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Pausing to Listen: Embracing the Collective Wisdom of the Midwest
Reflections on the passion, playfulness, and resistance cultivated at Sixty’s Midwest Arts Writers Convening.
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Una Pausa Para Escuchar: Agradeciendo la Sabiduría del Medio Oeste
Reflexiones sobre la pasión, curiosidad, y la resistencia cultivada en la reunión de escritores de arte del Medio Oeste organizada por Sesenta.
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Inside Michael Coppage’s Studio, The Body Keeps the Score
Photographer Asa Featherstone, IV documents the creative labor behind conceptual artist Michael Coppage’s body of work 12 Commandments, a series of bronze sculptures that embody the psychological and physical toll of police encounters.
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Meet the 2025 Sixty x Bemis Center Critic-in-Residence!
This summer, Pia Singh will be traveling to Bemis Center in Omaha for our fourth annual Critic-in-Residence program!
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Replenishing Sanctuary: A Note on our Summer Slowdown // Una Nota Sobre Nuestro Descanso del Verano
Thoughts on putting people before productivity.
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We Become Less bound by / I miss outside: A reflection piece with Darryl Cowherd
Photographer Darryl Cowherd and archival images from the Chicago Park District tell a story about how Black youth in Chicago have historically transformed public space through presence, play, and protest, asserting their right to visibility, safety, and spatial justice amid systemic exclusion.
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Art Picks
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July Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for July 2025.
Sixty Bilingual
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Una Pausa Para Escuchar: Agradeciendo la Sabiduría del Medio Oeste
Reflexiones sobre la pasión, curiosidad, y la resistencia cultivada en la reunión de escritores de arte del Medio Oeste organizada por Sesenta.
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Haughville’s Holy Fire
This article is a tribute to Haughville, the small West Indianapolis neighborhood that has become my teacher and my church. My poetry of place is interspersed with the voices of several artists who are part of this sacred congregation we call an arts scene.
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Haughville’s Fuego Santo
Este artículo es un homenaje a Haughville, el pequeño barrio del oeste de Indianápolis que se ha convertido en mi maestro y mi iglesia. Mi poesía del lugar se entremezcla con las voces de varios artistas que forman parte de esta congregación sagrada que llamamos escena artística.
Interviews
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We Become Less bound by / I miss outside: A reflection piece with Darryl Cowherd
Photographer Darryl Cowherd and archival images from the Chicago Park District tell a story about how Black youth in Chicago have historically transformed public space through presence, play, and protest, asserting their right to visibility, safety, and spatial justice amid systemic exclusion.
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Love For Printing
Take a walk with Bob McCamant, one of the founders of the Chicago Reader. This 8-page comic series explores his love for print media and credits those who helped shape the platform for Chicago’s cultural landscape since the 70’s.
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See It All the Way Out: Questions of Value and Labor with Samantha Box
What happens when we pause to recognize the images all around us and confront how we are seen by others?
On Archives
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When Clouds Roll Away: A Community Reflection on the Johnson Publishing Company Archives
A look at “When Clouds Roll Away: Reflection and Restoration from the Johnson Archive,” through reflections from attendees, artist Theaster Gates, and the author’s own insights.
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From Chicago to Montgomery: Connecting the North and South
Connecting Gwendolyn Brooks’ 1971 poem “In Montgomery” and photographs by Moneta Sleet Jr. with the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement for Great Migration-descendant people.
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2024 Chicago Archives + Artists Festival: Embodying the Archive
Join us for our 3rd Chicago Archives + Artists Festival, a three-day gathering that focuses on legacy preservation and archive nurturing for Chicago’s artists, curators, and cultural workers.
The Latest Sixty News
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Meet the 2025 Sixty x Bemis Center Critic-in-Residence!
This summer, Pia Singh will be traveling to Bemis Center in Omaha for our fourth annual Critic-in-Residence program!
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Replenishing Sanctuary: A Note on our Summer Slowdown // Una Nota Sobre Nuestro Descanso del Verano
Thoughts on putting people before productivity.
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Call-for-Submissions: Visual Contributors
Sixty is seeking submissions from photographers and artists to expand our Visual Contributor pool beyond Chicago to other Midwestern areas!