Alyson Lyon She/Her

Alyson Lyson is an life-long artist with a background in performance, writing and education. She graduated from DePaul’s Theatre School with a BFA in Theatre Studies and DePaul’s School of Education with a M.Ed in Secondary Education. Alyson trained in makeup artistry at Makeup First Chicago and worked makeup for all media, informing my approach to balance, color and texture. Her art is held in private collections across the US and is featured on Wescover.com. In addition to her art practice, she an actor, screenwriter and have taught Secondary English + Theatre, Reiki and yoga. Alyson’s daily practice of journaling is essential to her creative expression.

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Elliana Miller They/Them

Elliana Miller is a queer artist from Deerfield, Illinois. They studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, with a focus on two-dimensional hand drawn animation. Additional avenues for Elliana’s storytelling are their comics and illustration works, which inform many of the puppets, screen prints, photographs, and paintings they create. Much of Elliana’s artwork consists of colorful cartoons with impossibly proportioned characters. These cartoons are explorations of fantastical scenarios and character focused stories.

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Jodi Beals She/Her

Jodi’s passion for art started when she was just a little girl; inspired by her great grandfather who started painting when he was in his 80’s! She enjoys several different art mediums but really leaned into painting during covid. Hence, she started her company; HeartArt. Jodi is selling custom heart multi-colored notecards with envelopes! A percentage of the sales are donated to the CDC Foundation. Spread love with these beautiful notecards!

Ellie Vergura She/Her

Chicago-based oil painter Ellie Vergura received her Bachelor’s in Studio Art at Agnes Scott College in 2019. Her work has been sold to numerous collectors in the States and abroad, including in France, England, Switzerland, Australia and Canada. She was recently commissioned by Soho Myriad to create a large work for the Tribune Tower Residences in Chicago. Vergura favors simplicity and a neutral palette. Revisiting iconic architecture and grandiose scenes with a “less is more” approach, she distills the essence of ornamentation and passersby in silhouette. The artist is influenced by her great-grandmother’s 1920s fashion illustrations and draws regularly on such imagery in sketches and when planning her figures. She also pulls inspiration from city dwellers in her home of Chicago and elsewhere, as well as her family’s ancestral home of Italy. Vergura intimately captures the nostalgia of a single moment, along with each space’s tremendous history.

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Megan Troglio She/Her

Megan @trogs Troglio is an internet.Artist on the mission to document life. Born in Peoria, IL they moved to Chicago in 2017 and graduated from Columbia College Chicago as a Social Media & Digital Strategy major with a minor in Interactive Media Development & Entrepreneurship. The brand identifies as an ephemeral amalgamation that seeks to create Space Places, Fashion, Murals, Immersive Experiences, and continue developing a narrative within Web3. Their objective is to thrive as a healing producer of art. There is a vision of Home; an inspired community of practice. Gratefully, Megan is a part of imnotArt, the first Physical/Digital NFT Gallery in Chicago. I forgive myself, I love myself. Life is (I am) limitless. Capable of embracing change of all forms with grace & patience.

Experiment 6.28.1999.5.33.♾

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Phylinese Brooks She/They

Phylinese Brooks is an actor, voiceover actor, self taught photographer and community organizer originally from Freeport, IL. She received her BA in Acting from Columbia College Chicago in 2021. During the early stages of the COVID 19 shutdown, Phylinese’s passion for photography blossomed. This would then lead to the launch of UBX3 Photography. UBX3 stands for Unapologetically, big, black and bold. Her mission is to use her crafts to give a voice to those who are silenced. When outside the walls of State & Chestnut, they are the resident photographer for Chicago Dance Company We are Dance Collective. Phylinese’s love for the arts & community involvement, has also inspired the launch of Elevated Voices in 2022. EV is a collective made up of native and local black creatives and entrepreneurs of Freeport, looking to make a difference.

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