About

{About World of Variety} World of Variety is a modern, curated variety store with a focus on artist-made objects, local and regionally produced products, and a range of unique objects collected from around the world. Whether contemporary art objects, used and found home goods, manufactured tools, collected rocks and natural history, or novelty toys, objects tell the story of the time, place, and culture that created and collected them and World of Variety is here to celebrate the things that can make our lives wonderful.

World of Variety will feature periodic curated Special Collections featuring collected and sourced objects and art for sale organized around a specific theme such as Native Illinois Flora, Architectural Preservation in Chicago, Holiday Hospitality, and Papier Mache. These Collections will incorporate public programming including public receptions, talks, workshops for adults and children, and supper clubs.

This business will strive to support a diversity of artists in terms of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender, and to support businesses that use environmentally and culturally ethical forms of production and materials.

{About Stella Brown} Stella is an artist, independent curator, and works in film set decoration and was the founding Director of the Buddy store at the Chicago Cultural Center. As an artist her medium is the language of display, and her academic interest focuses on museums and the collection and display of the cultural object since her undergraduate studies.

Paired with a deep concern for and interest in the environmental changes that humanity is bringing to the planet, this has created the desire for locally focused retail that both celebrates the wonderful objects produced by the people of the Chicago and Midwest region, as well as a commitment to a sustainable lifestyle for customers.

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