FROM SLEEPING ON THE CTA TO ART BASEL ANNOUNCING CREATIVE EMCAYS FOR JULY 18TH SHOWCASE
We are super excited to have artist Emcays as one of the many participants for the showcases spanning July 17th – 19th. Glappitnova brings passionate and talented people from different backgrounds and industries together sharing what matters most unlocking human potential. He will have 10 minutes to do anything and we have not clue what it might be. There is storytelling, performances, panels, debates, and more in a hidden warehouse. Come check it out and get your tickets below. You can view more participants here.
“WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE EMCAYS AS A PARTICIPANT 7:30 PM – 7:40 PM ON JULY 18TH”
Seven years ago Maxwell Emcays was couch surfing and sleeping on the CTA trains. Today he is a philanthropist, an author of 4 children’s books, runs mentoring in a juvenile detention center, holds 2 patents, does multiple charitable projects and is a full-time Artist focused on art activism.
Maxwell Emcays is a Chicago based multidisciplinary creative who began his journey creating digitally born work, knowing a t-shirt as his only canvas. While attending The University Of Illinois he explored the relationship between meaning as it pertains to context. The t-shirt presented itself as an allegory that references this. His work seeks to navigate the bounds of meaning. His multi-layered work strives to create dialog around these institutionalized barriers while presenting a more overt conscious meaning.
Stylistically, he references abstract expressionism, pop art and Afrocentrism. He channels his making process and rendering to echo the underlying theme.
His work has been seen in Miami Art Basel, Chicago galleries, the DuSable Museum, private collections and highlighted on NBC’s “Making a Difference”.
