She created a bronze statue of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar after receiving a commission to do so from the Chicago Park District in 2012.
It was during this occasion that she invited Hand on stage and introduced her to an audience of art patrons and dignitaries as an emerging-artist with great potential; one that they should watch for on Chicago's fine-art scene.
Hand's body of work is noted for its contemporary and figurative sculptures, dancers, musicians, and stringed instruments.
Hand's sculptures, paintings and stringed instruments have been filmed by every major network in Chicago and in 2005 she was featured by Harry Porterfield of WLS-TV, as "Someone You Should Know."
Her work has also been featured in Curators of Culture, an Emmy-Award-winning documentary by producer Rita Coburn Whack.