Evanston Art Center
Roberta Miles is a versatile performer and producer with extensive experience in the arts since 1982. Currently, Miles serves as an Ensemble Member for Beast Women and holds multiple titles at Miles North Productions, focusing on event bookings, marketing, and production. As President and Producer of Loose Chicks, a dynamic performance group, Miles is known for engaging narratives that challenge boundaries. Additionally, Miles has been a Performing Artist and Jazz Singer for the Illinois Arts Council since 2010 and produces Cafe Cabaret, showcasing talent in a popular Chicago venue. Miles also offers private art instruction and has a successful career as a jazz vocalist, performing at prestigious locations throughout Chicago. Educationally, Miles holds degrees in Fine Arts from the American Academy of Art and Vocal/Opera Performance from Northeastern Illinois University.
Evanston Art Center
Founded in 1929, the Evanston Art Center has become one of the largest community art centers in Illinois and a leading provider of quality arts education and community outreach. Created through the efforts of 20 civic organizations, from 1929 to 1943 the Art Center was housed in the basement of the old Evanston Library. In 1942, the Art Center was incorporated as a nonprofit. Since 1966, the Art Center has lived and grown in in the Harley Clarke House on the shores of Lake Michigan. In May 2015, the Evanston Art Center is officially moving to its new home at 1717 Central Street. The new location allows the Art Center to expand beyond the visual arts and additionally offer programming in culinary and language arts, design, digital fabrication, film, movement, music, performance and more. At its new home, the Evanston Art Center will serve more people in more ways, offering a variety of services to a diverse community.