Visual Arts

The Art Institute of Chicago was the site of Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date.  It seems fitting that the kickoff of their five-city...

Steve Carper is a historian of popular culture. He researched Jay Jackson and compiled a unique commentary on Bungleton Green. The commentary uses illustrations...

Steve Carper is a historian of popular culture. He researched Jay Jackson and compiled a unique commentary on Bungleton Green. The commentary uses illustrations...

Hired by the Chicago Defender in 1933, Jay Jackson is one of the top cartoonists in Black media. Becoming the head cartoonist in 1936,...

With social justice at the forefront of some of American’s biggest concerns,  the Elmhurst Art Museum is taking a moment to highlight racial and...

Jordan Shanks is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and self-taught photographer.  A 2018 graduate of Howard University, his art is revolutionary, telling the unrest and racial...

Is Social Media Dead? Filmmaker, Samuel Wofford thinks so. 2020 has felt like one big "Black Mirror" episode, and for a lot of creatives...

CANVAS Chicago,  a creative production and marketing company that concepts, develops, funds, and executes art-forward public initiatives and immersive event experiences, has debuted a...

Artist Preston Jackson is working on a bust of the late minister, civil rights activist and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s field general during the...

The theatre’s opening night program (Program A -March 4 at 7:30PM and March 7 at 2PM) featured the Chicago premiere of internationally renowned choreographer Aszure Barton’s BUSK, an intricate ensemble work that invites audience members to revel in the fragility, tenderness, and resilience that exist within the human experience.