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The pay-what-you-can open mic is Friday, April 26 in the Norris University Center’s Dittmar Gallery.

‘Jams for Dreams’ open mic will benefit Chicago Public Schools students

April 24, 2019

The vibe at open mic events is usually relaxed and accepting, with guests sipping on their lattes or mocktails. For Dale Duro Latin Dance Company president Ariela Deleon, that’s the perfect environment...

Kourtni McNeil, who helped organize the open mic event, delivers one of her original poems. Nine other students performed at the open mic, which was held to raise awareness of mental illness on campus.

Open mic creates platform for students to perform, raises mental health awareness

February 25, 2019

Northwestern students demonstrated the intersection of mental health awareness and art at an open mic event co-hosted by Northwestern Active Minds and The Slam Society on Saturday. The event featured...

Rick Lewis with one of the portraits from “(In)Visible Men.” The portrait series seeks to challenge stereotypes about black men.

Dittmar exhibit challenges stereotypes about black men

February 14, 2018

A&E Rick Lewis’ students at Illinois State University knew him as a helpful administrator and mentor for black students. They were unaware of his artistic talents until they became the subject of...

Sabba Elahi’s art displayed at the Dittmar Gallery. Elahi, whose work explores the intersection of surveillance and domestic life, created both hand-crafted and machine-crafted embroideries.

Dittmar exhibit explores intimate intersections of surveillance, domestic life

January 24, 2018

A&E Sabba Elahi is fascinated with drones — and not just the kind that deliver Amazon packages. Inspired in part by U.S.-led airstrikes in Pakistan, Elahi created “Drone Stories,” her new...

Dittmar Gallery’s new exhibit features dresses made of pages from romance novels. The dresses are a statement on feminine myths in society.

Latest Dittmar exhibit breaks down traditional ideas of femininity

October 26, 2016

A&E Artist Carrie Ann Schumacher seeks to deconstruct gender roles in the most literal way possible: by ripping pages out of romance novels that she believes fit women into stereotypical boxes. Schumacher’s...

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