4 (17:09):
Because it's such a slow growing cancer.

Speaker 2 (17:10):
What often happens is men don't even know they have it,
and by the time their cancer manifests, it is now
bone cancer or something that's even more serious. So that's
why there's a real opportunity here with early detection for
all cancers, but certainly prostate cancer and.

Speaker 3 (17:25):
It's a cost savings not only emotionally but also financially
for the family and also for the providers. I want
to also just deal with the fact in terms of
when you talk about the screenings and getting tested, you
are now a national, international thought leader on this, and

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from what I understand, people from around other counties as
well as other states, if not internationally, are trying to
implement this birthday screening program.

Speaker 2 (17:57):
Well that's very kind of you, But the truth is
it is absolutely gaining traction throughout the country, and it's
simply I'm just thankful that I'm being used as a
vessel here, and I really really mean that.

Speaker 4 (18:12):
But yes, there's states that are.

Speaker 2 (18:14):
Interested in replicating this model, there are other counties which
are interested in doing so, and I'm going to continue
to push. I'm looking to add to the screening lung screening.
We're having conversations about colorarectal screenings. But the other thing
I want everyone within the sound of my voice to
know is that my program is just one example of
screening opportunities at Cook County. We have a vast number

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of other opportunities. So whether you're talking long or colorect
or whatever, the cancer might be. We have different screenings
available at Cook County help to address that, make to
confirm or rule out a diagnosis. So I do want
everyone to keep that in mind, and you can go
to Cook Countyhealth dot org cook Countyhealth dot org and
research all the screens that are available, including my birthday

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health screening program.

Speaker 3 (19:02):
It's wonderful in terms of we have birthdays as periods
of celebration, but what better way to celebrate than to
ensure or try to ensure that you're in the best
physical health possible and doing that on your birthday.

Speaker 2 (19:20):
And Darrel, if I had not gone and died in
my physical in October twenty nineteen, I would likely not
be on the phone.

Speaker 4 (19:27):
With you right now on the radio right now. I'm
speaking to my community right now.

Speaker 3 (19:32):
Well, you speak not only in terms of eloquent words,
but also and deeds that have extraordinary impacts. So we
want to thank you for that, Commissioner, and once again
give that website for people to find out more about
the birthday health screenings.

Speaker 2 (19:47):
You can go to Cook Countyhealth dot org. That's Cook
Countyhealth dot org, or you can call three one two
eight six four four to eight nine to set up
your birthday health help screening.

Speaker 3 (20:00):
I'm a little premature here, but happy birthday to you, Commissioner.

Speaker 2 (20:05):
Thank you, my friend, and I look forward to continuing
the partner with you in this way. This is an
impactful generational work that we and many others are doing.

Speaker 3 (20:14):
Together and we are the better because of it.

Speaker 2 (20:17):
Appreciate you, brother, Yeah, I appreciate you too.

Speaker 4 (20:20):
Thank you.

Speaker 3 (20:20):
For millennia, religion has inspired art and keeping with that tradition,
New Life Covenant Church Southeast is literally opening doors of
opportunity to showcase the work of black artists. And joining
me this morning to discuss the mission and soft launch
of Life and Color Art Gallery is Daniel Hayes. He
is the director of Life and Color Art Gallery as

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well as the assistant director, Kennedy Lanier. It's a pleasure
to have the both of you join us this morning, Daniel.
Usually when we think of owners of art galleries, we
think of patrons or public or private institutions. Life and
Color is an extension of New Life Covenant Church Southeast
Pastor John Hanner's vision and opening up an art gallery.

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Talk to me about that.

Speaker 5 (21:07):
So Pastor Hannah has had a deep rooted passion for
art for at least two or three years that I'm
aware of, but probably even before that. And so he
reached out to me and was like, look, I have
this vision. I want to make something happen on the
South Side. I want to bring art back to the
South Side in a major way. Can you help? And
I was like, of course, And so since then we

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took this space. It's located right across the street and
it was a home. We gutted it and it's four
floors and just made it like our own thing. We
have our own gallery right there.

Speaker 3 (21:37):
And Kennedy speaks specifically not only to the location, but
also the interior design, which you are actually responsible for.

Speaker 1 (21:46):
Yes, the interior design has been a big role for Fure,
especially sharing it with assistant director. My original idea was
the space being, of course, having that homely feeling somewhere
where people can come and feel safe. We have four
floors where we have a different floor devoted to a
different theme or a different idea. The bottom will be

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for workshops, the first two floors are going to be
for rotating exhibitions, and then at the top we have
a loft library space. So it's going to be an
open door policy where someone can always come to get
something and be inspired or hopefully leave with something as well.

Speaker 3 (22:22):
Now, Daniel, this is a name or a soft launch,
and that there's an exhibition that's going to take place
and run for a month. Describe the intention behind that.

Speaker 5 (22:34):
So, as Kennedy was mentioning, we have all these different levels,
what we want to do is give people an idea
of what they can expect to see throughout. So what
the programming on the basement floor, as she said that
the two exhibition spaces on the second and third floor,
and then the loft being that library. But it's kind
of bare bones. You just want to see, Okay, this
is what it's going to look like. This is what

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we're expecting to see, and give people a chance to
float in and kind of just get their mind wrapped
around it. And then in December we're going to have
our grand opening when things are completely finalized and you'll
be able to see the space in its full glory.

Speaker 3 (23:09):
From the twenty seventh running for a month, it's going
to be an exhibition. Speak specifically about that exhibition.

Speaker 5 (23:15):
Three or four of Pastor's personal connections in Ghana in
West Africa, some artists that he met when he went
over there in his travels, and so we brought a
lot of their pieces back. We laid them out all
throughout the space to kind of give people an idea
of what they could look like in a home. And
then we have two or three Chicago based artists, one
who is now actually living in Iowa, but is born

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and raised in Chicago, sculpturists all in the space to
kind of just give you an idea of how one
how large the space is, but to the possibilities of
what we can do within that area.

Speaker 3 (23:47):
So, Kennedy, what do you find most exciting for patrons
that will walk through the doors.

Speaker 1 (23:53):
I really find the connection the most exciting. I was
thinking about our title of our show, which is Interwoven,
and our thing was all about how we come together physically,
even represented in life, threads and weaving and different things.
So I'm really excited to see the culture connection and
all of that just intersection with art and everyone coming

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together and seeing it has been a real labor of love,
and art isn't really anything until there's life in it,
so it's exciting. It's exciting to imagine all the people
walking through there.

Speaker 3 (24:25):
Peste Hannah said that one of his personal goals is
to see a piece of black art in every own Daniel,
how does this the opening of the gallery achieve that mission. Oh,
that's an easy one. You can walk out with it.

Speaker 5 (24:38):
But beyond that, I think that even seeing because it
is a home, because it was a house before this,
even seeing black art in a home in that sense
gives people the inspiration begins to get those wheels turning, like, oh,
this is achievable, and this is something that I could
stage for myself. So that right there is like already
the jump starter. But man, I think that a piece

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of black art in every home is essential. It's it's
always essential to to interface with your identity externally and
see a piece that kind of just encapsulates something that
makes you want to your imagination want to run.

Speaker 3 (25:14):
So now we had talked about some of the artists
that are featured in this exhibition called Into Woven. Why
did you decide to title it Into Woven and talk
about the genres and what type of art will people
be able to see?

Speaker 5 (25:29):
Kennedy kind of touched on it. Interwoven is more just
about connectivity, the threads of life. Different cultural things that
kind of tie people together and keep people connected. Also,
I can imagine just as a canvas has all of
these different layerings and things that are threaded to put
it together. The different The different artists we have are

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Quashi Tourneu who's from Ghana, mister t from Ghana, Dan
from Ghana, and then William Cryer who's amazing, amazing sculpt
is from Chicago.

Speaker 3 (26:01):
There, what medium are we talking about. We're talking about acrylical,
We're talking about oils.

Speaker 5 (26:06):
So we've got a crylic on canvas, We've got kind
of a cemented epoxy kind of sculpture. There's some oil
on canvas as well, and then mixed media. A lot
of these pieces also have either kente or some different
type of cloth kind of woven into it, interwoven i e.
So that that kind of that kind of brings everything

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together in that way.

Speaker 1 (26:31):
A lot of the pay things have a lot of relationships,
so a lot of mother daughters, a lot of so
you'll see that, a lot of hands holding, so you'll
see that very clearly coming through with the pieces as well.

Speaker 3 (26:42):
Okay, but to a chain, it's a chain if you
will abridge from Africa to America. Talk about the exact
location in terms of the facility, because I want to
give our listeners a picture of what they can anticipate
when they come by and where do they need to go.

Speaker 1 (27:00):
So I would say the big thing to look for
is the red door. When you see the red door,
that's how you know that you're there. Red door, Mews ownership.
That was something really special to pass there. As well
as our colors. There is a little sneak peak. I
have a little homage to the Pan African flag. So
we're directly across the street. If you are in the
lobby of New Life, you can see us from there,

(27:21):
but it is a house directly across the street with.

Speaker 4 (27:23):
The red door.

Speaker 2 (27:24):
We need.

Speaker 1 (27:25):
The location of New Life, Life and Colors address as
seventy six forty four South Greenwood, ass and New Life
is right across the street at seventy six twenty one South.

Speaker 3 (27:34):
Bringwood, wonderful southeast section of the city of Chicago. What
can we look forward to in terms of the future.
Of course, this is a soft launch and the exhibition
is going to run for about a month, so people
will have an opportunity to go by there. What can
we look forward to come to the grand opening in December.

Speaker 5 (27:55):
So beyond the mission of having a piece of black
art in every house, in every institution, what is most
important for us as a gallery is to begin to
give legs to help continue to support and promote emerging artists,
specifically in Chicago, but also abroad. So for our grand opening,
you're going to see a five to six person group

(28:17):
show that kind of brings everyone together. It's going to
have a theme behind it, but everyone's going to get
their own space to kind of make the space fully immersive.
And so beyond that, it's all about having young artists,
budding artists, as well as having fantastic programming for the community,
which I think is probably even more important than the

(28:38):
art sales or anything like that, is having a lot
of programming to make this gallery rooted in the community
so that people know that they can always come here
to find inspiration, to breathe, to take a second, and
to you know, obviously embrace fantastic artwork.

Speaker 3 (28:54):
It is the best way for them to find out
more information about the gallery.

Speaker 5 (28:58):
So we have an Instagram which is Life in Color
Art Gallery on Instagram, and our website is Lifeincolor Dot Art.

Speaker 3 (29:05):
Well, we want to bring art to everybody, and I
want to commend you guys as well as Pasta Hana
on opening Life and Color Gallery. I want to thank
Daniel Hayes as well as Kennedy Lanier for joining us
this morning.

Speaker 1 (29:19):
Thank you so much for thank you so much for
having us.

Speaker 3 (29:21):
Well, the clock on the wall tells us that our
time this morning is up. Well, time is up, and
that wraps up this edition of Chicago Insight and Closing.
Please take advantage of the useful information presented today, especially
about those birthday cancer screenings. I'm Darryl Denard always.

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