• Home
  • Archive
  • About
    • Manifesto
    • Submit
    • Mailing List
  • Contributors

  • Home
  • Archive
  • About
    • Manifesto
    • Submit
    • Mailing List
  • Contributors

About CAW

Chicago Artist Writers is a platform that asks artists and art workers to write traditional and experimental criticism that serves under-represented arts programming in Chicago.

Articles by Category

  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Experimental Reviews
  • Hyperlink Reviews
  • Micro Meditations
  • Fictional Narratives
  • Editorials
  • Essays
  • News
  • Updates
  • Workshops
  • Miscellaneous
  • Artist Project

Contributors

  • Adelheid Mers
  • Amelia Charter
  • Andrew Falkowski
  • Annette LePique
  • Ariel Williams
  • B. Ingrid Olson
  • B. Quinn
  • Bill Bacarella
  • Brit Barton
  • Brook Sinkinson Withrow
  • Cara Smulevitz
  • Caroline Carlsmith
  • Chelsea Culprit
  • Collin Pressler
  • Dan Gunn
  • Dan Miller
  • Daviel Shy
  • Dottie Farmsworth
  • Elizabeth Lalley
  • Elliot Reichert
  • Elliott Mickleburgh
  • Gail Gomez
  • George Olken
  • Georgia Wall
  • Greg Ruffing
  • H. Melt
  • Heather Marie Vernon
  • Hiba Ali
  • Holly Murkerson
  • JT Bruns
  • Jais Gossman
  • James Pepper Kelly
  • James T Green
  • Jenyu Wang
  • Jeremy Gloster
  • Jessica Taylor Caponigro
  • Josh Dihle
  • Josh Reames
  • Kelly Kaczynski
  • Kelly Reaves
  • Kevin Weil
  • Kristofer Lenz
  • Lise Haller Baggesen
  • Luke Fidler
  • Lynnette Miranda
  • Matt Morris
  • Matthew Messner
  • Max Guy
  • Micah Schippa
  • Miles Jackson
  • Nicholas Frank
  • Nick Bastis
  • Nicole Mauser
  • Robert Burnier
  • Robert Chase Heishman
  • Sabrina Greig
  • Sarah Weber
  • Soheila Azadi
  • Toufic El Rassi
  • Willy Smart
  • Yuri Stone
  • Zsofi Valyi-Nagy

Sites

  • 14 Chairs
  • 2nd Floor Rear
  • 3228 W North Avenue
  • 4th Ward Project Space
  • 65Grand
  • Alcatraz
  • Andrew Rafacz Gallery
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Bad at Sports
  • Bar4000
  • Boyfriends
  • Brain Frame
  • Candor Arts
  • Chicago Cultural Center
  • Co-Prosperity Sphere
  • Columbia College
  • Corbett vs. Dempsey
  • Courtney Blades
  • DFBRL8R
  • Devening Projects
  • Document
  • Dos Perros Projects
  • Egg
  • Fernwey
  • Gallery 400
  • Goldfinch
  • Heaven Gallery
  • Hume
  • Hyde Park Art Center
  • Iceberg Projects
  • Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
  • Issue Press
  • Jane Addams Hull House Museum
  • Johalla Projects
  • Julius Caesar
  • Kirk's Apartment
  • LVL3
  • Latitude
  • Lloyd Dobler Gallery
  • Lodos Contemporaneo
  • Lorna Room
  • MDW Fair
  • Make Space
  • Mana Contemporary
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
  • National Museum of Mexican Art
  • National Veteran's Art Museum
  • Night Club
  • Paris London Hong Kong
  • Perfectly Acceptable Press
  • Practise
  • Prairie
  • Produce Model
  • Public Works
  • Queer Thoughts
  • Reunion
  • Roots and Culture
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Sector 2337
  • St. Sylvester School
  • Stony Island Arts Bank
  • Suitable Video
  • Sustain
  • Terrain Exhibitions
  • The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
  • The Chicago Perch
  • The Dojo
  • The Franklin
  • The Hills Esthetic Center
  • The Luminary Arts Center
  • The Milk Factory
  • The Nightingale
  • The Storefront
  • The Suburban
  • Threewalls
  • Tritriangle
  • Triumph
  • Unison
  • University of Chicago
  • Wedge Projects
  • aCinema
  • devening projects + editions
  • peregrineprogram

Artists

  • Aaron Hughes
  • Abigail DeVille
  • Aki Inomata
  • Alain Biltereyst
  • Alberto Aguilar
  • Alec Hatcher
  • Alejandro Jimenez
  • Alejandro Meitin
  • Alex Chitty
  • Alex Gartlemann
  • Alexandra Antoine
  • Alivia Zivich
  • Allison Wade
  • Ally Hasche
  • Amanda Williams
  • Amy Feldman
  • And Then There Was BLAK
  • Andrea Chiu
  • Andrew Mausert-Mooney
  • Angel Marin
  • Anjali Alm-Basu
  • Annie Kielman
  • Anthony Romero
  • Arkee Chaney
  • Assaf Evron
  • Atiz Rezistans
  • Ayanah Moor
  • B. Ingrid Olson
  • Beate Geissler
  • Ben Foch
  • Bethany Collins
  • Boyang Hou
  • Brad Rohloff
  • Brandon Seckler
  • Brian Holmes
  • Cai Guo-Qiang
  • Caleb Yono
  • Cameron Clayborn
  • Cameron McKee
  • Caroline McCraw
  • Carter Lodwick
  • Catherine Sullivan
  • Cauleen Smith
  • Cecil McDonald Jr.
  • Celeste Rapone
  • Celia Wickham
  • Chelsea Culprit
  • Chris Collins
  • Chris Dorland
  • Christalena Hughmanick
  • Christopher Aque
  • Christopher K. Ho
  • Christopher Knowlton
  • Cindy Loehr
  • Coco Picard
  • Coleen MacPherson
  • Corkey Sinks
  • Cruel Valentine
  • Dan Graham
  • Dan Sullivan
  • Dana DeGiulio
  • Daniel Baeza
  • Daniel Baird
  • David Robbins
  • David Robert Elliott
  • Devon Diekou
  • Dirty Grits
  • Donna Huanca
  • Doug Ischar
  • Ebony G. Patterson
  • Edra Soto
  • Eileen Mueller
  • Elizabeth Englander
  • Emily Jones
  • Englewood Arts Collective
  • Eric Fleischauer
  • Eric May
  • Essi Kausalainen
  • Eugene Eda
  • Evan Jenkins
  • Faheem Majeed
  • Felix Gonzalez-Torres
  • Fontaine Capel
  • George Kuchar
  • Gibran Villalobos
  • Gordon Hall
  • Gurl Don't Be Dumb
  • Hamza Walker
  • Heidi Norton
  • Ilan Gutin
  • Inez Walker
  • Irina Zadov
  • Isabelle Frances McGuire
  • Ivan Lozano
  • J. Michael Ford
  • J. Soto
  • JC Steinbrunner
  • JCSpaceRadio
  • Jabari Jordan-Walker
  • Jaclyn Mednicov
  • Jamie Steele
  • Jason Foumberg
  • Jason Lazarus
  • Jeanne Dunning
  • Jeff Austin
  • Jeff Kolar
  • Jeffrey Prokash
  • Jenn Smith
  • Jenny Drumgoole
  • Jenny Kendler
  • Jesse McLean
  • Jessica Campbell
  • Jim Duignan
  • Joe Cassan
  • Joel Parsons
  • John Opera
  • Jon Chambers
  • Jon Satrom
  • Jorge Rojas
  • Josh Patterson
  • Josh Rios
  • Judith Leemann
  • Karolina Gnatowski
  • Kate Conlon
  • Katie Torn
  • Katy Kirbach
  • Kay Hofmann
  • Kelly Kaczynski
  • Kendall Babl
  • Kirk Faber
  • Krista Franklin
  • Lan Tuazon
  • Lauren Pacheco
  • Lauren Steinberg
  • Lauren Sudbrink
  • Leo Kaplan
  • Leonce Love
  • Lionel St. Eloi
  • Lior Modan
  • Liz McCarthy
  • Lonnie Holley
  • Lori Waxman
  • Lorraine Dauw
  • Lou Mallozzi
  • Lyra Hill
  • Maddie Reyna
  • Mairead Delaney
  • Marcela Torres
  • Maria Gaspar
  • Marissa Deitz
  • Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela
  • Marissa Lee Benedict
  • Mark Booth
  • Matt Davis
  • Matt Martin
  • Matt Morris
  • Max Hart
  • Maya Ben David
  • Mia Lopez
  • Michael Rea
  • Michaela Murphy
  • Michal Samama
  • Mike Kuchar
  • Mike Paro
  • Minnie Evans
  • Miri Phelps
  • Miriam Ruiz
  • Misael Soto
  • Morgan Sims
  • Máire + Mia
  • NIC Kay
  • Naama Arad
  • Nancy VanKanegan
  • Natalia Nicholson
  • Nathan Thomas
  • Nicholas Gottlund
  • Nicholas O'Brien
  • Nicholas Wylie
  • Nick Schutzenhofer
  • Nicole Marroquin
  • Oli Rodriguez
  • Oliver Henry
  • Oliver Sann
  • Paige Landesberg
  • Paris F. Jomadiao
  • Parker Bright
  • Parsons and Charlesworth
  • Party Noire
  • Patrick Gill
  • Peter Power
  • Puppies Puppies
  • Rachel Ellison
  • Rachel de Joode
  • Rajee Aryal
  • Raul de Lara
  • Rebecca Beachy
  • Rebecca Morris
  • Rebirth Garments
  • Regin Igloria
  • Robert Chase Heishman
  • Ronald Lockett
  • Ruby T
  • Ruby Western
  • Ryan Duggan
  • Ryan Griffis
  • Ryan Lauderdale
  • Ryan Pfeiffer + Rebecca Walz
  • Ryan T Dunn
  • Ryan Travis Christian
  • S. Nicole Lane
  • Sandra de La Loza
  • Sara J. Winston
  • Sara Kerastas
  • Sarah Ross
  • Selina Trepp
  • Sheida Soleimani
  • Sherwin Ovid
  • Siera Hyte
  • Slo’Mo Party
  • Sofia Leiby
  • Sonnenzimmer
  • Steve Reinke
  • Storm Thorgerson
  • Suhaly Bautista-Carolina
  • Susan Giles
  • TRQPITECA
  • Takahiro Iwasaki
  • Tamer Hassan
  • Terri Kapsalis
  • The Arts of Life Band
  • The Trickster Quartet
  • Theaster Gates
  • Thornton Dial
  • Ti Moun Rezistans
  • Tiffany Joy Butler
  • Tim’m West
  • Tonika Johnson
  • Tony Balko
  • Tsherin Sherpa
  • Vertonen
  • Vincent Uribe
  • Whit Forrester
  • William Robertson
  • Wyatt Grant
  • Yani Aviles
  • You-Ni Chae
  • Zak Arctander
  • Zakkiyyah Najeebah
Website by Useful Art Services

Suhaly Bautista-Carolina

Essays

Empowering Latinx Arts Practitioners at the Latinx Artist Retreat (LXAR)

Lynnette Miranda
June 7, 2017
Chicago Cultural CenterNational Museum of Mexican ArtAnthony RomeroGibran VillalobosJ. SotoJosh RiosMarissa Johnson-ValenzuelaMia LopezMiriam RuizNicole MarroquinSandra de La LozaSuhaly Bautista-CarolinaTiffany Joy Butler

The Latinx Artist Retreat was a great beginning, not to a conversation, but to a community that I hope evolves and grows into a family of makers, thinkers, and doers who are committed to making change through art and culture.

Go to the archive
We value reader input beyond what comment sections can offer. Write out a thoughtful response or criticism to any of our articles, include your real name, occupation and location, and we will publish it. Letters should be sent to editor@chicagoartistwriters.com

Contributors to Date

Adelheid Mers / Amelia Charter / Andrew Falkowski / Annette LePique / Ariel Williams / B. Ingrid Olson / B. Quinn / Bill Bacarella / Brit Barton / Brook Sinkinson Withrow / Cara Smulevitz / Caroline Carlsmith / Chelsea Culprit / Collin Pressler / Dan Gunn / Dan Miller / Daviel Shy / Dottie Farmsworth / Elizabeth Lalley / Elliot Reichert / Elliott Mickleburgh / Gail Gomez / George Olken / Georgia Wall / Greg Ruffing / H. Melt / Heather Marie Vernon / Hiba Ali / Holly Murkerson / JT Bruns / Jais Gossman / James Pepper Kelly / James T Green / Jenyu Wang / Jeremy Gloster / Jessica Taylor Caponigro / Josh Dihle / Josh Reames / Kelly Kaczynski / Kelly Reaves / Kevin Weil / Kristofer Lenz / Lise Haller Baggesen / Luke Fidler / Lynnette Miranda / Matt Morris / Matthew Messner / Max Guy / Micah Schippa / Miles Jackson / Nicholas Frank / Nick Bastis / Nicole Mauser / Robert Burnier / Robert Chase Heishman / Sabrina Greig / Sarah Weber / Soheila Azadi / Toufic El Rassi / Willy Smart / Yuri Stone / Zsofi Valyi-Nagy

Become a Contributor

Chicago Artist Writers welcomes new contributions from the Chicago art community and beyond. If you have an idea for a piece of writing, email editor@chicagoartistwriters.com

/ / /