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Visual Arts

The Block Museum’s exhibit “Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera” is open to the public from Sept. 20 to Dec. 3.

Photographer Rosalie Favell spotlights Indigenous artists in Block Museum exhibit

October 11, 2023

Through her decade-long collection of more than 500 black-and-white portraits, Métis photographer Rosalie Favell showcases fellow Indigenous artists, detailing a diverse community of painters, dancers,...

John Wangendo’s “Through my Eyes” hangs at the Evanston Art Center. Wangendo’s work is featured in an exhibition in the Evanston Art Center’s lobby which runs from Oct. 7 to Nov. 5.

Local artists offer window into life in another part of the world at Evanston Art Center

October 10, 2023

Skokie-based artist John Wangendo grew up drawing in Kenya. After studying finance at a London college, Wangendo worked as a banker before becoming an independent contractor in Skokie. But when the...

Mary Farmilant’s “Natura Consonat” hangs in the Evanston Art Center for “Horizons,” open until Nov. 5.

Evanston Art Center exhibit ‘Horizons’ challenges traditional landscape art

October 8, 2023

There is a forest inside the Evanston Art Center.  Printed on tall swaths of fabric and designed by local artist Mary Farmilant, the forest sways and bends in reaction to its surroundings. “I’d...

Part-time ARTica employee Rachel “Ranch” Ward said they work overtime to fulfill the studio’s needs.

Northwestern’s ceramic technician won’t throw in the towel just yet

October 1, 2023

The first time Rachel “Ranch” Ward used a pottery wheel, it was supposed to be a punishment. When Ward’s high school art teacher caught them talking during a wheel-throwing demonstration, he demanded...

Liang He said his piece “The Ant and the Grasshopper” at the Evanston + Vicinity Art Biennial was inspired by Aesop’s Fables and the nature of play.

Evanston + Vicinity Biennial highlights artists from the Midwest

September 27, 2023

Textile artist Delaina Doshi sits on the ground of the Evanston Art Center, carefully hanging a sculpture made of over 150 broken plates and cups that she collected on the gallery wall. After hours of...

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