Freedom Fighters

Chicago Cultural Center
September 26, 2026 – September 26, 2027

Opening Program: During the Veteran Art Summit November 8, 2026

Freedom Fighters presents a new series of quilts by the celebrated Chicago activist artist Dorothy Burge that highlight the powerful legacy of Black veterans and their fight for liberation. The series opens with the legendary Harriet Tubman [US Army veteran] lifting up her leadership in the fight against slavery and goes on to feature more recent organizers such as Maude DeVictor [US Navy veteran], a leader in Vietnam Veterans Against the War who fought to bring attention to the devastating effects of Agent Orange.

Featuring artist Dorothy Burge.

The Chicago Cultural Centeris located at 78 E. Washington St, Chicago 60602.

Freedom Fighters is one of the five featured exhibitions of the 2026 Veteran Art Triennial, RESISTING THE LONG WAR curated by Aaron Hughes, Mohamed Mehdi, and Amber Zora. The Triennial highlights artists’ creative defiance to war and militarism. The featured artworks lift up overlapping legacies of war resistance, presenting alternative visions of peace, healing, and justice generated by diverse communities impacted by war. 

Additional Triennial exhibitions are at the Chicago Cultural Center, Elmhurst Art Museum, Hyde Park Art Center, and Walls Turned Sideways. The exhibition receptions will take place during the Veteran Art Summit November 5-8, 2026.

  • Vietnam Veterans Against the War

    March to the United Nations

    New York, NY, 1967

  • Vietnam Veterans Against the War

    Viet-nam Veterans Speak Out

    New York Times Ad November, 19, 1967

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam (Vinyl, LP)

    1970

  • Vietnam Veterans Against the War

    Building Vietnam Veterans Against the War Winter Soldier Organization

    December 1973

  • Drew Cameron

    Top of The Fold

    2015

  • Ehren Tool

    416 of Thousands

    2016

  • Brittney Chantele

    KEEP GOING! (video still)

    2024 - 2026

  • Eric J. Garcia

    Uncle Sam’s Dirty Laundry: Paño: Political Prisoner Series, Cuba/Guantanamo

    2014

  • Gina Herrera

    The Eclectic Legacy (close-up)

    2024

  • Eric Perez

    5-Sierra

    2022