DePaul professor of Fine Arts and Service-Learning Coordinator Mark Elder's — better known as Brother Mark — Byrne Hall studio is as one would imagine. Bottles of paint and duct tape line the workroom's...

The theme of untold stories came naturally to Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) art gallery curator Sophia Iqbal. "The idea of untold stories is very prevalent among Asian American communities...

Laughter erupts from students and brushes splash watercolors while students energetically copy the movements of the Bob Ross video in front of them. The 15 attendees only devote some attention to the projected...

On Sept. 8, 1504, Italian sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti unveiled his over 12,000-pound marble statue "David," based on the biblical hero who defeated the giant Goliath. For nearly 400 years, locals...

Oozing pianos, furry fruit and mink tufts on marble captivate those who enter gallery 289 at the Chicago Art Institute.  Bringing together over 30 paintings, sculptures and drawings, "The Image Disappears,"...

When Dr. Pauli Murray –  civil rights activist and Episcopal priest – published her only book of poetry titled “Dark Testament and Other poems” in 1970, readers paid little attention to the collection. Five...

The conversation begins in the hallway at the entrance. A different feeling than the city outside, the light softens as the viewer approaches the sound of the artist's voice.   Located at the Art...

Twenty-five brightly colored canvases adorn the walls of the Richardson Art Gallery on DePaul's Lincoln Park Campus. From a distance, their content appears unrelated. However, a closer step reveals the...

Audrey Dwyer knows a lot of talented people. She wanted to use her presidency of DePaul Artists Collective (DAC) to create opportunities for the talented student artists at the university. With that...

Iron tongues rusted over, cholis hanging from the ceiling without bodies inside, a chess game played on a map of Northern India; these are the narrative-rich pieces sitting on display within the sleek...

  Thursday marked more than the beginning of fall as individuals congregated to the Loop, cameras in hand to view the "Chicagohenge.” Occurring during the fall and spring equinoxes, the Chicagohenge...

For artist Krista Franklin, surrealism is more than an artistic movement. It is a way of seeing the world, a way of living life. Rather than creating surrealist art, Franklin weaves the surrealist lifestyle...