A rickety set of wooden stairs leads to the basement of the Evanston Art Center on Sheridan Road, where easy laughter and loud chatter fill the ceramics studio. It’s Tuesday morning, and “Intermediate/ Advanced Ceramics,” led by David Todd Trost, is in full swing. Many of the 10 or so students present have been in […]
]With the kids back in school, there’s no better time to act on your resolutions—like “What do I want to do when I grow up?”
Damiana Andonova came to the North Shore from a small town in Bulgaria when she was in second grade. Her parents immigrated five years earlier. “We had sheep and goats,” she recalls. “To make do was difficult.” Her experience as an immigrant has given Damiana a broad worldview and a strong desire to give back—a […]
