Graphic designers Jinyong Choi and Derek Witucki use the discipline to challenge the status quo. “To me, art and design are not just about aesthetic, but also about changing our society in a better way,” says designer Jinyong Choi. Inspired by this kind of big picture thinking, he is interested in making design accessible to more people. His recent projects, which are designed for the visually impaired and include a wall of brail in Korean and an embossed book, challenge expe

Karen Martinez and Amanda Schilling revel in women’s multifaceted strength. Blood, nectar and smoke spill across the screen in Karen Martinez’s short film “Malinalli.” Inspired by Malintzin, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés’ translator and concubine, the film is just one in a series of vignettes exploring the stories of complicated Latinx figures in American history. Martinez is drawn to the stories of women whose reputations are marred by history — a history often written

Charis Ammon and Jordan McGroary capture fleeting moments that would otherwise be lost in the day-to-day shuffle. Painters Charis Ammon and Jordan McGroary are tuned in to the world around them. They bring an explorer’s eye to their surroundings, looking closely for something extraordinary buried beneath the mundane moments of daily life. Many of Ammons’ recent paintings reflect large, cavernous spaces that seem to have been forgotten by the rest of the world — an empty movie