Jesse Howard’s work explores the Black American community as more than a singular philosophical concept of a culture, but rather a more diversified community of multifaceted voices through a body of charcoal based works. Howard’s socially concerned work is informed by his own lived experiences growing up on Chicago’s West Side and the collective societal challenges faced by Black Americans today.
Faheem Majeed (b. 1976) is a Chicago-based artist whose studio practice focuses on investigating, challenging, and highlighting the significance of culturally specific institutions. As its former Executive Director (2007-2011), Chicago’s South Side Community Art Center serves as his primary muse.
Popularly depicted in Wadsworth Jarrell’s acrylic painting, Coolade Lester (1970), Lester Lashley (b. 1935) is an artist and musician whose creative legacy is celebrated both locally and nationally. He studied
Donald Baker Sr. (1937-2009), who as an artist went by the name Aki, served as a Chicago Public Schools and Chicago City Colleges teacher before devoting his life to art
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Bethany Collins (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptual practice examines the relationship between race and language. Centering language—its biases, contradictions, and ability to simultaneously forge connections and foster
A Chicago-based artist known for his abstract sculptures, Michael Qualls (1961-2005) was a community-driven therapist, social activist, and artist who used the environment as his palette and identified aesthetic value
Robert A. Ferris (1936-1983) grew up in a large family in Chicago and graduated from Dunbar High School, where he studied welding and participated in theater. He served in the
Theaster Gates (b.1973) is an artist whose practice finds roots in conceptual formalism, sculpture, space theory, land art, and performance. Trained in urban planning and within the tradition of Japanese
Fannie Mae Robinson (1900-1988) was born in Texas and later relocated to Midwest. In 1941, she married John H. Robinson, who was a Pullman Porter. Fannie Mae Robinson devoted much
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Rhonda Wheatley (b. 1972) is a Chicago-based multi-disciplinary artist whose exploration of healing, consciousness, and transformation is grounded in the spiritual and speculative. She studied at Loyola University of Chicago
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