Monica Rickert-Bolter is a Chicago-based visual artist of Potawatomi, African American, and German descent. Her artwork combines traditional techniques with digital coloring to cre...ver másMonica Rickert-Bolter is a Chicago-based visual artist of Potawatomi, African American, and German descent. Her artwork combines traditional techniques with digital coloring to create expressive characters and tell their diverse stories. Passionate about storytelling through art, she advocates for cultural representation in any project she undertakes. In 2019, Monica collaborated with The Floating Museum's "Founders" project, where contributed artwork and served as the model for Kitihawa, a Potawatomi woman and underrepresented founder of Chicago. Currently, Monica has multiple children's books in development and is a concept artist for Smyles Creative, LLC. She regularly does graphic and layout designs for institutions and nonprofits, such as The Field Museum andNative Americans in Philanthropy.ver menos