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I’m Vanessa, a Community
Leader, Artist, & Curator
Vanessa Stokes is an Artist, Community Organizer and CEO of VS Creative Consulting. VS Creative Consulting is a community revitalization, community engagement, project & artist management firm. She is a cultural organizer and curator of several public art displays in the Austin community, including 2 displays of the work of Dorrell Creightney, her father, located inside the train stations at Austin and Central on CTA’s Green line train. Currently, Vanessa is the owner and operator of The AVE Cafe & Cooperative HUB and the co-owner of Third City Cafe, Third City Studio and Writer/Editor of Westside Review. She also collaborates with local artists and community members creating the future of art, public art and Community Development on the West and South sides of Chicago. She is the President of the Park Advisory Council and the Chair of the Art & Culture Committee at Austin Town Hall Park. Lastly, Vanessa volunteers on The Hatchery Community Advisory Committee, a board member at the Arts & Business Council of Chicago and Steering and DEI Committee Member of the Commercial Real Estate Awards, benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
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