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Exhibition Features Four Chicago-Based Multidisciplinary Art and Design Groups

CHICAGO, IL.- We Are Here: Art & Design Out of Context is a month-long exhibition that features four Chicago-based multidisciplinary art and design groups that utilize the museum gallery as a workspace. The designers include: product design collective Object Design League, artist-run project space Golden Age, designers Tim Parson and Jessica Charlesworth, and screen-printers Sonnenzimmer. Visitors can interact with the artists and participate in the construction of the pieces, and observe the groups as they develop and construct smallscale pieces that are available to take home. Each design group begins their activities on a Tuesday during the month of July at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago. We Are Here is curated by James Goggin, MCA Director of Design, Print, and Digital Media. Designers, artists, and writers Caroline Linder and Lisa Smith co-