Ragdale

Rachel L. S. Harper is an artist and a teacher in Chicago.  She was awarded the 2011 Fellowship …

Ronnie Kuller is a Chicago-based composer, arranger, pianist, and accordionist. Some highlights of her musical career: playing accordion …

Rafael E. Vera received his BFA and MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where …

Luftwerk (Petra Bachmaier & Sean Gallero) explores light, color, and perception in immersive, experience-based installations. Focused on the …

Andrea Everman's main focus is shadow puppetry and her work combines traditional paper cutting, ink drawing and laser …

Kathy Kelly is a Chicago based jazz musician and composer. Her original jazz compositions showcase the vibes and …

Laura Kina (shey/they) is a queer, disabled, mixed-race Uchinanchu artist-scholar whose artistic and scholarly projects address Asian American …

Marti Lyons was most recently directing the world premiere of The Scarlet Letter by Kate Hamill at South …

Arthi Meera is a Chicago-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her songs, described as "pop lullabies," are at once …

Bhaduri is a screenwriter, playwright, and former geneticist. Having long traded in her laboratory pipettes for screenwriting software, …

Adebukola Bodunrin is a film, video, and installation artist who explores language, culture, and media. In her collage …

Young Joon Kwak (b. 1984 in Queens, NY) is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily through sculpture, performance, video, …

Mankwe Ndosi has been working in the Twin Cities and Chicago for more than 15 years as a …

Libby Reed is a Chicago based musician - writer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist - who for the last handful …

Marsha Estell is a resident playwright alumna at Chicago Dramatists, 2010 3Arts/Ragdale Fellow, and recipient of the Illinois …

Drummer, percussionist, composer, bandleader, ethnomusicologist, and educator Dana Hall has been an important musician on the international music scene since …

Nicole LeGette, a maverick of Chicago's dance and performance art scene, is the only local artist dedicated to …

Coya Paz is a poet, director, and lip gloss connoisseur who was raised in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and …

Edra Soto is a Puerto-Rican born artist, curator, educator, and co-director of the outdoor project space, The Franklin. …

Travis describes himself as an, “old, Black, Mississippian, Native American, Vietnam veteran” who has been performing for 50 …

Bunch’s work explores a wide variety of sounds, instruments, and subjects to create music that pushes stylistic boundaries.  …

Duncan is a freelance director, storyteller, dreamer, and seeker of the magic of theatre’s creativity.  Interested in theatre …

Fritsch uses memory and imagination in her work as a visual artist.  Her art is a record of …

Primlani is a writer, performer, theatrical technician and producer who has been working in the arts, activism, and …

Ramirez has created a body of work which reflects his own heritage, culture, and identity as a blue …

Anita's first full length play, Gandhi Marg,  won 2nd place in Writers Digest Stage Play Competition, received a …

Nicole Mitchell is an award-winning creative flutist, composer, bandleader, and educator. Having emerged from Chicago’s innovative music scene …

Lani T. Montreal writes to create her home in the diaspora. She is a queer feminist Filipina writer, …

"Much of my work comes through integration of the unexpected. I return to earlier memories, a time when …

In memoriam (July 1, 1947 - February 10, 2024):

Joyce Owens was a figurative artist who wanted people …

Recently described as “a new jazz power source” by the New York Times, cellist and composer Tomeka …