Reporting & Criticism > Newcity

Contributing writer on art and cultural issues. Many of the articles here are archived with links in the Publications section below. Served as Art Editor from 2002-2007, while writing Eye Exam, a weekly column on visual art in Chicago, which continues today. Managed list of over 300 freelance writers and contributors, edited assigned articles, reviews and previews for publication; collected and managed image assets, captions and credit information; wrote more than 20 cover features during tenure as columnist and editor. Many of the columns and cover features are no longer available for archive as they were stored on Newcity's website, which was revamped in the late 2000's, and the existing archive was destroyed or lost. Sample Eye Exam columns are provided below, as are samples of cover features from the "Breakout Artists" annual cover feature series, which also continues today.