Join us for an opening reception to celebrate and kick off our fall/winter exhibition with curator and artist Nnaemeka C. Ekwelum! …Notes on Collaborative Friendship (First floor Burroughs Gallery) is the culmination of Nnaemeka C. Ekwelum’s doctoral research on friendship, artistic collaboration, and decolonial Black political thought. Through a series of […]
Join us for a family friendly afternoon of celebrating and learning more about the legacy and art practice of Dr. Burroughs! We're excited to share this day viewing specially selected works by Dr. Burroughs from the SSCAC Archives and Collections Department, as well as rotational screenings of interviews and talks featuring Dr. Burroughs, and […]
Join us for a special roundtable talk on the iconographic and cultural reference to House as a ‘revolutionary Black Space’! South Side Community Art Center is thrilled to host an informative and reflective roundtable panel, discussing both the iconographic and cultural reference to House as a 'revolutionary Black Space'. This dynamic panel […]
Briana Lynn & Jared Brown will intuitively combine sound, improvisation, and omni-directional text to create a composition unique to SSCAC. Meditating on this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial's theme : “This is a Rehearsal,” Briana Lynn and Jared Brown will re-iterate their experimental collaborative composition to the South Side Community Art Center (originally performed last […]
A day celebrating Black artists and your hard work throughout the year! We'll also be joined by artist Cory Perry for a special performance. The South Side Community Art Center has hosted innovative, ground-breaking, and forward exhibitions and programs throughout 2023, which would not have been possible without the array of Black ingenuity and […]
Join us for our 2nd annual 3831 Holiday Pop-Up, with some of the city’s most talented Black creatives! Come through to support some of Chicago’s most gifted and talented Black creatives as we move into the Holiday season. 3831 Holiday Pop-Up is a mini pop-up market hosted in our historic Burroughs gallery, […]
Join us for an afternoon of South Side home movies, featuring newly preserved films of Bronzeville from filmmaker Ramon Williams! In partnership with South Side Home Movie Project, with support from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, SSCAC is thrilled to host a special screening showcasing select cinema reels of Ramon Williams. Ramon […]
Learn about the artistic histories of Black metalworker artists in Chicago! SSCAC’s Archives and Collections Manager LaMar R. Gayles Jr. will introduce visitors to different metalworkers who have worked throughout Chicago’s artistic landscape. Amongst these makers there will be special attention given to the work of famed, now ancestral artist Richard Howard Hunt […]
Join us for a camera demo workshop to learn the basics of photography! Latitude's Executive Director Colleen Keihm and current Artist in Resident Anwulika Angibo will host a Camera Demo […]
Join us for a conversation with several Black women creative entrepreneurs traversing fashion, vintage, and design here in Chicago. SSCAC is proud to host a panel of Black women […]
Join us for an artist talk moderated by Paul Branton! Paul Branton, artist and curator of SSCAC's current exhibition BendingLight, will facilitate an artist talk with the exhibiting artists of SSCAC's […]
Join us for Art After Hours powered by Gertie, with screenings from filmmakers Rachel Gadson and Briana Clearly! We're thrilled to host filmmakers Rachel Gadson and Briana Clearly […]
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