Grants awarded to Elgin projects aiming to fight community inequities Atoy Spates of Elgin is one of first recipients of an Elevating Equity grant, a grass-roots grantmaking program initiated by Grand Victoria Foundation. Her project seeks to provide healing modalities, resources, workshops, and services to people of color in Elgin. COURTESY OF GRAND VICTORIA FOUNDATION
Parker Thompson and Elgin Community Bikes are among three organizations receiving an Elevating Equity grant from Grand Victoria Foundation. Rick West/rwest@ dailyherald.com, August 2020 Cristina Colunga is one of first recipients of an Elevating Equity grant, a grass-roots grantmaking program initiated by Grand Victoria Foundation. Her project, Raices, is a series of paintings that focuses on the migration story of her grandparents and family from México to Elgin.
Elgin art exhibit celebrates Black culture in America
Elgin artist Freddrick D. Wimms curated the Black Then, Black Now, Black in the Middle . art exhibit at Side Street Studios in Elgin in honor of Black History Month. The exhibit features work from 30 artists, local and from across the country, and will run through the end of the month. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Jet Stream by Oak Park artist Lindsay Johnson is featured in the Black Then, Black Now, Black in the Middle . art exhibit at Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin. The work features a variety of media, including newspaper, acrylic, latex and surgical masks.