marwenartsMay 26, 20201 minA Day in the Life of a High School StudentOn May 20, Marwen's College + Career team collaborated with two high school students, Abigail Chavez and Alena Baker, both Marwen...
marwenartsMay 4, 20202 minWeekly Meet-ups for Marwen CommunityMarwen Community Connections Let's get together (virtually, of course)! Marwen will be hosting several weekly social spaces for members...
marwenartsOct 8, 20194 minStudent Spotlight: Nakiya’h LongstreetFifteen-year-old Nakiya’h Longstreet shares how he broke out of his comfort zone with the help of relationships he built at Marwen. When...
marwenartsMay 22, 20193 minStaying Connected with Marwen AlumniWe invited journalist Elise Schimke from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism to interview alumas Joselyn Corona and Lizbeth Rangel...
marwenartsNov 8, 20186 minMeet Aileen Castro: Photographer, printmaker, and digital illustrator"Marwen has done so much for me. Honestly, without Marwen, I probably wouldn't be going to college, and I wouldn't feel like I could take...
marwenartsSep 7, 20186 minA Step Beyond the Studio and Into the Workplace: Marwen’s Summer Intern Program During the summer of 2018, eighteen Chicago high school juniors and seniors were hired to intern with seventeen professional arts...
marwenartsAug 13, 20186 minMeet David Crain: An aspiring animator at Marwen “Marwen is not a place where people are going to judge you for who you are. You can be open about it, and you’re going to fit right in....
marwenartsAug 6, 20185 minMeet Oscar Aguilar: Artist and poet“In photography class I learned about biology. In my graffiti class I learned about the history of hip-hop. In darkroom photography I...