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Evanston artist and sculptor Indira Johnson offered Chicago Cultural Center visitors an opportunity to engage in an intricate community art project aiming to promote peace, unity and blessings on Friday and Saturday. Over several hours, participants used rice flour, turmeric, dirt, flower petals and leaves to decorate a Rangoli — a large traditional Indian floor. ....
For 10 years, a single Buddha head has watched over the corner of West Loyola Avenue and North Sheridan Road but it’s not alone. The Lake Shore Campus ....
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.. ....