Quarantine Week 7: Here Are 5 Things To Keep You Sane

How are we doing?  It’s week seven of what seems like an endless stay-at-home order, and we are going a bit stir crazy, especially with this weather. To lift everyone’s spirits, we rounded up some fun ideas to keep you sane this week, while we are doing our part to keep ourselves and others safe. […]

Introducing Make It Better's 2019 Spring Issue: Art and Culture

Welcome to our spring issue. You may have noticed over the past couple years that we’ve used this issue to step away from annual themes like “Dining” and “Home” to dig a little deeper into something that’s been moving us lately. In 2017 it was “Water;” last year, “Sustainability;” this year, it’s “Art and Culture.” Pablo Picasso said, “Art washes away from the […]

Better Makers: Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Gala Celebrates Innovative STEM Programming

The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) is a playground for the budding mind. MSI’s leading Black Creativity programming made its annual return to the museum in January, featuring the largest Juried Art Exhibition in Black Creativity history. MSI’s annual art gallery is the longest-running exhibition of African-American art in the country, dating back to […]

Artist Yaz Krehbiel Helps Graduates Achieve Their Dreams With 10,000 Degrees

Chicago-born, Marin County, California-based artist Yaz Krehbiel advocates for a charity that has enabled thousands of low-income students to graduate college and excel in life: 10,000 Degrees, a Marin-based organization that works with low-income students beginning in elementary school to form a college mindset through high school to provide a support system for success in post-secondary education. The […]

Artist Yaz Krehbiel Helps Graduates Achieve Their Dreams With 10,000 Degrees

Chicago-born, Marin County, California-based artist Yaz Krehbiel advocates for a charity that has enabled thousands of low-income students to graduate college and excel in life: 10,000 Degrees, a Marin-based organization that works with low-income students beginning in elementary school to form a college mindset through high school to provide a support system for success in post-secondary education. The […]

10 Stunning Works on Display as SOFA Chicago Celebrates 25 Years

The longest-running art fair in the country, SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art and Design) CHICAGO, is celebrating its quarter century mark with a sell-out show at Chicago’s Navy Pier Nov. 1-4. The annual meeting place of artists, curators, and collectors focuses on the applied arts; its niche rooted squarely in ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, textiles, […]