Manifest Urban Arts Festival, Wabash Arts Corridor, Columbia College Chicago, Annually 2014 - 2022
2018 SunTimes Article
An annual art and media festival celebrating the work of over 2000 graduating students with 15,000 guests in attendance. The student-powered festival features 80+ events, including art exhibitions, readings, film screenings, fashion shows, multimedia projects, three outdoor stages that activates Chicago's South Loop neighborhood.
Lead partnerships and make connections between student affairs, academic affairs, instructors, student organizations, sponsors, vendors and city-wide collaborators in the vision, development and execution of festival.
Direct all event operations from conception to evaluation and oversee all production teams and workflow.
Mentor and create opportunities for students to practice skill-sets within event as designers, performers, managers, musicians, audio engineers, dancers and more.
Photo credits: Alexis Ellers and Jonathan Mathias