25th Anniversary Ambassador Program

Our ambassadors help spread the word and increase general awareness of Arts of Life, event attendance, artwork sales, and donations.

Join Our Ambassador Team

"The art world, and world generally, can often feel tight, closed, exclusive, inaccessible. Not only does AofL change this formula to one that is ever expanding, but also brings others, of all walks of life, generously into community."

– Emily Lindskoog

"Art is healing, Art is empowering, Art is a necessity for one's health."

- Darien Sea

"I am deeply interested in the profound and important things that folks with intellectual and developmental disabilities have to teach us through their art and all the expression they put into the world. "

– Nicole Rizzo

Meet Some of the Team!

Allison Wade

Allison is a visual artist with a MFA from SAIC and educator with a BA in English literature from Stanford University whose practice is material-based, intuitive, and formally focused. Her sculptures combine ceramics, textiles, wood, and metal into unexpected arrangements that explore the intersection of flatness and form. She is represented by Devening Projects and is Assistant Professor of Instruction at Northwestern University.

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Nicole Rizzo

Nicole is a self-taught artist and a Chicago arts publicist!

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Emily Lindskoog

Emily received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. She has participated in group exhibitions which include Heaven Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center, Roman Susan Gallery, Circle Contemporary, and St. Mary’s College as well as solo exhibitions at Carlson Tower Gallery and Parallax Art Lab. She founded her own Love Road Artist Residency in 2018; a nomadic, annual residency for artist-mothers. She currently works as gallery director and art faculty at North Park University.

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Darien Sea

Darien is a curator, musician, writer, and producer in Chicago. He's been involved with helping restructure local live music staples like Cafe Mustache and The California Clipper and newer additions to the music scene like Color Club and Lemon.

Darien Williams

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kg makes weavings and writes poetry from their home studio by the lake in Chicago. kg values the small the domestic and the everyday, situating those politics in their studio and curatorial practices. They have exhibited their work all over the world - with Horse and Pony (Berlin), The Brooklyn Academy Of Music, The Bruce High Quality Foundation and The Gowanas Ballroom (New York), Left Field Gallery and Adjunct Positions (Los Angeles), Katherine E. Nash Gallery (Minneapolis), Monique Meloche Gallery, Gallery 400, Julius Caesar and LVL3 (Chicago), The John Michael Kohler Art Center (Wisconsin)  

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Marielle Epstein

Marielle is an educator and storyteller, and assistant director of Interpretation at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Full List of Ambassadors

Earth Ængel - Savannah Bell - Marielle Epstein - Kg - Jamie Gray - Lexi Holdaway - Asha Holmes - Brian Jucas -Emily Lindskoog - Cristina Marquez - Katherine O'Harrow - Kasey Mills Ornelas - Nicole Rizzo - Taylor Shuck - Stephanie Sun - Allison Wade - Darien Williams

More About the Program

In order to make this celebratory year a success, we are looking for a crew of ambassadors who will help spread the word and increase the visibility of Arts of Life. Our new Ambassador Program combines elements of a classic "street team" with some roles of serving on an event host committee. We are looking for folks who would like to use their influence and networking skills to increase general awareness of Arts of Life, event attendance, artwork sales, and donations. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to volunteer but needs a flexible schedule.

Ambassador Expectations:

  • Attend an onboarding meeting to discuss goals for the year
  • Consistently share content promoting our 25th Anniversary events on social media, over email, word of mouth, text, phone, fliers, etc.
  • Commit to attending two special events (a list of several events will be provided to choose from at onboarding)
  • Estimated time commitment of 1-2 hrs per month
Join Our Ambassador Team

Partners

This program is partially funded by support from the following organizations (Full Community Partners list here):