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Grew up in Detroit MI and graduated from Michigan State University. I moved to Evanston…
View Bio → Allie n Steve is a contextually contingent, trans-feminine, gender- mobile father. A nationally recognized composer,…
View Bio → Arden is an artist and musician from Philadelphia. They enjoy reading, cooking for friends, and…
View Bio → I was among the first psychologists to offer gay-affirmative psychotherapy back in the late 70s…
View Bio → I grew up in Northwest Indiana in a municipality called East Chicago. I moved to…
View Bio → (she/her) Hey there!!! I’m Ayana but I go by Yana. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I…
View Bio → Hello! My name is (Lily) Basil MacLachlan. I am an androgyne originally from a small…
View Bio → My name is Baz Pugmire and I am a nonbinary comic artist/illustrator/author. I'm a Michigander…
View Bio → Bea Bosco has worked as a producer, director, administrator, and educator. I grew up in…
View Bio → Dr. Carmen G. Hudson-White is a Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist who provided women health…
View Bio → I am a visual creative Artist.. paintings, drawings & pen and ink... I enjoy playing…
View Bio → Casey Knepley is a trans non-binary designer currently residing in Chicago, IL. They work on…
View Bio → Thoroughly Libra; harmony and justice are life for me. I live in a log home…
View Bio → Darrell Hill retired from City of Chicago government employment in 2013 after dedicating 26 years…
View Bio → Diana Solís is a Chicago based artist and educator born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.…
View Bio → Didi Reed (they/she/he) is a non-binary transgender, native Chicagoan who has lived around the city,…
View Bio → (he/him/his) I identify as a 70 year old, cisgender, pro-feminist, gay or SGL man, of…
View Bio → I came to Chicago in 1982 for graduate studies in Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation…
View Bio → I am Dwight. I'm a gay Japanese American man, a writer currently finishing his memoir,…
View Bio → (she/they) Hello! My name is Eden and I’m currently in my third year at SAIC.…
View Bio → My name is Elton Amadou-Connell. The identity label that is most useful for describing me…
View Bio → Emerald is a weaver, writer, and non-profit arts administrator based in Cook Station, MO. Emerald…
View Bio → Emily is a sculptural fibers artist born and raised in Miami, FL. Her practice mainly…
View Bio → Emma "V" Varano is an Aquarius Sun, Pisces Moon, and rising junior at the School…
View Bio → Hi! My name is Esti Shapiro (they/them or she/her) and I am an MA candidate…
View Bio → Frencia Stephenson is in their first year of the Master's of Art Education Program at…
View Bio → I'm a poet from South Carolina, in Chicago by way of Wisconsin. This is my…
View Bio → Georgia L. mother of 3 adults and grandmother of 5. The grandchildren range from age…
View Bio → Glenn B. Rust is a playwright/producer from Eugene, Oregon. He has lived in Chicago for…
View Bio → I'm a 22 year old gay trans man living in the Logan Square neighborhood in…
View Bio → Hsiao-Chen J. Lin (they/them) was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1992. They are the second…
View Bio → Jamila Johnson is a Black lesbian artist, administrator, facilitator, activist, and storyteller from eastern Iowa.…
View Bio → Actively gay since 11, on a mission to normalize Lesbianism. Born and raised in Chicago.
View Bio → My name is John/Juanx Sexton Cornejo. I grew up in Illinois. I lived in Chicago…
View Bio → My name is Jordan, and I am a Boston-raised and Spelman-educated filmmaker, educator, and curator.…
View Bio → Kathleen is a dyke who does metalwork and makes furniture. She is a recent graduate…
View Bio → My name is Katia Ellise Klemm (She/They). I am a 24 year old queer/pansexual human,…
View Bio → Grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Chicago has been my home base since my college years.…
View Bio → Hi, I’m Kile McVey. I’m twenty-two years old. I use they/them pronouns. I identify as…
View Bio → I am a current graduate student at SAIC in the Art and Technology Studies department.…
View Bio → Retired Social Worker with a passion for theater and the arts. I am a producer…
View Bio → Hello! My name is Lillian, and I am a sapphic woman who uses she/her pronouns.…
View Bio → I was born and raised in Lubbock Texas, and have been living back and forth…
View Bio → Lonnie L. Kenebrew is a passionate Transitional Navigator Coach & advocate. He has navigated his…
View Bio → I’m an interdisciplinary artist working toward an MFA in Sculpture. I love rock climbing, martial…
View Bio → (she/her) I grew up in Bloomington, Indiana an area known for it’s beautiful fall colors.…
View Bio → I am an interdisciplinary Chicago based artist getting my MFA in Ceramics at SAIC. Prior…
View Bio → I’m single and content, grateful for wonderful family and friends. I am a retired freight…
View Bio → (he/him) I am a queer writer, educator, and graduate student earning my MFA from the…
View Bio → Hi I'm Nathan! Im currently getting my BFA (focus in fiber and material studies) from…
View Bio → I am a non-profit lifer, recently retired. I’ve lived in Chicago since 2016, after (going…
View Bio → Pat is best known for her joint venture with Vera Washington in forming "Executive Sweet",…
View Bio → I am a queer/genderqueer artist-educator with a creative background spanning visual arts, experimental performance, and…
View Bio → Hi, I’m Rain! I’m a lesbian from Houston, Texas. I’m in the Visual and Critical…
View Bio → Rex is a trans and nonbinary artist, working on their Masters of Art Education. Their…
View Bio → In NYC after fifteen years of Aids Virus. The last person to die was zio…
View Bio → Castillo was born and raised in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. He attended Goethe School, a…
View Bio → Family Life: Bob Singer is a true born and bred local boy from Chicago. His…
View Bio → My name is RosaLinda Canchola a retired senior citizen born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.…
View Bio → Sage (they/she) is a trans dyke, interdisciplinary artist, and writer born and raised in Ashland,…
View Bio → Hi my name is Saida, and I am an Afro-Caribbean artist and researcher from Harlem,…
View Bio → Sainte Gomez (they/them) is a 20 year old genderfluid dyke from rural northeastern Pennsylvania. They…
View Bio → (they/them) Im in my third year at SAIC I have a strong interest in curating…
View Bio → I’m Sarah Evers (pronouns she/they) and I’m 26 years old. I’m originally from Oakland, California…
View Bio → Hi there! My name is Taylor and I use both she/her and they/them pronouns (no…
View Bio → Hello! I am Thi Bateman pronounced like T, I was born and raised in Louisiana,…
View Bio → My vision of programming incorporates Center on Halsted’s mission and vision with more of a…
View Bio → While the possibility of a completely different path has always existed for Will he does…
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