Page 12 - Either Wrong or Right, Just Examine Final_Neat

LaKesha Howard-Williams (she/her) is a

queer African American artist and educator

based in Chicago, IL. Her 11 years in

photography is centered on documentary and

image making through digital and analog

practice. LaKesha’s work focuses on identity,

culture, and traditions; webbed through

analyzing--then dismantling Black trauma. A

graduate of Columbia College Chicago, she

now works as a Production Assistant and

Photographer throughout the Chicagoland

area.

LaKesha participated as the Emerging Artist

for our Documentation Art Talk.

Portrait shot with a camera of LaKesha Howard-Williams

Andrea Yarbrough (she/her) is a Chicago-

based educator and maker. Her curatorial

and artistic practice centers on stewarding

vacant land and blends civic engagement

and art praxis. Her community-centered

visual arts production shapes local policy on

Chicago’s South Side by reactivating

neglected land as sites of care that help heal

individuals and regenerate collective

imaginations. She is a steward of in c/o:

Black women, an artist cooperative building

cartographies of care. Andrea was named a

2020 AFIELD Mentee and will contribute to

the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial with

in c/o: Black women.

Andrea participated as the Emerging Artist

for our Art as Wellness Art Talk.

Portrait shot with a camera of Andrea Yarbrough

11