Spilling the Tea, 2024 - Editor

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The 51st (Free) State, 2022 - Editor

The prison population in the U.S. is the size of some nation states. The struggles, pains, joys, hopes, creativity, intellect, and vision of the 2.2 million people incarcerated in the U.S. also reflect that of other nations of people. Far from being disposable, this community is one with a certain kind of sovereignty, and constructing a speculative state of freedom is a means to achieve a corporeal state of freedom.

Gary Lights Open Works, 2017 - Editor

As an inaugural project of the Heat, Light and Water Cultural Project, Gary Lights Open Works begins by engaging Gary residents in the process of designing custom streetlights while modeling new possibilities for the intersection of art and city infrastructure. Throughout 2017 and 2018, artists David Rueter and Marissa Lee Benedict developed and installed a series of 10 lighting installations in public parks across the city of Gary, Indiana. The “streetlight” installations, in conjunction with a series of public workshops for youth, adults, and seniors, comprise the artist’s collaborative research initiative Gary Lights Open Works (funded in 2016-17 by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Legacy Foundation).

People Powered Fiber Shredder, 2023 - Editor

“Fabric and yarn waste are inevitable parts of a textile studio practice: thrums, yarn clippings, fabric scraps all pile up in the process of making. However many alternate uses we might come up with for these trimmings, there comes a point at which they are simply not very useful. It is in this spirit that we began work on an in-house fiber recycling program. Working with designer/builder Erik Newman, we have developed a people-powered-fiber-shredding machine to process the scraps, off-cuts and fiber waste of our studio into a usable fluff byproduct: our goal is to develop infrastructure that deals with waste at the scale at which it is produced and to find a meaningful life for the materials that fall off the table in the process of making.” – The Weaving Mill

Back Alley Jazz, 2022 - Editor

Back Alley Jazz is inspired by the original jazz alley jams that took place in various locations on the South Side in the 1960s and 70s, and which still continue today in different forms, including the annual Universal Alley Jazz Jam. The project creates a contemporary neighborhood “happening” that animates, builds on, and celebrates Chicago’s history and the continuum of culture and art within communities.

Mobilize Creative Collaborative, 2019 - Editor

The Mobilize Creative Collaborative is a collective led by four artists who utilize bicycle-based maker spaces to provide free, creative workshops for youth and adults in public spaces.

International Anthem Wins Label of the Year, 2020 - Editor

Gilles Peterson names Chicago's International Anthem his Label Of The Year for the Worldwide Awards 2020. Performances from Angel Bat Dawid & The Brothahood, Makaya McCraven & Junius Paul Music, Resavoir, Jamie Branch and Damon Locks / Black Monument Ensemble.

FrankenToyMobile, 2018 - Editor

A pedal-powered maker space that encourages imagination and curiosity by providing free, hands-on workshops where youth and adults reused toys as raw material for original creations.