Cicada Parade in Berwyn

Cicada Parade-a is a large-scale collaborative art project organized by The Insect Asylum and Formstone Castle Collective that will be on display in and around Chicago starting in May and running through the end of summer 2024. This project celebrates the once-in-221-year re-emergence of Broods XIII and XIX, Illinois’ 17-year and 13-year cicada broods. The periodic cicadas returned by the trillions to Illinois during the spring and summer of 2024 to re-emerge, sing, and meet others. We will place sculptures to increase traffic to places of interest around town, from the streets to the parks. We will inspire people to explore and find other cicada sculptures, creating joyful encounters that can spark transformative conversations and promote social change.

You can directly support the project and find contact information to sponsor and purchase on the official website.

Cicada Parade-a in Berwyn

As part of this exciting project, BPAI has donated to the effort and secured 17 blank cicada forms for local artists to transform into public art in Berwyn.

We have inviting local artists, community partners, and students to help decorate the 17 insects and will work with community partners to display them in public spaces for everyone’s enjoyment.

Stay tuned for images of the art pieces, information about the artists, and a map of the location to visit them all.

See pictures of past art cicadas here.