“I like working on the floor, anyway.” She is showcasing a retrospective of her work — a collection of charcoal drawings — at West Bank, 229 S. Dubuque St., until Aug. 15. “We had 1,000 people at the ...

"Like I do when I'm working."The charcoal remnants from the fire sparked an idea."As soon as I started drawing with it, I was like, 'Huh, this is how we heal. This is how I've always healed ...

“It was really different to work with charcoal from the building fire, because most, you know, the artist charcoal that I have is really smooth,” Billingsley said. With each stroke, shapes ...