Hosted by Hyde Park Art Center with South Side Community Art Center and Arts + Public Life. Join a free virtual screening on January 17 from 4-7pm of Unapologetic by Chicago filmmaker Ashley O”Shay. Register here: https://buff.ly/3zJpGY2 Unapologetic is a film told through the lens of Janaé Bonsu and Bella Bahhs, two fierce abolitionist leaders, […]
Archivist Skyla Hearn and SSCAC Public Engagement lead Zakkiyyah Najeebah Dumas-O'neal kick off 3831/VOICES 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 of tea – or wine, and […]
A virtual conversation from South Side Community Art Center's 3831/Voices Series. 3831/VOICES is a new program series of conversations and lectures featuring Black artists, scholars, curators, historians, and arts workers that invite our community into their creative practices, research, and conceptual processes, and more! 3831 takes after SSCAC’s exact numerical address in the historic Bronzeville […]
This exhibition positions SSCAC as an important anchor for Black LGBTQ artists who belonged to its community. About this event We invite you to come out and celebrate the opening of EMERGENCE: Intersections at the Center! EMERGENCE highlights The South Side Community Art Center’s historical role in supporting a full spectrum of Black artists through an intersectional […]
Congo Square Theatre presents WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN! About this event SSCAC is thrilled to share a limited amount of complimentary tickets for What to Send Up When It Goes Down, showing April 21 - May 1 at Stony Island Arts Bank. What to Send Up When It Goes Down responds […]
Post-discussion to follow led by Aymar Jean Christian & zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o'neal About this event A filmmaker unlike any other, Marlon Riggs was an unapologetic gay Black man who defied a culture of silence and shame. Riggs used a bold mix of documentary, performance, poetry, and music to confront the legacy of racist stereotypes […]
Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist Adam Davis brings his 1850's tintype photo practice to the South Side Community Art Center! About this event On June 3rd and June 4th, South Side Community Art Center will host artist Adam Davis and his 'Black Magic' tintype photography project. Through this participatory photo activation, Adam will offer free portrait […]
Community member Rachael Pierce will lead a queer-centered history tour, beginning with SSCAC. About this event Join us with Rachael Pierce on Saturday, June 4th for a Queer history tour of the Bronzeville area, as well as learning more about SSCAC's role in highlighting queer histories as they relate to Black artists! Rachael will also […]