Archives: Team Members

[vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1490985874744{padding-top: 3% !important;padding-bottom: 3% !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6049″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Edward Wilkerson Jr. (he/him) (Musician/Composer) is an internationally recognized composer, arranger, musician, and educator based in Chicago. As founder and director of the cutting-edge octet 8 Bold Souls, and the 25-member performance ensemble Shadow Vignettes, Wilkerson has toured festivals and concert halls throughout the United … Read more

[vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1490985874744{padding-top: 3% !important;padding-bottom: 3% !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6045″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]avery r. young (he/him) (Interdisciplinary Artist) Interdisciplinary artist avery r. young, is a winner of the 2022 Macarthur and Field foundation New Leader award and also an award-winning teaching artist who has been an Arts and Public Life Artist-In-Residence at the University of Chicago. In … Read more

[vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1490985874744{padding-top: 3% !important;padding-bottom: 3% !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6043″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Cristal Sabbagh (she/her) (Visual and Multidisciplinary Performing Artist and Educator) Cristal Sabbagh’s performance practice, rooted in improvisation and Butoh, walks a line between the everyday, the divine, the personal, and the political. In embodying in her art transformational memories while simultaneously celebrating pop culture and … Read more