By highlighting artists from communities historically excluded from mainstream art institutions, the show challenges ...

In a statement, FUTURA reflects on those summers in Chicago, remembering peach cobbler on the porch, learning what a pantry was and the comfort of a home that felt far removed from his New York ...

Expressive Arts Collective Summer Show Choir Camp is helping young Chicago artists find their feet. Founders Farlanda Buchannon and Julianne Fowler explain how music has become a form of empowerment ...

Drag designers in Chicago are creating showstopping looks for everything from club nights to TV series 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' ...

The Art Institute of Chicago’s “Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” is massive, featuring 350 works of art, with paintings, sculpture, video and audio, as well as ...

🎧 Click the red listen button to hear WBEZ’s interview with Antawan Byrd. The Art Institute of Chicago’s Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica is massive, featuring 350 ...

If “Ja” showcases the Art Ensemble’s reverent but slyly radical approach to genre, “Folkus,” a lengthy piece by Moye, demonstrates how adept they were at dealing with pure sound.

When trumpet great Lester Bowie died in 1999, followers of the Art Ensemble of Chicago couldn't help but wonder whether the legendary quintet, which owed so much to his special and outlandish ...

Ensemble Español has been dazzling audiences with its flamenco shows on some of the biggest stages in Chicago and around the world. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Welcome ...

Ensemble Español also teaches this art form and its history to Chicago students of all ages. We watch as Chicago Public Schools students learn dance moves from Luis in a special flamenco class ...

CHICAGO -- Ensemble Español has been dazzling audiences on some of the biggest stages in Chicago and around the world, including Poland, China and Mexico. In residence at Northeastern Illinois ...