10/13/2025
In 2023, Antwane Lee and The Solar Shrine Collective built The Sukkah of Connectedness for the 2nd Annual Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, rooted in North Lawndale’s shared Black and Jewish history and the neighborhood’s legacy of resilience.
The Festival brings together neighbors, community organizations, designers, artists, students, and faith leaders to co-create sukkahs—structures inspired by Jewish tradition—reimagined as places of belonging, solidarity, and hope.
This year the festival will run through October 25th, you can experience The Sukkah of Connectedness at North Lawndale’s Building Brighter Futures Center for the Arts.
Special thanks to art students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who recently worked with our team to re-coat the wood!!!
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