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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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...

A pencil drawing of a Kenyan woman. She wears colorful beads around her neck and a colorful headband, but the rest of the drawing is black and white. Her hand sits in front of her mouth holding a stick.

Evanston Made to showcase local artists in annual art exhibit

May 25, 2021

Evanston Made’s Annual Members Group Show is returning in-person this year, featuring over 175 contemporary art pieces, according to the organization’s website. The in-person exhibit will take place...

A photograph and artist statement by Chute Middle School eighth-grader Karis Martin hang in the photovoice art exhibit at Evanston Public Library. Martin’s piece focused on global education disparities for girls.

Student photographs at Evanston Public Library illuminate activism and identity

January 7, 2020

Responding to last fall’s student-led climate protests, eighth-graders from Chute Middle School created images that grapple with environmental injustice, among other social issues. Themes of mental...

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