Based in Chicago, iL, "beauty breaks" is a workshop series founded by artist amina ross. this workshop series aims to provide a counter-narrative to dominant conceptions of black beauty and wellness. Workshops are hosted at Chicago alt-venue f4f.

Jory Drew

Jory Drew

JORY DREW  is an assemblage artist living and working in Chicago, IL. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he is the acting operations manager at F4F, a local alternative domestic venue in Little Village. Concerned with how social constructs have influenced the structural economic, legal and political conditions that subsequently manifest and determine reality, he works to dismantle the images and objects that support said constructions, through his involvement with Beauty Breaks. He facilitated the workshop entitled Hidden Excursions

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Beauty Breaks: Session 5

Joelle Mercedes

Joelle Mercedes

Jackie Abena Smith

Jackie Abena Smith