The Chicago City Council approved the appointments made by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot to the Cultural Advisory Council of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ( DCASE ), including Council Chair Amina J. Dickerson and Vice Chair Alison Cuddy.
The appointees are a diverse group of Chicagoans from across the city representing a broad cross-section of arts genres. They include practicing artists, representatives from major cultural organizations, neighborhood and community organizations, and the community at large.
New council members include:
Paola Aguirre Serrano, founding principal, Borderless Studio
Alison Cuddy, artistic director, Chicago Humanities Festival
Sandra Delgado, theater artist, writer, actor and producer
Amina J. Dickerson, president, Dickerson Global Advisors
Juan Dies, co-founder and executive director, Sones de Mexico Ensemble
Bob Faust, owner, Faust and Special Projects Director, Nick Cave Studio
Robert Gomez, owner, Subterranean/Beat Kitchen/Underbar
Esther Grisham Grimm, executive director, 3Arts
Tracie D. Hall, director of the culture program, Joyce Foundation
Akilah S. Halley, executive director, Marwen
Tempestt Hazel, arts program officer, Field Foundation of Illinois
Kevin Iega Jeff, creative director, Deeply Rooted Productions
Ginger Lane, arts & culture project director, Access Living
Josephine Lee, president & artistic director, Chicago Children's Choir
Tonika Lewis Johnson, artist, Folded Map Project
Bill Michel, associate vice president and executive director of UChicago Arts and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago
Heather A. Miller, executive director, American Indian Center
Cesareo J. Moreno, chief curator and visual arts director, National Museum of Mexican Art
Margaret C. Murphy-Webb, executive director/co-founder, South Side Jazz Coalition
Coya Paz, artistic director, Free Street Theater
Claire C. Rice, executive director, Arts Alliance Illinois
Silvia Rivera, managing director, Vocalo
Myrna Salazar, co-founder and executive director, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
David Schmitz, executive director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Jennifer A. Scott, director/chief curator, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, University of Illinois at Chicago
Paul J. Sznewajs, executive director, Ingenuity
Vivian Teng, managing director, Cinema/Chicago and the Chicago International Film Festival
Omar Torres-Kortright, executive director, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
Tanner Woodford, founder/executive director, Design Museum of Chicago
One additional member to be named later