Hello Everyone! My name is Jamila Jackson. I work here at Make-It Springfield and I am excited to be facilitating a social media conversation on the creative process. When I was a little girl, my mom always encouraged and affirmed my creativity whether I was creating origami cranes, making soup, dancing, painting, making a skit […]

Emily Gray is an artist and a writer, and one of Make-It Springfield’s 2022 Resident Fellows. For a number of years, Emily has been working on a series of comics and short stories called “Iris Tiger Tails” that are inspired by the East Springfield/Liberty Heights neighborhood where she grew up—”it’s pretty much a giant love […]

Kaleighia Green is passionate about art and and wants her Residency project to be something that “the community and Make-it Springfield can benefit from” and also to promote character development and freedom of self-expression. “Art can help people identify emotional conflicts, reduce anxiety, and improve self-esteem and social skills.” Kaleighia also hopes to learn from […]

Glenn Yarnell is a photographer who documents architecture in Springfield, to show the brightness that exists and to show the cityscape in new ways. Glen was chosen as one of Make-It Springfield’s 2022 Resident Fellows. How did you find out about Make-It Springfield? I’ve been in and out of Make-It since it began in 2016. […]