Outside of her job as Digital Image Coordinator for the Chicago Tribune, Kristine Brailey teaches Photography I & Darkroom I at Columbia College in Chicago as well as Pinhole Photography and Portraiture for the Marwen Foundation. Kris has shown in many exhibitions throughout the Chicagoland area. Most recently, Kris' work was included in the Marwen exhibit, "Those who do, teach." Kris was the 1998 recipient of  the City of Chicago CAAP Grant and 1997 Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant. She obtained a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia College in 1994.