Selected Published Writing
Below is a highlights selection of my published writing.
Chicago Reader: An ode to Black women
In vibrant textile portraits, Gio Swaby honors the style and multidimensionality of the women in her life.
Newcity: Top 5 Booths at Expo Chicago 2023
Newcity: Breakout Artists 2023: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers
Maggie Crowley
Babysitter, waitress, shampoo girl, assistant to a lumberjack, Subway sandwich artist, flower-shop assistant—these jobs and many more have worked their way into Maggie Crowley’s art practice. With a traditional painting background, Crowley creates in a multidisciplinary fashion with residual traces of these former work routines layered into her work.
Newcity: Reading Images: Curator Kristin Taylor Discusses “Beyond the Frame” at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
The Museum of Contemporary Photography’s current exhibition, “Beyond the Frame,” aims to nurture and develop visual literacy skills. This collection-based show reveals the depth and breadth of the MoCP’s collection while guiding visitors through key themes. Newcity spoke with the exhibition’s organizer, curator of academic programs and collections Kristin Taylor.
Newcity: Unpolished Gems: A Review of Brandon Chavis at Goldfinch
Fully embracing textile-based work as fine art, Goldfinch has turned over its three gallery spaces to artists who brilliantly command the medium. The gem among these is Brandon Chavis’ “for colored queers,” organized by curatorial director Elizabeth Lalley. Exhibited in Goldfinch’s recently opened East Wing space, Chavis’ four large-scale works are deliberately unpolished but imbued with emotion and energy.