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Activating the Archive: A Panel Discussion
A panel discussion hosted by The Blackivists highlighting archival documentation projects in and beyond Chicago.
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Words, a Love Offering: Rosanna, Alexis, and Carmen’s Account of Vanita Green
Artist Vanita Green is remembered by Rosanna, Alexis, and Carmen Green in an interview conducted by Chenoa Baker.
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My Ancestors Healed by the Water, Too
A poet investigates the through-lines between the formation and breakdown of identity, and belonging by making metaphorical connections with water and bodies of water.
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Workin’ 9 to 5: For Those Who Toil at Purple Window Gallery
Michael Chambers and Millicent Kennedy offer an ode to the forgotten working class in their two-person show.
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BIPOC Circus Alliance Midwest Makes Circus Advocacy Epic
BCAM is forming networks of care to support circus artists and others in pursuit of career and opportunity in the industry.
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Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Interview with Ben Blount
Artist, designer, and printer Ben Blount discusses his experience in the archives at Shorefront Legacy Center conducting research for his new work.
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Pre-Order Now! Something To Look Forward To and Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Case Studies in Collaboration
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Art Picks
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March Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for March 2023.
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February Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for February 2023.
Arts in the Midwest
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Root of Two: On Darkness
Maya Dunietz’s exhibition at the Bemis Center opened its audience to the possibilities of the darkness, sleep, danger, and emptiness.
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From Figure to Abstraction with Paul Verdell
Detroit artist Paul Verdell talks about figuration, abstraction, and his recent pivot in a new direction in his overall practice.
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A Review of Artist Run Spaces at the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati
The show explores artist-run spaces throughout Ohio and northern Kentucky — spaces where exhibitions, poetry readings, radical events, teachings, concerts, and other forms of cultural community organizing occur on a quasi-regular basis.