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Join us this Saturday Oct. 1st @ 12pm to 4pm for A

Join us this Saturday Oct. 1st @ 12pm to 4pm for Austin Gallery Grand Opening.

645 N Latrobe Ave. Chicago.

Come get some free food, outdoor gallery, garden and Austin community!

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Here is the final design of The Giving Sukkah for

Here is the final design of The Giving Sukkah for the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival. The Grids + Griots pavilion, created by Sekou Cooke Studio, is an installation piece that dissects a 40-foot-long shipping container to create dynamic, inviting and multifunctional spaces for the YMEN (Young Men’s Educational Network) community. One of the goals of The Giving Sukkah is to repurpose one of these spaces to create a farm stand where the community can grow and sell their produce. In order to coexist with the existing installation, the sukkah borrows a component of the pavilion and takes on the shape of a dissected shipping container. The Grids + Griots pavilion references the concept of the “Grid” and breaks free from it by introducing the concept of the Griot - a storyteller, entertainer, and occasional healer that is an important figure in many West African cultures. Another rebel, The Giving Sukkah reinterprets the building code of sukkah construction to create a three and a half walled permanent structure in which the organic roof is made of a series of upside-down planter beds. Additionally, the sukkah incorporates the handprints of members of the community to create a meaningful and long-lasting space.

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A Garden Oasis Materializes in Austin

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