Laurie Reynolds is a policy advocate and artist who challenges the demonization, warehousing, and social exclusion of people in the criminal legal system, often long-term efforts at the margins of political viability.

Dan Peterman has exhibited widely nationally and internationally. Among his diverse projects, Peterman has used recycled materials to produce starkly minimal works that function as elegant sculpture, functional objects, and critiques of environmental waste and neglect. Peterman is also a founder and boardmember of the Experimental Station, an innovative, Chicago-based incubator of small scale enterprise and cultural projects. He is a former recipient of the University Scholar Award from UIC; Richard H.

Matthew Metzger's recent solo exhibition at The Renaissance Society, titled Heirloom concluded with a full monograph of the same name published in 2022. Other exhibitions include Coda, a solo exhibition of new work in 2023 at Magenta Plains, New York, The Freedom Principle, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; and The Works, Fondation CAB, Brussels; and is represented by Regards, Chicago.

Dianna Frid works at the intersection of material texts and textile. She makes artist’s books, works on fabric, drawings, and sculptures. In her work, embroidery is a prominent vehicle for exploring the relationships between writing and drawing; and between transcription and legibility.

Therese Quinn, Director of Museum and Exhibition Studies and Affiliated Faculty with Gender & Women’s Studies and Curriculum Studies, has worked as an exhibit researcher, developer, and evaluator for the Field Museum of Natural History, the Chicago Children’s Museum, the California Academy of the Sciences, and other cultural institutions.