Announcing Artist and Activist Tonika Johnson For July 19th Showcase
Tonika Johnson is a visual artist/photographer from Chicago’s South Side Englewood neighborhood. She received her BA in Journalism & Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2003 and her MBA from National-Louis University in 2005. We have no clue what Tonika and Tara Betts will do and there will be plenty of talks, panels, installations, and more inside the massive warehouse with multiple rooms of programming. Come check it out! We will be announcing Tara Betts shortly.
“WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE TONIKA JOHNSON AS A PARTICIPANT 7:45 PM – 7:55 PM ON JULY 19TH. HER SET WILL BE IN COLLABORATION WITH WRITER TARA BETTS”
In 2010, she helped co-found Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) and now she serves as its full-time Program Manager. She was featured in Chicago Magazine as a 2017 Chicagoan of the Year for her photography of Englewood’s everyday beauty, countering its pervasive media coverage of poverty and crime. In 2017, her two Englewood-based photography projects, “From the INside,” and “Everyday Rituals,” were exhibited at Rootwork Gallery in Pilsen, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Harold Washington Library Center. In August 2017, the Chicago Reader ran a photo essay by Johnson as its cover story titled “Life Beyond The Headlines.” Selected work from her two projects are currently on exhibition at Loyola University’s Museum of Art (LUMA) until June 2, 2018. Currently, she is working on a new photography project illustrating Chicago’s residential segregation titled “Folded Map,” which, will also be exhibited at LUMA in July 2018.
Glappitnova unites different types of people and perspectives into a space sharing what matters most. In return, we all grow getting exposed to new things, insights, and much more. The Chicago space is a swanky massive warehouse off an alley with multiple rooms of activity. There is a mixture of storytelling, performances, panels, art exhibitions and good people. Each day has different programming and we recommend you get an accessible VIP ticket for hidden surprises and new year-long program launches. This is a private and 21 an older event. You can view our FAQs at https://www.glappitnova.com/faq/.
