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Andre and Frances Guichard are owners of the 16-year-old Gallery Guichard in Bronzeville, which has seen corporate efforts toward diversity, equity and inclusion expand to art in the post-George Floyd era. The couple, which also owns the seven-year-old Bronzeville Artist Lofts, has been on a mission to expose patrons to multicultural artists and art in the African Diaspora, along with four other galleries in the Bronzeville Art District.
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A nation reckoning with race has led to a renaissance for artists of the African Diaspora.
That’s because diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by some corporate and academic institutions have expanded to the very art on the walls, some Chicago artists of color say.
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Monica Haslip, at left, Robin Rue Simmons and Michael Nabors are taking part in a panel discussion Tuesday titled “Racial Healing and Reparations: Two Steps Toward Transformation.” (via YWCA Evanston/NorthShore)
EVANSTON, IL In recognition of the National Day of Racial Healing, which occurs the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, YWCA Evanston/North Shore will host a virtual panel discussion that is free and open to the public.
Titled Racial Healing and Reparations: Two Steps Toward Transformation, the panel discussion will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time on January 19.
YWCA Evanston/North Shore is encouraging area residents to attend this free event by registering via YWCA s website: www.ywca-ens.org.
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