CZF 2026 poster art

The CZF 2026 poster was created by Aaliyah Lachel’e. Aaliyah is a black queer artist from the the south suburbs of Chicago. With a focus on magical realism, Aaliyah aims to bring a little bit of fantasy to her viewer’s everyday life. Her work covers the general experience of growing up as an internet obsessed, loser-ish, nerdy kid-of-color, with a little dash of science fiction mixed in. She hopes you can see yourself in the work, because representation matters.

Aaliyah recently graduated with a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. You can find more of her work at her website peanutbuddarart.com or Instagram account @peanutbuddarart.

The CZF 2026 artwork features Marbles the Library Mouse. If you love Marbles as much as we do, you'll be able to buy Marbles merch at CZF 2026!