When Connie Noyes lost her husband and father within 10 days of each other, art served as a crucial healing and coping mechanism. Noyes’ most recent exhibit, “we are built in water,” reflects on...

Chicago Southside artist Malika Jackson’s artwork exploring serenity, faith and hope is on display at the Evanston Arts Center this fall. “Whisper of a World Without Words,” curated by Evanston...

Photography is a vessel for cultural preservation for Sharon Hoogstraten, giving dignity and visibility to a native community that has often been unable to control its own image, she said. Hoogstraten,...

As a young child going to church in Western Chicago, Makeba Kedem-DuBose said she looked up at the stained glass windows and asked herself, “Where are all the Black people?” Motivated by her childhood...

Yaoundé Olu started creating art at the age of two. The pioneering multi-disciplinary artist and musician considers herself a storyteller and retro-futurist and said she wants to show different perspectives...