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Cultivation of healthy and sustainable work culture is primary in my work as a leader. Not only do  I center the modeling of performance goals and program standards. I am invested in setting sustainable productivity paces and structures within my team work plans.  
Evelyn Sanford Nicholson (she/her)  is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and arts leader. Evelyn is a Chicago native whose connection to the city and memory drives much of the voice behind her work. For nearly 20 years, she taught visual and performing arts for Chicago public and charter schools and various community centers, museums, and programs. Evelyn's educational philosophy moves her to facilitate creative experiences that engage multi-generational students in the exploration of self, community, and purpose. As an artist, her work often takes the form of jewelry, photographs, paintings, curated experiences, events, set and costume design, and installations. She explores identity, vacancy, community, and healing through all its intersections with a primarily autobiographical lens. Evelyn is an alumna of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFAAE) and Seattle University (MFA). She most recently served as the Polk Bros. Director of School, Youth Community Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. ​

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