The Magazine of Graphic Journalism

When a Band Invites You To Draw at their Festival

September 10, 2026

By Elizabeth Williams

Do you know Wilco, the Chicago based alternative rock band? They produce Solid Sound, a unique arts festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Massachusetts. In June the band commissioned me to capture the energy of the event with a series of on-the-spot sketches to be sold as prints. […]

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Elizabeth Williams

Elizabeth Williams has been working as a courtroom illustrator since 1980, covering high-profile trials in New York and Los Angeles for The Associated Press, CNN, CBS News and many other major news outlets. She is the co-author of the award winning book on courtroom art "The Illustrated Courtroom: 50 Years of Court Art."

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