The Archive
A record kept in volumes.
Each year adds an entry. Nothing published is ever removed. Browse the classes below.
I
Enter volumeVolume One · 2025 · 13 creators
The Inaugural Class
Thirteen creators across three disciplines. The first entry in a record of how Chicago makes what it makes.
Photographed and produced inside Narratent Studios.
II
Nominations openVolume Two · 2026 · Open
Nominations Open
The second volume is being assembled now. Nominations are community powered; the final class is editorially curated.
Announcement expected late 2026.
Built to scale
Volume One set the format. Every future class inherits it — same disciplines, same portraiture, same amount of room on the page.