Iteration(s), with Jared Brown and Briana Lynn

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 BLACK ARTIST RECEPTION AT 3831

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 […]

3831 HOLIDAY POP-UP!

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, […]

Honoring Hunt: Legacies in Chicago Black Metalworkers

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 […]

BLACK WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AS WORLDBUILDERS

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 […]

BENDING LIGHT ARTIST TALK: SOUTH SIDE NIGHT x EXPO CHICAGO

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 […]

3831 CINEMA: FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK ARTISTS

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 […]

The Power of our Ancestors and Re(membrance)

South Chicago Farm 9001 S Mackinaw Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

From Jean Baptiste Point duSable, Ida B. Wells to Chairman Fred Hampton and Late Mayor Harold Washington and so many elders, we will share story, ritual and co-create a series of individual ancestral and community vessels from found and living objects and materials and also weave a community Agon or Ancestral garment that we will […]

The Power of Our Ancestors and Remembrance

South Chicago Farm 9001 S Mackinaw Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

From Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Ida B. Wells to Chairman Fred Hampton and Late Mayor Harold Washington and so many elders, we will share stories, rituals and co-create a series of individual ancestral and community vessels from found and living objects and materials and also weave a community Agon or Ancestral garment that we will […]

Eselean Goree Henderson: A Practice in Clay

Join SSCAC Archives and Collections Manager Lamar Gayles Jr. for a special program on Eselean Goree Henderson.   Join us for a conversation with SSCAC Archives and Collections Manager Lamar Gayles Jr. on Eselean Goree Henderson, a prolific Chicago-area ceramicist whose work has heavily impacted the Black artistic landscape of Chicago through her own practice […]