What You Can See/Be

What You Can See/Be Exhibition DesignChicago Design ArchiveNortheastern Illinois UniversitySummer 2021 You cannot be what you cannot see. The design industry has a long history of homogeneity, which is discouraging for student designers from marginalized communities. Lack of representation in design history and education has created a barrier of access for student designers. Design has […]

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Belonging: Place, Power, (Im)Possibilities Exhibition

Belonging: Place, Power, (Im)Possibilities Exhibition Physical + Virtual Exhibition DesignTonika Lewis Johnson / Chicago Justice GallerySeptember 2020 Tonika Johnson chronicles the ways in which nine young people have been made to feel they don’t belong in their own city in a series of portraits and interviews. While Johnson’s portraits of young peoples’ experiences paint a […]

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Adventure Learning Center and Camp

Belonging: Place, Power, (Im)Possibilities Exhibition Logo Refresh and WebsiteAdventure Learning Center and CampNassau, Bahamas, 2018 http://www.adventurelearningcenterandcamp.org/ Adventure Learning Center and Camp (ALC Bahamas) is a place for students and families in Nassau, Bahamas, to come and engage in a camp experience. The camp and center have a petting zoo and other attractions appealing to young […]

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Open Engagement — JUSTICE

Open Engagement — JUSTICE Print, Web, Collateral, and Site DesignOpen Engagement, A Socially Engaged Art Practice ConferenceChicago, 2017 Open Engagement (OE) is an annual artist-led conference dedicated to expanding the dialogue around and creating a site of care for the field of socially engaged art. The conference highlights the work of transdisciplinary artists, activists, students, […]

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Folk Nite: WunderKammer

Folk Nite: WunderKammer This was the intro video for Folk Nite:WunderKammer. Folk Nite is a community arts event in the suburbs of Chicago where accessibility to the arts is minimal and finding creative spaces to participate is quite difficult. Events are themed and include community-generated artwork and short-set performances. Video was announced a Judge’s Choice […]

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