The clock strikes midnight in the Seuss residence. Upstairs, Theodor Geisel—known affectionately as Dr. Seuss—is in his studio. He puts finishing touches on a cartoonish cat, though this one is green and wears no hats.

I’ve been raised with art, schooled in it, and always desiring to make more. I too often quit jobs for the sake of completing shows or lay sleepless thinking that I have struck gold with a big new idea. Then I wake up the next morning just to ask myself, “What the heck were you thinking?”

The name Barry Farm has always grabbed people’s attention. Barry Farm is not unique in some respects, yet very unique in others. The well-established community sits on historical land. Archeologists [have found] evidence of indigenous American occupation for thousands of years.

Art is a conduit, its products multiple. Or, it’s a series of conduits whose products are all the same. Or, it’s both: process and product inextricable parts of the same strange object. When I spoke with Kendall Hill, the 22-year old visual artist from Chicago, our conversation seemed to return again and again to this ellipsis of an idea.

An adept graphic designer achieves clear communication with their audience through logos and branding, breaking barriers to invite others in. An inventive graphic designer is able to share the word of God through pure artistic pursuit. Chicago-based graphic designer and artist, Amoz Ben Wright, strives for just this.

What does it mean to imitate nature, when nature has been manipulated into an “ideal” form? The concept of the imitation of nature was deeply rooted in the classical philosophy of art. This conviction was expressed, for instance, by Democritus, who saw in the human arts an imitation of nature in action.

Compare an art gallery to an art market through the eyes of a visitor. There may be several simple observations that differ, such as what people are wearing or who might show up. Galleries are known to give off the appearance of exclusivity, while market, as the name suggests, is more of a public forum.

Cindy Sherman established her reputation—and a novel brand of uncanny self-portraiture—with her “Untitled Film Stills” (1977-80), a series of 69 photographs of the artist herself enacting female clichés of 20th-century pop culture.

Richard Avedon (1923–2004) was born and lived in New York City. His interest in photography began at an early age, and he joined the Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) camera club when he was twelve years old.

Considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. Determined as ever to enter the picture—both literally and metaphorically—Weems has sustained an on-going dialogue within contemporary discourse for over thirty years.

The Chicago Cultural Center is a gleaming marble monolith of Chicago history that sits on Michigan Avenue across from Millennium Park. In its century-plus existence, the Center has hosted monarchs, presidents, builders of cities, and countless cultural activations.

Jacob Perry moved to Chicago two years ago. Since wandering around Logan Park for shots, the city itself has functioned as Perry’s studio. Perry has shot mostly portraits but exploring and seeing all the urban cracks and crevices have caused his photography to take more of a casual street approach.

There’s always been something magical about water. The way sound and light reflect off it, the replenishing feeling when drank, the crisp color and movements or the ethereal like space one enters when sailing on it. Since she was a young girl in Colombia, Sonia Penaranda sailed the waves of the Atlantic and Pacific.