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Home » Jordan Phelps

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Posted inArts & Culture

Torchy Brown lights way for Litany

by Irene Hsiao August 12, 2020August 18, 2021

Jenn Freeman (aka Po’Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film.

Posted inBlogs

Jamila Woods includes Chicago schoolkids, joyful blackness, and a backyard barbecue in her video for ‘LSD’

by Ashley Ray-Harris August 15, 2017August 18, 2021

For her new video, soul singer Jamila Woods collaborated with Chance the Rapper, VAM studios, and a group of CPS students—one of whom created the treatment for the clip.

Posted inBlogs

Jamila Woods’s video for ‘Holy’ embodies black self-care

by Lee V. Gaines May 10, 2017August 18, 2021

With her video for “Holy,” soul singer Jamila Woods demonstrates how to show love for your community as well as for yourself.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Tall Girls; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; and eight more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader January 15, 2017August 18, 2021

A League of One’s Own for Depression-era women’s basketball and a musical based on the Australian cult classic are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inCity Life

For the visionary owners of VAM Studio, home is where the art is

by Laura Pearson January 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Tour the whimsical Logan Square apartment of Vincent Martell and Jordan Phelps.

Posted inMusic

Can DIY music and art coexist with corporate money?

by Lee V. Gaines June 16, 2016August 18, 2021

Young creative studio VAM wants to fund and promote Chicago’s underground artists—without sacrificing their distinctiveness to the mainstream.

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