Think hard about this one, what is your biggest fear? Is it spiders? Maybe flying in airplanes? Or is it something strange like mayonnaise? Our..
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Patterns are an Artist’s Best Friend: Meet Laura O’Conner!
Patterns! America’s favorite pastime. We don’t think anyone could love patterns as much as our Patterns Design Challenge winner Laura O’Conner. We sat down with..
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Eat Your Heart Out with Nicole Angemi’s Anatomically Fueled Art
Self-described “dura mater” of her family, Nicole Angemi’s passion for pathology, people, and education about death makes her an authentic, relatable Instagram personality. The dura..
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Laugh Until You Cry with Gilbert Gottfried’s Life Advice and Comically Good Art
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the better part of the last three decades, you know (and probably love) Gilbert Gottfried. You delighted..
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Hilarity Abounds at the Edge of Eternity with Dominic Moschitti’s Paperback Paradise
Ready to laugh out loud, blush, and feel a strange sense of nostalgia for the fiction series you read in the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s?..
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Simple Scenes Whimsically Animate in Doro Ottermann’s Positive, Nap-Inspired Art
Experiencing Doro Ottermann’s art is like being inside a magical Rube Goldberg machine that creates yellow colored pencils by brilliantly engineering levers and pulleys out..
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Surrounded by Oodles of Doodles: Get Lost in Jon Burgerman’s Bizarre and Lively Landscapes
Remember those afternoons spent doodling in the back of your notebook during chemistry, history, or math class? For artist, performer, and professional doodler Jon Burgerman,..
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Everywhere You Look There’s Life: Explore the Character-Filled World of Blake Jones
If you’ve ever felt like you’re being watched even when you’re alone in a room of inanimate objects, you’re not alone. Blake Jones, Chicago-based muralist,..
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Exploring Art Across Mediums with the Prolific Artist, Writer, and Poet Jack Walls
Never limited to a single outlet for artistic expression, Jack Walls has been creating—and inspiring—art as an elusive, yet ever-present, fixture of New York’s downtown..
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Words of Encouragement from Hope for the Day Artists
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month this September, we’re highlighting artists who’ve teamed up with Chicago-based nonprofit Hope for the Day to bring awareness..
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Chicago’s B_Line Connects Art, History, and All of Us
Rich in culture, history, and energy, the almost mile stretch between Halsted and May on Hubbard Street in Chicago’s Fulton Market is notably different than..
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Let Your Imagination—and Senses—Run Wild in the Immersive Worlds of Polyarc Games
The artists, developers, dreamers, and adventurers at Polyarc are multi-disciplined creators who love good storytelling. They draw their inspiration from many sources, including classic fantasy,..
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