Curated by Evanston-based artist Yeefah Thurman, Freedom explores themes of race and identity through a wide range of media: assemblage, photography, digital, paint and more. The exhibit is open in the gallery on the Main Library’s third floor through March 31, but you can see the work and meet the artists to learn more about their inspiration and process this Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Main Library. The exhibit features works by:

• Amatziyah Thurman, an Evanston native, currently works as a digital artist incorporating acrylic gel and paint. As an artist, Thurman’s goal is to bring his inner world to life for everyone to see.
• Katia Jackson is a blossoming Chicago-based photographer. Getting her start in 2019, Jackson frequently grapples with the themes of racial justice, identity, and family through her work.
• Antonia Villaseñor-Marchal is a Chicago-based, Latinx, and Indigenous artist and educator that combines traditional craft techniques with her education in fashion design to create soft sculptures, weavings, fiber paintings, textile installations, drawings, and collages. She hopes that her work will encourage viewers to consider issues of cultural, social, spiritual, ecological, and political importance.
• Yeefah Thurman is an Evanston-based multi-media assemblage artist and educator. Through her work, Thurman hopes “to highlight that our experiences can be expanded If we look into the world of someone very different from ourselves.”

Register for the Artists Talk here.

The Freedom exhibit is just one of the many activities highlighting the contributions of Black Americans and creating outlets for joy and expression this Black History Month at the Evanston Public Library. If you’ve missed any of our curated collection of programs happening this month, there’s still time! Join us for: