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Articles by Rod Sawyer
Line Language: Sage Smith Discusses The Therapeutic Process of Linework, Motionwork, and Pattern-Making in Her Art – South Side Weekly
Amid a pandemic and civil uprisings, many artists are trying to figure out how to make social and personal impacts through their work. For Sage Smith, her work both speaks to the importance of her identity and transcends the idea of being mono-cultural. She grew up on the South Side and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Arts Education and Bachelor’s in Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Modeling for Success – South Side Weekly
In the summer of 2018, my friend Lovetta Spencer invited me to attend a fashion show at Dearborn Denim and Apparel in Hyde Park. Her son Zion, a recent graduate of South Shore International High School, had been selected to receive a scholarship at the fashion show. And there, I met Stanley Coleman Jr. A native Hyde Parker, Coleman graduated from Kenwood High School and has a business degree in management and broadcast journalism from Columbia College.
Painting the Process
Rod Sawyer Recently, I took a Japanese calligraphy class for the first time. As the instructor set up the materials on the table, he showed me a variety of tools, including brushes with thin and fat bristle, handmade fine oil soot Ink Sticks, and my favorite: some of his own collection of calligraphy work.
We Real Cool
Rod Sawyer The second floor of Betty Shabazz International Charter School felt immediately familiar. Teenagers bounced between white tiled walls, in and out of classrooms, freely running through the long halls while parents passed by cradling younger children. Chairs lined the hallway in two rows, neatly crowding and condensing audience members as they waited to be admitted into the classroom where the We Real Cool fashion show would take place.
Op-Ed: Creating School Uniforms That Inspire
Nolis Anderson Kahari here, to briefly introduce y’all to the big homey Desmond “Des Money” Owusu: a native Chicagoan and fellow South Sider whose passions as a designer and photographer have led him to blessing the world with a legacy of projects that are community driven and civically minded. To say the least, Des is a pillar in the Chicago creative community and steward for many others coming up with him.
Finding Sanctuary
Rod Sawyer Upon entering Sanctuary Cafe, the social justice–minded coffee shop that opened last year in Hyde Park’s University Church, I immediately noticed the wooden benches, the way the lamps light the space, and how the low chatter of people in the space all reinforce the idea of sanctuary, a safe space.
Spray Paint School
Years ago, the artist and graffiti-writer Miguel Aguilar, also known as Kane-One, came to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) as an undergraduate with little classroom art training, but with experience in street art stretching back to age thirteen. His unique experience forced him to be honest with his painting instructors, making it clear to them that the way the department was structured did not work for what he wanted to do artistically.
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