The Balm: Art for Black Women’s Wellness

  The Southside Community Art Center is proud to host a group exhibition that exclusively highlights Black women artists, and there’s never been a more pertinent time to do so. The Balm: Art for Black Women’s Wellness emerged as a collective artists’ action. Eight women who engage the time-honored tradition of using their artistic practice […]

THE UNDERWORLD: George Crump

THE UNDERWORLD: George Crump articulates a collective, yet intimate expression of his mind’s eye through a body of work that makes social statements regarding life experiences, both subjective and observational.   In his most recent body of work, Crump situates […]

An Unapologetic Dream: A MLK Celebration

Hyde Park Art Center in collaboration with South Side Community Art Center and Arts + Public Life, presents a free virtual screening of Unapologetic by Chicago filmmaker Ashley O”Shay, a film told through the lens of Janaé Bonsu and Bella Bahhs, two fierce abolitionist leaders, that gives a deep look into the Movement for Black Lives, from […]

Creative Wellness with Marcus Alleyne

FEBRUARY 19 3PM CST ON ZOOM   Marcus Alleyne is a Chicago-based artist working in mixed media, primarily painting and collage. His work explores personal and social subject matter such as religion/spirituality, music and culture. As diverse as his work is, he is equally prolific in each of his genres of media. He is passionate […]

COMING TO THE TABLE: In Conversation with Archivist Skyla Hearn

Archivist Skyla Hearn and SSCAC Public Engagement lead zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o'neal kick off our Women's Month and 3831/VOICES series to engage in an informal conversation that traverses Skyla Hearn's archiving practice, their intersecting connections to Black women arts workers and SSCAC, and the influences that help sustain them in their work. Grab a cup […]

PROMPT/ DREAM/ BUILD: Andrea Yarbrough & ebere agwuncha

Andrea and ebere's multidisciplinary practices are informed by acts of care and storytelling, that ultimately become actualized within the objects and projects they build out- individually and collectively. Engaging in […]

COLLAGE WORKSHOP WITH CECIL MCDONALD JR.

With a curated selection of images from the SSCAC archives, Artist Catalyst Cecil McDonal Jr., and Public Art Manager, Dorian Sylvain invite you to participate in an art making activity […]

BLACK FASHION ARCHIVE: Rikki Byrd

Black Fashion Archive was founded in 2018 by Rikki Byrd to offer a digital repository of Black style and Black contributions to the fashion industry. Rikki will share the trajectory […]

EMERGENCE: Intersections at The Center

OPENING RECEPTION:   APRIL 15, 6-8PM     EMERGENCE: Intersections at the Center spotlights The South Side Community Art Center’s historical role in supporting a full spectrum of Black artists through […]

EMERGENCE CURATORS CONVERSATION

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER VIA ZOOM  In conjunction with EMERGENCE: Intersections at the Center, the current exhibition at the South Side Community Art Center, the exhibition's curators, zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o'neal and […]