Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago Review

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(More customer reviews)I thoroughly enjoyed this book and was 'reeducated' by reading it. It made me much more aware of the decentralized ethic pockets of culture that exist within a city. Downtown invariably has an homogenized culture of museums and institutions that are an extension of white, European heritage, which may not even reflect the make-up most of those living within a city like Chicago. Outlying, local cultural centers and museums can be much more responsive to the communities in which they exist and correspondingly have a greater impact on people's lives. Producing Local Color was an eye-opener. It has reoriented my thinking about how culture functions within a city. Probably worth reading again.

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