Millicent Kennedy – Ephemera, Labor & Stories About People

In youth, during summers, Millicent Kennedy would travel north from Mississippi to study drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She fell in love with the city, and now calls it home after studies at regional universities. Currently, Kennedy is the Curator of Exhibitions ...
March 25, 2023
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Karen Azarnia – A Convergence of Fragments & the Cinematic

Karen Azarnia culls memory, time, and family occasions to produce felicific paintings that are informed, in part, by art history and immediate personal experiences. Recently, the COMP Magazine made a visit to Azarnia's studio at Mana Contemporary to discuss her ongoing curatorial and painting practice, how she balances family ...
May 7, 2019
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Holly Cahill – Propositions of a Female Craftsman

Working in loosely connected spheres of inquiry, Holly Cahill is known to frequent a wide range of disciplines simultaneously. Be it architecture, choreography, fiber arts, painting, sculpture or hyperdimensional phenomena, one finds a distinct interconnectedness in her approach to formal ideas and materials. This week the COMP Magazine visited ...
February 19, 2019
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Robin Dluzen – Bloodroot, Ameraucana & the Midwest

Robin Dluzen is a whirlwind of energy. Since landing in Chicago, Dluzen has established a healthy art practice, curated a number of insightful exhibitions, and written regularly on the city's visual arts. This week the COMP Magazine trekked up to Avondale to discuss with Dluzen the role family plays ...
August 18, 2018
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