CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The city of Chicago took a symbol of the unrest we saw on the streets over the summer when looting occurred and created an educational art installation.
The City of Chicago will unveil a new art installation Tuesday to highlight the power of voting.
The city enlisted artists to take plywood sheets that had been used to board up windows and had then been turned into art canvases and they repurposed them again - they have been fashioned into voting booths for an installation called "Boards of Change."
While exploring the exhibit, residents can scan a QR code on the booths that provide details about different options for voting in the upcoming 2020 election and how first-time voters can register. The exhibit reinforces the city’s commitment to channeling Chicago’s passionate civic energy and promoting the values of equity and democracy.
"We love the energy of these boards...it's a great symbol to transform these acts into voting booths," said Chicago’s Chief Marketing Officer Michael Fassnacht.
The art exhibit will be on display Tuesday in Daley Plaza from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will then move around to neighborhoods throughout the city as the election approaches.
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"It's a big skyline piece, so I did a skyline representing the city and I filled the inside, the in layer, with colors with fists of different shades and colors to represent the people within the city," said Joshua Valdovinos, who is among the artists who’s board-up work was repurposed into a voting booth.
He said he hopes his booth encourages people to vote.
Also on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., the City of Chicago and Board of Elections officials will be onsite to answer questions on the installation and the variety of ways Chicagoans can vote on or before Election Day (Nov. 3), including Vote By Mail and in-person Early Voting.