Alyssa Low is a Chicago artist and multidisciplinary designer. Her artwork explores the relationships between colors, shapes and composition. Low's style weaves in minimalistic shapes, bold colors and patterns that create a modular narrative filled with mementos and iconography.

ACW is an artist, writer, and musician. From gig posters to comics to portraits to prints, they create colorful and playful pieces that celebrate themes of identity, DIY music, queerness, community and the natural world.

A multimedia artist and designer, Apolonia Wielgus experiments with different subject matters and mediums: drawing and painting, photography, jewelry-making, collage, and  poetry to explore the relationships humans have with nature, others, and themselves.

Lauren is the owner of Back Alley Rugs, a woman owned small business based in Chicago. She offers unique handtufted rugs and other tufted home decor. She aims to add personality and uniqueness to spaces with her own fun creations as well as custom ordering.

Debbie Wong is a self-taught illustrator and designer who creates under the moniker “beetlebob” creating a whimsical cast of characters. Her medium includes: illustration, painting, screen printing, wheat paste, digital art and occasionally murals.

Bird Trouble is a grass-roots, artist built, Mexican American solo female own and ran leather bags and accessories online brand. Our mission is to handcraft unique small batch and custom leather heirlooms for wild and free individuals.

Queer, female, visual Artist who practices traditional copper etching, drawing, painting, and incorporates unconventional materials in mixed media pieces. She explores intimate, deeply human themes. The process is often grueling and tedious, with a dark, introspective aesthetic.

Penélope is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on photography and jewelry making. She mainly works with polymer and metal clay, creating everything in small batches.

Hannah is a designer, community organizer, and self taught artist. They work across myriad mediums and explore themes of trauma, identity, grief, joy, and community. They operate a community art space called Lot’sa, where you can shop local artist goods, take workshops, and join in for art meetups.

Chi Nwosu is a Black, nonbinary, queer Nigerian artist in Chicago. Their work weaves elemental, political, and spiritual symbols, centering marginalized experiences. Chi's art is a portal to imagine a world grounded in love, curiosity, interconnectedness, and collective liberation.

Roller coaster enthusiast, world traveler, and karaoke super star Clayton Hauck takes photos & loves doing it. See You Soon is his creative space, photography studio, kitchen and meeting place.

Eve Gordon is a naturalist at heart with a passion for conservation and scientific education through zines. Many topics focus on nature-based zines featuring cool facts and animals.

Chicago-based herbal apothecary offering high quality herbal supplements made with natural, locally sourced ingredients by local herbalist, Alex Williams. First Curve also offers herbal consultations, herbalism classes, and apprenticeship through their sister organization, Greenspell.

Gingergold is the creative studio of sisters Cheryl and Sarah Hinman specializing in branding, illustration, menu design & custom signage. They collaborate with clients to create exciting, intentional work and make small batch, handmade products from stationary to home goods.

A creative studio and shop featuring original screen-printed art and a curated selection of goods that connect us to our cultures. It was founded in 2019 by Maksim Barkhatov (he/him) and Kasumi Chow (they/them) — a creative duo with branding, design, photography, and art direction backgrounds.

I Felt It Too is designed by illustrator and screen printer, Alley Painter. Products range from stationery supplies to one-of-a-kind screenprinted items on preloved garments. I Felt It Too seeks to bring a little laughter and cheekiness into your life through silly, saucy, and sentimental designs.

Mexican folk artist, Jason Guzman specializes Papel Picado; a Mexican folk art that has roots in Mesoamerican tradition and ritual. He carries on this tradition to honor his culture and cultivate craft. He has exhibited his work in galleries and conventions such as Slow and Low, Pilsen Arts & Community House, and Chicago Art Dept.

Jeremiah Shalo is the head of creative and co-founder of Kribi Coffee Co. while also running his art practice in Chicago. His art is inspired by the absurd nature of everyday life, graphic characters that draw the eye, and powerfully bold colors. You can catch him creating in the studio, selling art at fairs, and always looking on the bright side.

Bachor adapts the ancient mosaic art form to contemporary life. His vibrant work permanently captures unexpected concepts from the present: potholes, junk food, breakfast cereal - challenging long-held notions of what a mosaic could be. His pothole art project has gained world-wide attention since 2013.

Julia Arredondo is a Tejana artist whose work is print-based with a focus on screen prints, zines, and ritual products. Julia's practice explores alternative empowerment and reimagines business structures and spiritual philosophies as platforms for play and experimentation.

Katie Chung / 정지은 is a Korean American artist from Chicago. Her art practice is split between sculptural work that explores identity and illustration/graphic design. She loves the challenges and opportunities that both practices offer.

Katie Kapuza writes, paints, and builds puppets. She creates small animations, short films, and paintings. She draws from stories and dreams, her art tending to be fluffy and romantic, surreal and exaggerated, messy and fragile. She is influenced by love, poetry and her grandmother’s recipes. She is an artist and animator in Chicago, IL

Kimberly Kim is an artist from Chicago. Kim's work focuses on manipulating ceramic objects and photography, which explores the cross section of art and product design. She is inspired by biographical storytelling, landscape polaroids that reference sci-fi cinema, and everyday kitchen objects.

Laila began as a creative project for artist Liz Mortensen to explore the movement of slow fashion through natural dyes, some of which are from their Garfield Park community garden.

Julia Franco’s artwork of colorful patterns and shapes merging together is a representation of strength and evolution, and is painted with custom mixed paints and diverse silk screen details. Julia’s portfolio includes her “le panther” series, murals and custom visual works.

Theo N’Daou is a Black Indigenous, queer, and disabled artist and writer from Chicago. Their art explores grief, worldbuilding, trauma informed practices, and disability advocacy to encourage other "delicate flowers" (a phrase Theo's mother used to describe them since childhood) to grant themselves grace through themes of affirmation and nature.

Maura Walsh is a Chicago-based artist (formally known as BlackNail Studio.) She independently runs this small creative business and produces commission work in addition to her personal fine art practice. Maura Walsh Studio is home to all of the Tiny Guide projects and other handmade items.

Mikey is a Queer artist-art therapist from Chicago’s South Side with a BFA and MA in Art Therapy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their work combines illustrations, fiber crafts, and activism, creating soft, engaging artworks that subtly convey powerful messages about Queer advocacy.

Mr. Walters is an artist, toy maker and lover of pugs. He produces a variety of fun items via his personal brand, Nerfect. Mr. Walters is especially well-known for his ongoing series of artist-made pug character plush.

Sarah, a lifelong sewer and hobby collector, took her creativity and turn it into a business. In 2022 she started  Revamped Thread Co to create one-of-a-kind pieces from reused and upcycled items.

Tanner Bowman is T.B.D. Studio. He wears all of the hats in the business from Prototyping, Designing, and Manufacturing the objects - to Packaging, Photography, Social Media, Customer Service, ETC. Tanner Does it all with pride, in order to fill the world with more color, beauty, and joy.

Jam is a non-binary artist and educator living in Chicago, who’s been teaching free drop in family programming at Garfield Park Conservatory for seven years! Both in their artwork and teaching, Jam works to help people see themselves as part of an ecosystem.