(Re)Housing the American Dream
Client: Kirsten Leenaars, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
Publish dates: Freedom Principles, September 6, 2018
A Message From the Future, March 3, 2018
(Re)Housing the American Dream, October 6, 2016
Design: Sonia Yoon
This three-part catalog series is published on the occasion of the exhibition series (Re)Housing the American Dream by Chicago-based performance and video artist Kirsten Leenaars. Commissioned by the Haggerty Museum of Art, this latest work is the result of Leenaars’ multi-year exploration of the relationship between home and happiness in Milwaukee’s Near West Side. Conversations centered around the current state of affairs feature strongly each installment, reconvening student participants in Milwaukee during the summers from 2016–2018.
Contributors: Susan Longhenry, Steven L. Bridges, Sameena A. Mulla, with poems by Paw Boe Say.
(Re)Housing the American Dream
Exhibition Publication Series, Signage
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University












This three-part catalog series is published on the occasion of the exhibition series (Re)Housing the American Dream curated by Emilia Layden featuring Chicago-based performance and video artist Kirsten Leenaars. Commissioned by the Haggerty Museum of Art, this latest work is the result of Leenaars’ multi-year exploration of the relationship between home and happiness in Milwaukee’s Near West Side. Conversations centered around the current state of affairs feature strongly each installment, reconvening student participants in Milwaukee during the summers from 2016–2018.
Part I: Freedom Principles, September 6, 2018
Part II: A Message From the Future, March 3, 2018
Part III: (Re)Housing the American Dream, October 6, 2016
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(Re)Housing the American Dream
Published by the Haggerty Museum of Art. Designed and produced by Sonia Yoon. Edited by Emilia Layden, curator and artist, Kirsten Leenaars. Contributions by Susan Longhenry, Steven L. Bridges, Sameena A. Mulla, with poems by Paw Boe Say.
Part I: ISBN 978-0-945366-26-3
Soft cover, felt weave cover, 40 color pages.
Part II: 24” × 18” 6-panel folded poster, full color.
Part III: ISBN 978-0-945366-28-7
Soft cover, 40 color pages.
Printed in the USA.