artist editions
One of the ways Good Chaos works with and supports artists from Chicago is through our Artist Editions program. Artists are able to expand their vision and de-risk their explorations into bigger themes and broader activations. Good Chaos provides resources, guidance, and production teams to bring these visions to life.
ABOUT bob faust
Chicago-based artist and designer, Bob Faust, crafts work with typography at its core and viscerality on its surface.
Ways and Means made its debut at the opening ceremony of the Obama Center in June 2026 in a performance with artist Nick Cave's Sound Suits.
In celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial, Ways and Means gave the world images of positivity, collective power, and our shared humanity in a joyful performance at Cincinnati's 4th of July parade.
His artist edition, Ways and Means, utilizes a familiar and recognizable form, the American flag, to recenter and uplift 24 tenets that define and reflect patriotism, the values we teach our children, and who we aspire to be as a country. The series of 12 flags are transparent and double-layered, featuring rainbow stitched stripes and paired tenets that Faust has identified to connect and orient Americans toward the “ways” forward and the “means” we use to get there. Each flag pairs aspirational civic values inviting viewers to reflect on the ideals that connect communities. Grounded in the belief that national symbols can evolve alongside the people they represent, the initiative offers a vision of patriotism rooted in shared democratic values, civic participation, and a more inclusive American “we.”
Ways and Means is designed to inspire joyful interaction between the flag bearers and dancers with public audiences and to spark future conversation. This is strengthened by the free distribution of Ways and Means stickers, bandanas, and mini-flags to viewers.
Previous and forthcoming activations include:
The Cincinnati 4th of July Parade, July 2026
The Iowa State Fair Parade, August 2026
Navy Pier, September 2026
Madison Square Park (NYC), October 2026
Illinois Governor's Mansion, October-November 2026
No Kings Protests, Fall 2026
ABOUT Yvette mayorga
Yvette Mayorga is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist known for her Rococo-inspired reliefs and heavy use of the color pink that merges confectionary labor with found images to explore themes of belonging.
Mayorga coined the term "Latinxoco" to describe her approach, which merges Latinx identity with Rococo aesthetics. In Fall 2025, Mayorga participated in Ballroom Marfa’s “Los Encuentros” show. In order to foster deeper conversations around the narratives and themes in her work, Good Chaos produced a nail salon pop-up. Embellished nails are prominently featured in Mayorga’s work. Nail salons in Latine communities are places for relationships, community, femininity, and a means of economic survival for many women. This immersive space was designed by Mayorga and included custom satin bomber jackets, miniature cars from the show, and press-on embellished nail kits. Three nail artists from Chicago pampered Ballroom Marfa’s visitors, while lively conversations about Mayorga’s work and the topics of border and immigration permeated the nail salon.
ABOUT LIZ FLORES
Liz Flores is a Chicago-based painter and muralist whose artwork experiments with how the human condition — with its interplay between emotion and memory — can be represented abstractly.
Her creations are driven by her interests in community, womanhood and Latinidad, and are greatly informed by her Cuban and Mexican heritage.
To bring the design approach from her murals to a more human-sized art form, Flores collaborated with us to design three different thing's: a new logo for our website, a new mural for the glass door in our offices, and also a soft tapestry that could be used as either a colorful wall-hanging or as a blanket to curl up in on the couch. In partnership with the National Public Housing Museum, Flores spoke with residents from Chicago Public Housing who received her custom tapestry.
ABOUT marc benja
Marc Benja is a Chicago-based artist working primarily with paint, textiles and digital imagery.
Good Chaos commissioned Marc to create two pieces of art; a design to be used as the inaugural artwork for our first website, as well as the "Spacegarden" vinyl playset inspired by that artwork. Benja envisioned something playful, colorful, and interactive—something that would let people, especially children, build their own imaginative worlds. The format was partly inspired by Paul Klee's garden paintings, which similarly blur boundaries and invite interpretation. Through a partnership with the Design Museum of Chicago, Benja spoke at Chicago Public Schools’ All-City Visual Arts Exhibition, where he mentored young artists and gifted his vinyl playset to all students.