(HW)13-2 Artist(s) = Maker

  Theaster Gates is an American Social Practice installation artist who lives and works in Chicago. His works are transforming the neighborhood; transforming abandoned houses or buildings to create communities where people gather and connect. Culture takes an important role in his works as it fosters this process of transformation. Through his art projects, he cultivates spaces where people live, interact, make and share, and thus create sustainable communities. 

More: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/artist-theaster-gates-turns-chicagos-empty-spaces-into-incubators-for-culture/
the image is from: http://theastergates.com/home.html