Look, most public art claims to change lives, but Damon Lamar Reed actually puts the work in. Across Chicagoland—from small corner storefronts to massive corporate walls, schools, and community centers—his

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Ace Hardware Main

Ace Hardware is retail chain of hardware stores that was started in Chicago, IL, in 1924. The company is privately held and has grown to be represented in over 60

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Indianapolis, IN

Say "Indianapolis" and most folks outside the Midwest just kind of nod politely, like they're not entirely sure where it is. Fair enough. It's not New York. It's not LA

I wear a lot of hats—mostly because I get bored easily if I'm not juggling three completely different industries at once.

Day to day, I split my time between the

PicturingCommunity is an artistic production of Jeremy Houchens, a native photographer and content creator. 

Originally from northern Minnesota, Jeremy is an enrolled member of the Leech Lake band

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Capital Hill Boys Club

From East side neighborhoods all the way out West, art shouldn't just sit in high-end galleries behind velvet ropes, it belongs right out on the pavement where people actually live

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Farm the District.org, Washington, D.C.

Look around DC, and notice we may have become way too reliant on long-distance supply chains to get fresh, healthy food onto our plates. 

Farm the District is a local

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Reconnecting To Our Waterways, Indiana

Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW) brings together Indianapolis neighborhoods and residents, nonprofit and private organizations, public agencies, and civic leaders around a shared purpose. Rather than having each group work