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An image of Marwen young artist Grob Sharp on a green and orange background inspired by printmaking processes.
June 18, 2025 by Marwen Team

Meet Grob Sharp: Exploratory Printmaker

Grob (he/him) is an 8th grader who has taken a variety of Marwen classes and is exploring every art…
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18 June 2025
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An image of Marwen young artist Cass, with a purple background and film and camera themed embelishments.
June 11, 2025 by Marwen Team

Meet Cass Rivera: Photographer and Illustrator

Cass (she/they) is a rising 8th grader who has taken courses at Marwen since she was in 6th grade!…
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11 June 2025
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An image of Riley, Marwen graduating senior, with his name and the background image in a graffiti style.
May 28, 2025 by Marwen Team

Meet Riley Nolan: a Multimedia Artist Inspired by the Past

Riley (they/them) is a graduating 12th grader who joined Marwen in 2023 and has taken 16 classes and workshops!…
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28 May 2025
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May 23, 2025 by Marwen Team

A Step Beyond the Studio and Into the Workplace: Art@Work

During the summer of 2018, eighteen Chicago high school juniors and seniors were hired to intern with seventeen professional…
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23 May 2025
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May 23, 2025 by Marwen Team

Meet Olivia Villa: Speedy Sketcher and Charcoal Artist

Olivia is a 7th grader who has been developing her drawing skills at Marwen. She is learning techniques for…
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23 May 2025
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May 23, 2025 by Marwen Team

Meet Owen Esling: Creative Oil Painter

Owen is an 11th grader, who has taken several art classes at Marwen, found his passion in oil painting….
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23 May 2025
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February 22, 2024 by Marwen Team

Nurturing Tomorrow’s Creative Educators

Marwen’s New Emerging Teaching Artist (META) Program is Singular in Chicago…and Perhaps in the U.S. It’s really important that…
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  • META
22 February 2024
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December 1, 2023 by Marwen Team

Meet Titus Lakin

Meet Titus, a 7th grader and future animator attending Marwen. Titus shares a bit of his Marwen experience and…
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01 December 2023
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October 1, 2020 by Marwen Team

Teaching artist Sarita Garica shares how young people led in 2020

In Summer 2020, teaching artist Sarita Garcia (she/her) collaborated with fellow artist Janet Lopez (she/her) and young artist Ash…
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01 October 2020
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October 1, 2019 by Marwen Team

Student Spotlight: Nakiya’h Longstreet

Fifteen-year-old Nakiya’h Longstreet shares how he broke out of his comfort zone with the help of relationships he built…
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01 October 2019
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May 1, 2019 by Marwen Team

Alumni Spotlight: Joselyn Corona and Lizbeth Rangel

We invited journalist Elise Schimke from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism to interview alumas Joselyn Corona and Lizbeth Rangel…
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  • Marwen Stories
01 May 2019
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November 1, 2018 by Marwen Team

Meet Aileen Castro: Photographer, printmaker, and digital illustrator

“Marwen has done so much for me. Honestly, without Marwen, I probably wouldn’t be going to college, and I…
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  • Marwen Stories
01 November 2018
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