HISTORIC SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR $15M REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION OF COUNTRY’S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING BLACK ART HUB
CHICAGO – The South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), the country’s oldest, independently run, and continuously operating Black arts institution, today announced its planned rehabilitation and expansion. An official Community
CALL ME BY MY NAME – TELL ME IN PRIVATE: THE PRACTICE OF BERRY HORTON
Call Me By My Name – Tell Me In Private: The Practice of Berry Horton LaMar R. Gayles, Jr. In the song “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name),” musician Lil
AIN’T DONE TRYIN YET: ON FERRILL’S GAZE
Ain’t Done Tryin Yet: On Ferrill’s Gaze zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal i come to the city for protectionand to witness the thick transactionsof womenand womenand dance with my headmy turns
ARTIST CATALYST PROGRAM
In The Company of Black, a photo series. Courtesy of current Artist Catalyst Awardee Cecil McDonald Earlier this year The South Side Community Art Center received a Public Art
Black Art in America Features SSCAC
South Side Community Art Center was proud to be featured in an article and audio piece by Black Art in America, an organization that documents, preserves and promotes the contributions of the African American arts community, on October 9, 2020. The piece highlights the center’s formative artists and years, as well as its status today as the only center initiated by Works Progress Administration still operating in its original building.
