NON:op

NON:op NON:op Arts and Humanities is a Chicago non-profit that creates experimental art experiences by and for all Chicagoans.

NON:op engages diverse Chicago communities with participatory projects where people use the arts to create a more just society. NON:op Open Opera Works engages diverse audiences, artists, and program partners around urgent social issues of our time through projects, events, and performances that are immersive, interactive, and participatory. Our large-scale works are supported by salons, panel dis

cussions, workshops, and installations. We seek to release that which is both archetypal and unique in each spectator, to encourage meaningful conversation, and to bring forward new ideas and innovative ways of being.

Listening Across Neighborhoods student engagement. Visit www.nonopera.org/lan for more information.
05/27/2026

Listening Across Neighborhoods student engagement. Visit www.nonopera.org/lan for more information.

Preparing for tonight’s benefit for the Illinois Coalition for Refugee and Immigrant Rights!! Gilda, 1421 W Chicago.
05/07/2026

Preparing for tonight’s benefit for the Illinois Coalition for Refugee and Immigrant Rights!! Gilda, 1421 W Chicago.

Seeking individuals of any age and ability to read the titles of banned books for the Inventory of Lost Books installati...
01/20/2026

Seeking individuals of any age and ability to read the titles of banned books for the Inventory of Lost Books installation.

Did you know that nearly 4,000 books were banned in school districts throughout the United States in 2024 and 2025? And that marginalized voices are suppressed by banning books that reflect diverse experiences? Would you like to help raise awareness about book banning and motivate others to take action?

Conceived and created by Ohio-based book artist, Amanda Love, and NON:op sound artist, Christophe Preissing, Inventory of Lost Books is a series of four installations connected via a historical narrative about book suppression and a possible future.

Contact [email protected] for more information, to schedule a reading/recording time, and to find out how you may assist with the project.

✨Deep gratitude from the SAY THEIR NAMES commission concert team ✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 SAY ...
11/18/2025

✨Deep gratitude from the SAY THEIR NAMES commission concert team ✨

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 SAY THEIR NAMES Commission Concert at We’re deeply grateful for the artists, partners, and community members who continue to carry this work forward with care and intention.

To our commissioned artists —
Donna “Dante” Marie Gary ,
Pugs Atomz and Dr. Tara Betts, with composer Anthony R. Green, thank you for creating such powerful, tender, and imaginative responses to the archive. Your work honors every name and story held within the project.

To our partners —
Guild Literary Complex .literary.complex and Theatre Y thank you for your collaboration, support, and generosity in shaping this program with us.

We also honor Ronald Browne, the founder and lead researcher of SAY THEIR NAMES map archive, whose vision continues to guide this project of remembrance and resistance.

This program was created to amplify the archive, invite new artistic responses, and bring community together in witness. If this work resonated with you and you’d like to support future programming, please consider making a donation to NON:op Arts and Humanities. Your contributions help sustain artist commissions, workshops, soundwalks, community events, and ongoing expansion of the STN archive.

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Thank you for being in community with us 💛

11/16/2025

Pugs Atomz blessing us with a special set during the SAY THEIR NAMES commissions concert!!! 🅰️

11/12/2025

Join us for the SAY THEIR NAMES Commission Concert — Nov 15 at Theatre Y. Featuring four incredible artists using art, music, and poetry to remember and resist:
Dr. Tara Betts
Pugs Atomz
Donna “Dante” Marie Gary
and composer Anthony R. Green.

This event is FREE, but registration is encouraged, light refreshments served.

🔗 Register + learn more: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/nonopera/STN-Concert

11/10/2025

Featuring four incredible artists using art, music, and poetry to remember and resist:
Dr. Tara Betts Tara Betts
Pugs Atomz Pugs Atomz
Donna “Dante” Marie Gary
and composer Anthony R. Green.
Join us for the SAY THEIR NAMES Commission Concert — Nov 15 at Theatre Y.

This event is FREE, but registration is encouraged, light refreshments served.

🔗 Register + learn more: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/nonopera/STN-Concert

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Chicago, IL
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