Authors: Rose Shimberg
![Muralists Roots Art Kollective on Art & Community Impact](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SLUG-2023-Roots-Art-Kollective-Feature-Image-Reupload-1024x682.webp)
Muralists Roots Art Kollective on Art & Community Impact
Roots Art Kollective shares a Mexican-American heritage and a West Side upbringing, and each member has a distinct style they bring to their collaborations. … read more
![How to Become Friends With a Bird: Advice from Traci’s Parrots 4U Founder Traci Afana](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/tracis-parrots-4u-staff-birds-1024x750.webp)
How to Become Friends With a Bird: Advice from Traci’s...
Owner of Traci’s Parrots 4U, Traci Afana buys baby birds from breeders to raise and nurture until they’re ready for homes of their own. … read more
![Public Art Piece In Search of Blue Sky Finds Common Ground in Air Quality Fight](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221221_SLUG_WENDY_063-1024x682.webp)
Public Art Piece In Search of Blue Sky Finds Common...
Public art installation In Search of Blue Sky seeks both to raise community awareness of the air quality data and embed it with personal meaning. … read more
![Embodied Ecologies: Where Disability Meets the Natural World](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SLUG-2022-Embodied_Ecologies-evangeline_amadu-What_happens_in_the_Marsh_at_Dusk-7921-1024x566.jpg)
Embodied Ecologies: Where Disability Meets the Natural World
Embodied Ecologies—an exhibit on the intertwining of disability, health, and the environment—takes many forms: sculpture, painting, poetry and mixed-media. … read more