Our Team

​IVONNE CRUZ
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Founder and Executive Director of Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces, Ivonne is a Chicago-based artist, photographer, advocate, educator, and curator. Working in a variety of different mediums and content, Ivonne loves to create and collaborate. Inspired by every day’s beauty and expressing some of the challenges we all face. Ivonne has been an active member of the art community since 2002. She received her Master’s in Arts Education from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has been in arts education for the last 25 years. Currently working as the Associate Director of Learning Lab in the Ryan Learning Center at The Art Institute of Chicago and adjunct professor at  National Louis University.
More of Ivonne's artwork can be found at: www.ivonnecruz.org

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