Creative founder of Fabric Narcotics, one of the fastest growing Chicago-based fashion brands, talks All Star Weekend collab, managing business growth as a 1-person team, and being a creative entrepreneur.
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Full-time writer, artist and creator of Māori Mermaid, Jessica Thompson Carr, shares how her creative process is driven by instinct and the ongoing discovery of her complex identity as a Māori and Pākehā (European descent) woman living in Aotearoa (the Māori name for New Zealand). Her art, created for and by someone part of two worlds, is a reminder of the emotional yet healing process of learning and decolonizing one’s understanding of the world.
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Filmmaker turned entrepreneur Arthur Swidzinski skateboarded across the U.S. with a camera. His movie, Shred America, is set to release Spring 2020. Here, he shares the secret to doing what you love.
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Creating bright and fierce illustrations of brown women was Shar Tuiasoa’s vision when launching Punky Aloha, her multi-disciplinary design and illustration studio. Shar’s representations of brown women has resonated with her growing online community, and she is establishing herself as an iconic visual storyteller of today’s Pacific generation.
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Set aside intentional time to evaluate your year and identify your next batch of exciting goals. Here are 5 good goal setting steps.
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Support KULTURA’s culture creators with a gift purchase for this holiday season.
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Artist, Texan, and former undocumented immigrant Manuela Gonzalez calls her journey one of “literally just trying to exist.” Here, she shares her migration story and opens up about anxieties regarding productivity and survival.
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Brought into existence by the artist Bird Milk in early 2017, the figure and its creator’s unquestionable rise to recognition over the last couple of years has served as a significant contribution to Chicago’s art scene
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With just a handful of releases to date, this 20-year old designer’s creations are already being picked up by boutiques and recognized in streetwear events. Find out what makes Henry Yenter, founder of Ambrose Chicago, unique.
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With an impressive resume and no plans to stop anytime soon, Steven Nunez at just nineteen years old is already taking over Chicago’s concert photography scene.
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Gallery owner, artist, teacher Rachel Lechocki creates a space where home and the arts intersect.
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We interviewed the co-creators of Dust + Grit, an intimate and new Boulder-based photography business that takes an editorial and photojournalistic approach to relatable human and brand stories. Their goal: Capturing the grit, raw relationships and beautiful unheard stories of everyday life.
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Chicago tattoo artist and painter Melrick Steele on uplifting community through art.
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After experiencing crippling panic attacks, Chicago artist Kawaii Suga turned to her art for relief. The women in bondage that she created in her mind, then transferred to paper, freed her. When she’s not drawing or painting, Suga is busy being a mother to her two daughters. And motherhood always comes first. Learn more about Chicago’s beloved Suga in our exclusive interview below.
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Gallery and business owner Delilah Martinez is all about community support and empowering women through her entrepreneurship. Here, she opens up about her hardships in life and how they made her who she is.
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The path of an artist to inner discovery, confidence in the self, and courage to pursue varies from one to another. Here, we explore the life of a young painter.
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Award-winning artist, Aubrie Lee, shares her experience on the intersection between art and activism.
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