Community Code:  A Series of Web-Based Interactive Stories with local artist Jiaqi Zhang

December 8, 2021

Community Code is a series of interactive stories of small business owners in the Evanston neighborhood. The project was inspired by a Facebook group that supports Evanston’s businesses during challenges of the pandemic. To access the digital exhibit click here. Instructions: Click on the business owner’s name to open the book. With a cell phone, […]


Undesign the Redline Exhibit

November 5, 2019

An Evanston specific portion of the incredible Undesign the Redline exhibition will be on display on the 3rd floor through the end of the year.  Created by the Designing the WE and Evanston historian and archivist, Dino Robinson, this educational and engaging exhibit invites the viewer to learn more about the historic systematic racism in […]


Local Art @ EPL: Jasmin & Alyssa Hislop

November 6, 2018

We are thrilled to welcome the mother/daughter artist team of Jasmin & Alyssa Hislop as the next to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Their exhibit A Nowherian Signature is currently on display on the 3rd floor of EPL’s Main Library where you can catch it through the end of November. The duo […]


Local Art @ EPL: Jamie Lou Thome

October 6, 2018

We are thrilled to welcome artist Jamie Lou Thome as the next to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Her exhibit On Stories is currently on display on the 3rd floor of EPL’s Main Library where you can catch it through the end of October. She is a teaching artist and this […]


Local Art @ EPL: Lea Basile-Lazarus & Susan Gundlach

September 10, 2018

We are thrilled to welcome artist Lea Basile-Lazarus and poet Susan Gundlach as the next to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Their art and poetry exhibit Reflections: Light and Dark is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library where you can catch it through the end of September. […]


Local Art @ EPL: Mo Ulicny

August 11, 2018

We are thrilled to welcome Evanston’s Mo Ulicny as the next featured artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Her exhibit To Thine Own Self Be True is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library where you can catch it through the end of August. Inspired by Evanston’s Muse of Fire Theater Company and […]


An Interview with Evanston artist Collin R. McCanna

July 17, 2018

Collin R. McCanna is an Evanston artist who is the latest to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. His exhibit [TERRA SERENA] is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library where you can catch it through August 1st. Featuring a dozen large-scale acrylic paintings that “simplify landscapes to their purest […]


Local Art @ EPL: Collin R. McCanna

July 9, 2018

We are thrilled to welcome Evanston’s Collin R. McCanna as the next featured artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. His exhibit [TERRA SERENA] is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library where you can catch it through August 1st. Featuring a dozen large-scale acrylic paintings that “simplify landscapes to their purest […]


Local Art @ EPL: Socorro Mucino

June 1, 2018

We are thrilled to welcome experimental printmaker Socorro Mucino as the next featured artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. An Evanston resident who taught art in CPS high schools for 30 years, Mucino intuitively manipulates images digitally while also exploring alternative printmaking methods she learned at the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative. Featuring enigmatic puppets, mysterious […]


Local Art @ EPL: Charles Steele

May 8, 2018

We are excited to welcome Chicagoland photographer Charles Steele as the next featured artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. His show will be on display through the end of May on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library and features a dozen stunning images from his Cold Fusion Collection – an experimental […]


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