Marcus Davis
Arts & Culture Manager
City of Chicago Culture, Arts & Nature Department
City of Chicago Culture, Arts & Nature Department
Marcus E. Davis (he/him/anything with respect) has served in various roles at the Chicago Park District over 10 years and is currently Arts & Culture Manager for the department of Culture, Arts & Nature (CAN). He is also a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist with critical interests in Black joy and queered creativity.
Marcus (AKA Africa Hot) leverages music, images, language and humor to explore new ways of being and seeing in the world. His work has been featured in publications including Blacklines, Windy City Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Reader. Marcus earned his bachelor’s degree in Visual Ethnography from DePaul University.