>>> A LOCAL SCREEN PRINT SER  DEBUTING HIS LIFE'S WORK FOR  THE FIRST TIME EVER AT A SOUTH   SIDE ART CENTER.
ARTS  CORRESPONDENT ANGEL SHARES MORE  ON HOW HE'S USING THE MEDIUM TO  CONNECT WITH BLACK AND BROWN   COMMUNITIES.
>> THIS IS MULTIPLES AND   MULTITUDES.
IT'S AN EXHIBITION   THAT SPANS MY WORK OVER THE   LAST, YOU KNOW, 15, 18 YEARS.
>> FOR THE LAST NEARLY TWO   DECADES, ARTIST WILLIAM ESTRADA  HAS BEEN PRACTICING ART OF ALL   MEDIUMS.
THOSE VISUALS ARE NOW  ON DISPLAY AT THE HYDE PARK ART  CENTER.
>> SO THERE'S MULTIPLE PROJECTS  BEING EXHIBITED AS PART OF THE  EXHIBITION.
THE FAMILY PORTRAIT  PROJECT CAME ABOUT FROM A   CONVERSATION THAT I WAS HAVING   WITH MY MOTHER ABOUT OUR   MULTIPLE MIGRATIONS, RIGHT, AND  MOVING ACROSS THE CITY, ACROSS   THE NATION.
I'VE TAKEN BETWEEN   12,000 AND 15,000 PHOTOGRAPHS,   BUT OF INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES I   HAVE PROBABLY 5,000.
>> ESTRADA'S EXPERIENCE EXTENDS  BEYOND PHOTOGRAPHY.
HE   CURRENTLY TEACHES SCREEN   PRINTING AT UIC BUT HAS   TEACHING ROOTS FARTHER SOUTH AS  WELL.
>> FOLKS, WE JUST STARTED.
>> I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A   TEACHING ARTIST BECAUSE IT'S   REALLY GUIDED A LOT OF THINKING  AND A LOT OF WAYS THAT I MAKE   WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN   PUBLIC.
SO THE CENTER IS ONE OF  THE BEST PLACES I COULD HAVE MY  FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION.
IT HAS   BEEN A HUGE INFLUENCE ON MY   PRACTICE.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO LIGHT   COLOR, DO THE LIGHT COLORS   FIRST.
>> NOW I LIVE IN CICERO AND MY   WORK HAPPENS IN A LITTLE   VILLAGE.
SO PART OF THE   CONVERSATIONS THAT I WAS   INTERESTED IN HAVING,   SPECIFICALLY IN THAT   INTERSECTION OF PULASKI,   CERMAK, AND OGDEN, IS THAT LIKE  THIS BORDER, RIGHT, BETWEEN   BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN   ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS WITH   BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES   SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT,   YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE   REPRESENTED, THE LACK OF   REPRESENTATION BUT ALSO   THINKING ABOUT THE RICH   HISTORIES THAT EXIST IN OUR   NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> AND WITH THAT, ESTRADA AND   HIS SCREEN PRINTER HIT THE   STREETS.
AND UNLIKE OTHER  MEDIUMS, THE ARTIST SAYS SCREEN  PRINTING IS BOTH ACCESSIBLE AND  AFFORDABLE.
>> MOST OF THESE ARE WORKS THAT  I CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH  OTHERS, RIGHT?
THERE'S THESE   PRINTS RIGHT HERE THAT WERE   ACTUALLY CREATED THROUGH THE   MOBILE STREET ART CART.
THESE   ALL WERE CREATED WITH THE   INTENTION OF THE PUBLIC   FINISHING THEM UP.
AND A LOT OF  THE PRINTS I CREATE ARE VERY   REMINISCENT OF COLORING SHEETS,  OR AS THE EXHIBITION REFERRED   TO THEM, AS MAD LIBS, WHERE THE  PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADD TO   THEM AND FINISH THEM.
THINKING  ABOUT LIKE THE CONVERSATION   THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH NORTH   LAWNDALE RESIDENTS AROUND   RECLAIMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD,   RIGHT, TO THE VIOLENCE THAT IS   HAPPENING ACROSS CHICAGO AND   BEING ABLE TO RECLAIM SPACES,  RIGHT, SO THEY FEEL SAFE TO US   AND SO THEY FEEL SAFE TO OUR   NEIGHBORS.
I THINK I WANT TO   REMIND FOLKS THAT THERE IS SO  MUCH BEAUTY AND BRILLIANCE IN   BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
WE  NEED TO INVEST IN IT, AND WE   NEED TO SUPPORT IT.
AND WE NEED  TO CELEBRATE IT.
SO MORE ART   CAN BE CREATED IN BLACK AND   BROWN COMMUNITIES.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT," I'M