Codifying Reality: What is Spoken and What is Felt? by Xiao Faria daCunha Personal and collective histories lay at the center of Shifting Tongues at Charlotte Street Foundation. March 5, 2026 · Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions
Grounding, Advocating, and Experimenting with Craft: What I Learned From “AGENCY: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s–80s and Beyond” by Xiao Faria daCunha Through the lens of “AGENCY”, the author traces characteristics of Chicago’s Craft Movement and how it drew strength from social and political movements. February 21, 2025 · Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions
Tripartite Lenses: a History of Them, Him, and Us by Xiao Faria daCunha A deep dive into “Pilsen Days,” an exhibition with over 100 photos by Akito Tsuda of the Pilsen neighborhood’s Mexican community in the 1990s. September 4, 2024 · Art Design Chicago, Bilingual, Exhibitions
Speak the Unhearable: Postcards to Martin Wong by Nat Pyper , Noa Micaela Fields Poet Noa Micaela Fields and artist Nat Pyper pen a series of postcards in response to Wrightwood 659’s exhibition “Martin Wong: Chinatown USA.” August 12, 2026 · Essays + Reviews, Sixty Lit
Re-Markable Vulnerabilities: Jen Wohlner’s Queer Play Date with Abstraction by Eileen G’Sell In the exhibition BINGO! at The Sheldon in St. Louis, artist Jen Wohlner employs drawings as a material strategy for Queering memoir. August 3, 2026 · Artists, Essays + Reviews
Visibly Black and Not Abstract: A Look Back at Artistic Portrayals of Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable by Ann-Derrick Gaillot An exploration into the mystery and evolution of Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable’s appearance and what it tells us about Chicago and Black History. July 22, 2026 · Archives, Essays + Reviews