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Cherie Lockett sits surrounded by 14 pieces of her pottery, holding an orange ceramic mask of a cat that she created.

Evanston potter Cherie Lockett crafts historically inspired ceramics

November 3, 2021

When Cherie Lockett throws wet clay on a wheel, she thinks of it as meditation — putting her entire mind and body into shaping each piece. “Centering (the pottery) requires a really cool vibe —...

Kim Vigue, smiles, facing forward.

Q&A: New Mitchell Museum Executive Director talks Native education

October 27, 2021

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian announced last Wednesday Kim Vigue will be its new executive director. An enrolled member of the Oneida Nation and descendant of the Menominee Tribe from Wisconsin,...

A woman with brown hair, glasses, a long black coat, and a white shirt that fades into blue, pink and green stands to the right of her painting of a Black woman in the middle of prayer.

Local artists explore racial justice in Noyes Cultural Art Center exhibit

October 26, 2021

Noyes Cultural Arts Center’s newest exhibition, “What is Racial Justice?,” seeks to spark conversations around race, power and equity. More than 20 artists from Evanston and the greater Chicago...

Someone performs in front of a crowd, holding a phone and speaking into a microphone.

Kapwa & Kapé event brings live music, poetry and art to Evanston for Filipino American History Month

October 25, 2021

Live music and spoken word poetry filled Coffee Lab Evanston Saturday afternoon as residents and students gathered to celebrate Filipino American History Month. A collaboration between Kitchen Table...

A photo of Indira Freitas Johnson.

Evanston-based sculpturist Indira Freitas Johnson centers community in her art, draws on Indian influences

October 25, 2021

For Evanston-based sculpture artist Indira Freitas Johnson, art and nonviolence have always been intertwined.  Growing up in Mumbai, she was influenced by her parents’ work. Her mother started a...

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