Meet the Maker: Ess McKee
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Welcome to Meet the Maker, a series dedicated to shining a spotlight on local creators of all kinds.
Meet Ess McKee, an Indianapolis-based multimedia and visual artist who is preparing to educate the next generation of creators at Indy's freshest Labor Day weekend event.
The inspo: McKee says her work draws inspiration from street art and is crafted with the sounds, smells and vibe of city culture in mind.
- She describes it as "a way of vocalizing the graffiti of words and images in my head."
- Her mediums include typographic prose, abstract paintings, photographic narration, handcrafted objects, character illustrations and digital imagery.
Zoom in: A member of the Eighteen Art Collective, McKee also works as an arts educator in Indy with a mission to make the arts accessible to young people from the city's underserved communities.
What she's making now: An impact on budding creators as the BUTTER Fine Arts fair kicks off today. McKee serves as Education Day Team Lead for the annual event.
- Created to encourage engagement and interaction between students and the visual arts, McKee said Education Day will provide interactive opportunities for students and the opportunity to see what is possible.
- "To be able to see work from artists that may look like them or be from where they're from … it is inspiring, and it does feel different. It feels more connected," McKee told Axios. "It feels attainable when (a featured artist) is somebody that still lives here and creates here."
Check her out: On her website or Instagram.
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