>>> A LOCAL SCREEN PRINT SER DEBUTING HIS LIFE'S WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AT A SOUTH SIDE ART CENTER.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT ANGEL SHARES MORE ON HOW HE'S USING THE MEDIUM TO CONNECT WITH BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

>> THIS IS MULTIPLES AND MULTITUDES.

IT'S AN EXHIBITION THAT SPANS MY WORK OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 15, 18 YEARS.

>> FOR THE LAST NEARLY TWO DECADES, ARTIST WILLIAM ESTRADA HAS BEEN PRACTICING ART OF ALL MEDIUMS.

THOSE VISUALS ARE NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE HYDE PARK ART CENTER.

>> SO THERE'S MULTIPLE PROJECTS BEING EXHIBITED AS PART OF THE EXHIBITION.

THE FAMILY PORTRAIT PROJECT CAME ABOUT FROM A CONVERSATION THAT I WAS HAVING WITH MY MOTHER ABOUT OUR MULTIPLE MIGRATIONS, RIGHT, AND MOVING ACROSS THE CITY, ACROSS THE NATION.

I'VE TAKEN BETWEEN 12,000 AND 15,000 PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT OF INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES I HAVE PROBABLY 5,000.

>> ESTRADA'S EXPERIENCE EXTENDS BEYOND PHOTOGRAPHY.

HE CURRENTLY TEACHES SCREEN PRINTING AT UIC BUT HAS TEACHING ROOTS FARTHER SOUTH AS WELL.

>> FOLKS, WE JUST STARTED.

>> I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A TEACHING ARTIST BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GUIDED A LOT OF THINKING AND A LOT OF WAYS THAT I MAKE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PUBLIC.

SO THE CENTER IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES I COULD HAVE MY FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION.

IT HAS BEEN A HUGE INFLUENCE ON MY PRACTICE.

>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO LIGHT COLOR, DO THE LIGHT COLORS FIRST.

>> NOW I LIVE IN CICERO AND MY WORK HAPPENS IN A LITTLE VILLAGE.

SO PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING, SPECIFICALLY IN THAT INTERSECTION OF PULASKI, CERMAK, AND OGDEN, IS THAT LIKE THIS BORDER, RIGHT, BETWEEN BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS WITH BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE REPRESENTED, THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE RICH HISTORIES THAT EXIST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> AND WITH THAT, ESTRADA AND HIS SCREEN PRINTER HIT THE STREETS.

AND UNLIKE OTHER MEDIUMS, THE ARTIST SAYS SCREEN PRINTING IS BOTH ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE.

>> MOST OF THESE ARE WORKS THAT I CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHERS, RIGHT?

THERE'S THESE PRINTS RIGHT HERE THAT WERE ACTUALLY CREATED THROUGH THE MOBILE STREET ART CART.

THESE ALL WERE CREATED WITH THE INTENTION OF THE PUBLIC FINISHING THEM UP.

AND A LOT OF THE PRINTS I CREATE ARE VERY REMINISCENT OF COLORING SHEETS, OR AS THE EXHIBITION REFERRED TO THEM, AS MAD LIBS, WHERE THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADD TO THEM AND FINISH THEM.

THINKING ABOUT LIKE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH NORTH LAWNDALE RESIDENTS AROUND RECLAIMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT, TO THE VIOLENCE THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS CHICAGO AND BEING ABLE TO RECLAIM SPACES, RIGHT, SO THEY FEEL SAFE TO US AND SO THEY FEEL SAFE TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

I THINK I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THERE IS SO MUCH BEAUTY AND BRILLIANCE IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

WE NEED TO INVEST IN IT, AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT IT.

AND WE NEED TO CELEBRATE IT.

SO MORE ART CAN BE CREATED IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT," I'M