The Quarantine Times

Public Media Institute

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On March 17, 2020, Quarantine Times started publishing the works of over 250 artists online after the city-mandated shut down brought life as we knew it to a halt. Now, almost exactly one-year later, Public Media Institute (PMI) is thrilled to announce the publication of The Quarantine Times book on March 20, 2021. The 500+ page tome features over 151 contributions from Chicago-based artists, social workers, and thinkers responding to the crises of 2020.
Designed by award-winning designers Jeremiah Chiu and Itsayana Campa of Some All None.
All proceeds from sales of the book benefit the non-profit Public Media Institute.
Dimensions: 9 x 11", 532 pages
Materials: Softcover book, full color photos


Public Media Institute
(Bridgeport)

PMI is a non-profit 501(c) 3 community based, art & culture organization located in the neighborhood of Bridgeport. Their mission is to create, incubate and sustain innovative cultural programming through the production of socially engaged projects, festivals, spaces, exhibitions, and media. PMI has published several periodicals including Proximity Magazine, the international arts and culture journal, as well as Lumpen magazine, Materiel Magazine, and Mash Tun Journal. Their main exhibition facility is the experimental cultural center, Co-Prosperity: a 5,000 + sq ft visual arts and performance space that is also home to Lumpen Radio WPLN/105.5 FM. The Buddy store is the newest arm of the PMI non-profit.