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Matt Irie (TGS ’02) always had a passion for manipulating the mundane. The artist has transformed items as simple as a saucepan, bath towel and even a stop sign into works of art. “There’s something about going to the hardware store and then trying to make something extraordinary out of the ordinary,” Irie said. In. ....
For Evanston-based sculpture artist Indira Freitas Johnson, art and nonviolence have always been intertwined. Growing up in Mumbai, she was influenced by her parents’ work. Her mother started a community development center and her father, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was an artist. “(My father) would tell us stories about Gandhi’s nonviolent methods,” Johnson said.. ....