Tonika Johnson is a photographer, social justice artist, and life-long resident of Chicago’s South Side neighborhood of Englewood. Tonikas project Folded Map was organized to develop creative educational tools & interactive projects to help educate and engage the public about how we are socially impacted by historic racial and institutional conditions that segregate Chicago and our country. Super lucky to have Tonika on episode 26 of the noseyAF podcast to talk about her latest work, the Folded Map Action Kit project, her photography career, and what it is like running her Not-For-Profit. I also ask her... Tonika, are you dating anyone? Tonika on the Internet: Visit the Folded Map Project Website Tonika's Website Follow Tonika on Instagram Stephanie on the Internet: noseyAF Podcast Stephanie's Projects Follow Stephanie on Instagram
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I’m Stephanie Graham, an artist, filmmaker, and professionally nosy person, and every episode I talk with working artists, filmmakers, organizers, and culture-shifters about what’s really behind their projects: the decisions, the doubts, the money stuff, the pivots, and the “how do you keep going?” moments.
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