{"id":4222,"date":"2022-06-07T03:53:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T08:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artonsedgwick.org\/blog\/?page_id=4222"},"modified":"2023-01-14T02:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T08:29:51","slug":"old-town-portrait-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.artonsedgwick.org\/blog\/old-town-portrait-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Town Portrait Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Five hundred years ago, only royalty had their portraits painted; it was an affirmation of their dignity. The Old Town Portrait Project will allow ordinary people who live or work in the Old Town community to submit a photo of their choosing to Art on Sedgwick, so that each person maintains control of their own representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Veteran Chicago artist, John Bakker, will then use these photos to create hand painted portraits that will last over 100 years. The concentrated focus on each individual is an affirmation, an embodiment of the intrinsic dignity of the people who make up the neighborhood. Bakker has completed\u00a0similar projects in Roseland and Galesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each portrait is hand painted on a wooden box with a hand lettered biography that tells the story of those pictured on the side.
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Assembled boxes for the Galesburg Portrait Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The completed Galesburg Portrait Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

How to be a part of it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Old Town Portrait Project is at the very beginning. When complete, it will be a moveable mural 20 feet wide by 7 feet high with more than 400 portraits. We need your help because we need your photos! <\/strong>You can send in a photo of yourself — or with their permission<\/strong><\/em> — of your children, your significant other, your parents, your grandparents, etc. Please keep in mind that any photos submitted to the project and turned into a portrait will be on public display and both your original photo and portrait may be featured on social media or other materials related to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What kind of photos should I submit?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n