Nonggi Art Installation

Visit our Ensemble Theater lobby to view Korean banners created by local immigrants.
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"This project gives us a vehicle to bring our communities together, talk about immigration and citizenship, tell our stories on these NongGis and display them throughout Chicago as a statement of shared purpose and identity." - Aram Han Sifuentes

Nonggi (Korean Banners)

These banners were created at the HANA Center in Albany Park in workshops facilitated by Artist Aram Han Sifuentes, as part of the project Citizenship For All: Storytelling Through Nonggi Making. The ongoing Nonggi banner making workshops are held for multi-generational, multi-ethnic immigrant communities in Chicago through storytelling and hands-on creation to achieve immigrant and racial justice. This workshop series will culminate with the banners being displayed on the facade of the HANA Center and are currently featured here at Steppenwolf, where Martyna Majok's Sanctuary City is in production.

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THE FABRIC OF IMMIGRATION


Conversation | The Cultural Fabric of Immigration
CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL: STORYTELLING THROUGH NONGGI MAKING
Fri, Sept 29th | 6pm
Balcony Bar | Steppenwolf Theatre
Join us for a pre-show conversation with artist Aram Han Sifuentes and Inhe Choi, Executive Director of the HANA Center. They'll explore creative cultural connections that center the immigrant experience, and the invaluable impact their nonggi (Korean banners) workshops have had on local immigrant communities.

The creation of these powerful nonggis and the radical change this project inspires will provide relevant context regarding themes explored in our production of Sanctuary City (on stage now through November 18th). 
Before or after this conversation, visit the first-floor lobby of the Ensemble Theater to see the Nonggis exhibit.

FREE Event
No RSVP required
Tickets to the 7:30pm performance of Sanctuary City can be purchased here.