April 2023 Issue: Breakout Artists (Digital Edition)

Breakout Artists 2023 The next generation of image makers "Twenty years ago this spring, Newcity launched its first Breakout Artists edition, working with no mandate other than to champion emerging creative forces before the culture-at-large. The world tends to celebrate its prominent artists so vigorously that it's easy to overlook the fact that thousands of artists do their work in relative anonymity in careers driven more by muse than purse. By shining a light on a handful of artists we think most promising today, perhaps we can make a small difference at a time when it's needed most." (Brian Hieggelke) The 2023 Breakout Artists Ále Campos Maggie Crowley Erol Scott Harris Janelle Ayana Miller Laleh Motlagh Elsa Muñoz Ruby Que Moises Salazar Farah Salem Kushala Vora + A year-by-year list of Breakout Artists, all the way back to 2004 + Cover by Roland Santana (Breakout Artist 2022)  Beauty or a Beast? What the Fight to Save a Building Means for the Future of Joliet—and for a