Profiles

Nicole's series on museums during the pandemic continues. Here's part one of her two part series on Museum of the Grand Prairie.

Debra catches up with artist Judith Johnson about the pressures of life and art during these unsettled and unsettling times.  

Debra shares a list of five local artists to follow on Instagram

Apolonia chats with artist and assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Illinois Stacey Robinson about his Afrofuturistic art.

Melinda speaks with Anna Peters, co-owner of Art Coop, about personalized art kits and community partnerships during the pandemic.

Apolonia chats with artist and Fresh Press Paper studio manager Veronica Pham about creating and living sustainably.

Debra chats with Giertz Gallery director Lisa Costello about what it means to run a teaching gallery and how she has been faring during its shutdown,

Debra chats with Rachel Lauren Storm about poetry, the Urbana Arts and Culture Program, and the intersection of art and social justice. 

Apolonia chats with Illinois Art + Design graduate Nikki Kelsay, who raises her paintbrush in the fight for social justice.