by The Carr Center | Jul 31, 2022 | Meet The Artist
Ervin A. Johnson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from the University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign with a bachelor’s in Rhetoric he began work on his second bachelor’s at Columbia College Chicago in photography. Most recently he...
by The Carr Center | May 1, 2022 | Meet The Artist
Carr Center Resident Artist: Media Arts Co-Curator: “Jazz On Film,” currently on exhibition in The Carr Center Gallery Juanita Anderson is a producer, director, still photographer and media educator who was born and raised in Detroit, her creative...
by The Carr Center | May 1, 2022 | Meet The Artist
DIEGO RIVERA “…his playing is carefully phrased and beautifully nuanced…” -JazzTimes A world-class musician, composer, arranger and educator, Diego Rivera has entertained audiences for over 20 years. Rivera is known for his muscular tone and unique blend of...
by The Carr Center | May 1, 2022 | Meet The Artist
Patrice Ryshen iis an award-winning musician and composer who is also one of the most sought after artists in the music industry. She is a classically trained pianist who originally found success in the 70’s and 80’s with her signature fusion of jazz, pop and R&B....
by The Carr Center | Oct 11, 2021 | Meet The Artist
Accomplished Jazz singer and songwriter, Jazzmeia Horn, won the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2015. Her vocal gifts have been compared to the stylings of such iconic women of Jazz, as Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson. She...
by The Carr Center | Oct 11, 2021 | Meet The Artist
Brandee Younger infuses classical, jazz, soul, and funk influences to the harp tradition pioneered by her predecessors and idols Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. Younger leads her own ensemble, performs as a soloist and has worked as a sideman for such musicians as...
