# Event Details - **Event Name**: Werkz in the Archive: Film Screening and Dance Cypher - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Participatory evening of film and movement honors the historically black practice of Chicago FootworkAbout this EventJoin us for a screening, dance cypher, and reflections, featuring films inspired by the work of Dr. ShaDawn “Boobie” Battle, the National Public Housing Museum’s 2023 Artist as Instigator.Dr. ShaDawn is joined by filmmaker and footworker Fonzo, Oral History Manager Liú M.Z.H. Chen, and Assistant Curator and Registrar jellystone robinson. These artists and cultural workers collaborated as part of 60 Inches From Center's Chicago Archives + Artists Project to critically examine Chicago Footwork and its ability to hold the stories of public housing told through oral histories collected and preserved in the museum’s archive.This culminating workshop mobilizes footwork as an embodied form of archival work and creative way of processing trauma related to housing violence and environmental racism.FREE. Light bites and refreshments included.Chicago Archives + Artists ProjectThis workshop is presented in collaboration with Sixty Inches from Center, a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. Launched in 2017, the Chicago Archives + Artists Project (CA+AP) pairs artists with archives across Chicago to spark new experiments in creative interpretation, to showcase the rich histories and materials being preserved in participating archives, and to share archival practices with local artists and their communities https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/affaf910-fd10-11f0-ba1a-3b0c3b9920bd-rimg-w1200-h200-dcffffff-gmir.jpg AboutThis event is presented as part of the National Public Housing Museum’s Artist as Instigator program, which leverages arts and culture to make creative public policy interventions around housing and related issues.The Artist as Instigator residency is supported by multi-year funding from the Mellon Foundation, as well as support from the Joyce Foundation, and the Illinois Arts Council. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/b0167050-fd10-11f0-85ad-3b50a9507bcc-rimg-w1200-h200-dcffffff-gmir.jpg Agenda?: 05:30 PMDoors open, light bites, museum open for exploration?: 06:00 PMProgram begins?: 06:15 PMMedia screenings?: 07:00 PMConversation and Q&A?: 07:30 PMDance cypher - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/werkz-in-the-archive-film-screening-and-dance-cypher/100001981604276735 - **Event Categories**: Art, Entertainment, Workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fwerkz-in-the-archive-film-screening-and-dance-cypher-tickets-1981604276735 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: National Public Housing Museum - **lat**: 41.8696534 - **long**: -87.65992949999999 - **full address**: National Public Housing Museum, 919 South Ada Street, Chicago, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: National Public Housing Museum (https://allevents.in/org/national-public-housing-museum/17730894) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/762526521517dd84c990d19254a5f654fd53bcfa21e19cd51e9f92cb9eb5ebd8-rimg-w1200-h600-dc4976eb-gmir.jpg?v=1769690883 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/bf549091c4418cb6274c61c190753cb5cc950b05d23df721bfa236b84a965e04-rimg-w400-h400-dc041c60-gmir.jpg?v=1769690883 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? 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