The Evanston Art Center opened its annual Winter Arts and Craft Expo Friday. This pop-up holiday market features handmade, one-of-a-kind work from over 140 artisans, including ceramics, jewelry, paintings,...

For Qianwen Yu, a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist and independent animator, woven textures and musical compositions are interconnected. Yu said her work uses weaving drafts to produce symphonies....

In artist Yanira Castro’s latest performance, “I came here to weep,” there is no script, no audience and no program. The interactive piece was designed by Castro and her production company, a...

Emmanuel “Manny” Jesus Cabrera, entrepreneur and founder of Chicago-based fashion brand Gente Fina, originally wanted to be a truck driver. But, Cabrera said fashion was his calling. Growing up...

In 2002, Chicago-based artist Sarah Krepp said she was raking leaves in her yard when a neighbor came up to her asking for advice on their art. This happened four times in the same month, she said. Krepp,...