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  • Image: A photo showing the front of the zine issue with an image by artist Ireashia M. Bennett on the cover. The booklet sits slightly open on top of a jet black background. Photo courtesy of Candor Arts.

    Sixty + Candor Arts: Something to look forward to

    by Sixty Inches From Center

    Sixty Inches From Center and Candor Arts have teamed up to bring you a new zine subscription to get you through the Winter! Something to look forward to is a subscription of six thematic printed issues compiling essay, interviews, and articles Sixty has published over the years, selected by our editors. Each of the six issues is printed in 300 total copies, sold at...

    December 21, 2020
    Archive Digs, Archives
  • Leave a Message After The Beep: Sixty Anniversary Voicemails

    by Sixty Inches From Center

    It may go without saying, but all of us at Sixty are fans of the overlaps between digital and analog. It’s reflected in the archiving work we do and also the ways we all move between daydreaming about the future, standing in the present, and holding close the nostalgia of our pasts. With those ideas in mind, Sixty quietly celebrated 10 years of publishing...

    December 8, 2020
    Archives, Sound, Film + Video
  • Sixty Illustration by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont 2

    Write for Sixty

    by Sixty Inches From Center

    Sixty welcomes writers and artists of all experience levels to pitch ideas for traditional and experimental arts writing around topics, and practices that are relevant to the cultural landscapes of the Midwest. Priority will be given to writing by, about, and for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists, artists with disabilities, and the long list of writing, art-making, and cultural practices that have been neglected in...

    November 25, 2020
    Archives, Featured
  • Sixty is Looking for Writers 21-and-under!

    by Sixty Inches From Center

    We're searching for writers to cover Chicago's emerging art scenes--visual art, music, performance, dance, poetry and all other art forms.

    November 24, 2020
    Featured, News
  • Recursos Hacia la Liberación Negra

    by Sixty Inches From Center

    Esta lista es un punto de partida y su intención es dar un punto de entrada a los esfuerzos de organización que están y han estado ocurriendo a nuestro alrededor ya por mucho tiempo.

    June 28, 2020
    Archives, Bilingual, Community, Featured, Resources
  • Resources Towards Black Liberation

    by Sixty Inches From Center

    150+ resources to build your knowledge and understanding of abolition and liberation movements, and community caretaking initiatives for Black and non-Black POC communities. And a list of Black-led and Black-owned efforts in and beyond Chicago to direct dollars, attention, and time to.

    June 9, 2020
    Archives, Community, Featured, Resources
  • In the Cut: A Virtual Exhibition by TRACE + Alt_

    by TRACE

    An exhibition project featuring the work of Darius Hazen, Catherine Arroyo, Danelise Comas, Paris Dority, and Preleah Campbell, published in collaboration with artists from TRACE (Teens Re-Imagining Art, Community, & Environment) in collaboration with mentors Jon Veal and Jordan Campbell of Alt_.

    May 20, 2020
    Archives, Columns + Series, Essays + Reviews, Featured, TRACE
  • In Case of Emergency: Artist Resources For You, For Us

    by Sixty Inches From Center

    All of us at Sixty can’t help but to think about the strain that is being put on our arts community in Chicago and across the Midwest. Exhibitions, performances, and fundraisers are being canceled or postponed indefinitely, contract opportunities are halting, schools and cultural institutions are being shut down, side-gigs at and income from bars, restaurants, and retail stores are dwindling. We are also...

    March 17, 2020
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Imagen de portada: CeaseDays lleva un gorro negro, una chaqueta negra con una sudadera con capucha negra debajo y jeans negros. Tiene las manos metidas en los bolsillos del jean. Está frente de un mural de graffiti con el color del base negro y letras de color morado y amarillo.
December 21, 2020

El Nido Suroeste: Una entrevista con CeaseDays

October 6, 2020

El Nido Suroeste: Una entrevista con Gloria “Gloe&...

June 28, 2020

Recursos Hacia la Liberación Negra

May 13, 2020

Perto de Lá < > Close to There: Inaê Moreira and...

May 11, 2020

Perto de Lá < > Close to There: Adriana Araujo and Josh...

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Image: Installation view of Terry Adkins: Resounding Lower East Gallery, Pulitzer Arts Foundation © 2020 The Estate of Terry Adkins / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York Photograph by Alise O’Brien © Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Alise O’Brien Photography.

Resounding: Terry Adkins at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation

Published by Christopher Robert Jones

Terry Adkins (1953-2014) was a transdisciplinary artist who utilized sculpture, sound, video, performance, and printmaking strategies in combination with material, personal and historical research. Through a deep investment in...

January 18, 2021
Artists, Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions, Featured

Breaking the Surface at Heaven Gallery with Erin Hayden and Max Guy

Published by Reed Everette

“An image is an image, and sincerity is in the shuffle”  —Erin Hayden in conversation with Max Guy Erin Hayden and Max Guy’s exhibition Cups Swords and Eyes may...

January 12, 2021
Archives, Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions, Featured

We the Audience: Performance under lockdown at Links Hall

Published by Brandon Sward

“We the people!” The phrase is shouted towards the beginning of the first performance, strident. It’s unclear whether I’m to be included in this first-person plural. And accordingly, there...

January 11, 2021
Essays + Reviews, Featured

We Series: Food

Published by Jess Galli + Nandini Khaund

Journeys and weavings that we explore through cooking, eating, and sharing food. Sharing food with ourselves, our loved ones, and the ghosts we carry.  What is the comfort zone...

January 5, 2021
Columns + Series, Essays + Reviews, Featured, Sound, Film + Video

January Art Picks

Published by Sixty Inches From Center

If you’ve followed us for a while, you know that our Art Picks offer a wide scope of events that are relevant to our audiences because we and the...

January 3, 2021
Archives, Art Picks, Arts Guide, Featured, Happenings
Still of Tempestt Hazel, sitting on the stairs of the South Side Community Art Center in Chicago. Photo by On the Real Film.

Sixty Inches From Center and Dreams of Future Canons

Published by Tempestt Hazel

A transcript of the keynote address delivered on August 6, 2020 for the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists and the Society of American Archivists.

December 31, 2020
Archives, Essays + Reviews, Featured, On Archives

Most Read Articles of 2020

Published by Sixty Inches From Center

Each year, our most read articles list hints to the ideas, cultural work, and practices that have loomed large in the collective consciousness of our readers and communities. This...

December 31, 2020
Archives, Columns + Series, Featured
Featured Image: CeaseDays is wearing a black beanie, a black windbreaker with a black hoodie underneath, and black jeans. He has his hands tucked in his jean pockets. He is standing in front of a graffiti mural with a black background and purple and yellow letters.

The Southwest Nest: An Interview with CeaseDays

Published by Angelica Flores

Brighton Park, Back of the Yards, and McKinley Park are neighborhoods on the Southwest Side of Chicago that are bundled together so often that they are given a similar...

December 21, 2020
Columns + Series, Community, Featured, Interviews

Mine: Poems by Carrie Kaufman

Published by carrie sarah kaufman

Body (January 2020)To carry meTo lift and transfer Use your core not your armsI always say.Take the weight of my body As if it was yours‘Cause I cannot hold it, Help carry...

December 19, 2020
Featured, Poetry + Short Stories

The Flying Trapeze: Strongman Tulga

Published by Elisa Shoenberger

Circus has been making a comeback across the country for the past few decades. Chicago has seen the rise of circus schools, companies, and shows all across the city....

December 18, 2020
Featured

Bisa Butler’s Portraits: Representation in and for 2020

Published by Susan J. Musich

Each December, the New York Times (and likely other media outlets) publish “The Year in Pictures.” For reasons both good and bad, images of Black Americans should predominate in...

December 15, 2020
Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions, Featured

Review: Julien Creuzet’s cloud cloudy glory doodles at Document

Published by Reed Everette

Walking into Julien Creuzet’s exhibition from the onset of winter in Chicago is a transportive experience. The weather in the city has recently shifted into freezing temperatures, knocking the...

December 10, 2020
Archives, Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions, Featured

Review: Exhibitionisms Virtual Viewing Room A, First Impressions

Published by Amanda Roach

In a sunny corner at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, I catch streams of light in the virtual viewing room that reflect off the disco balls in Bradley Wester’s work. A...

December 9, 2020
Archives, Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions, Featured

Chicago Archives Dive: Zine Festivals with Oscar Arriola

Published by Ryan Edmund Thiel

Oscar Arriola, a collector, curator, and photographer based in Chicago, talks about the power of preservation while also delving into the history of Chicago zine festivals. In particular, he...

December 7, 2020
Art Design Chicago, Featured, Interviews, On Archives, Sound, Film + Video
Kajahl Huntress In Oasis (Astride A Crocodile), 2020 oil on canvas 66 x 84 in. Courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago.

Fantasy of a Fantasy – A Review of Kajahl: “Royal Specter” at Monique Meloche

Published by Christina Nafziger

Monique Meloche’s exhibition Royal Specter, featuring work by the artist Kajahl, is in every aspect a museum-quality exhibition. I am not merely referencing the historically traditional and representational style...

December 2, 2020
Artists, Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions, Featured
Featured image: A view of the Dr. Margaret S. Burroughs gallery, which will benefit from Raise It Up! (December 5 & 6), a fundraiser driven by the Chicago Printers Guild in support of the South Side Community Art Center. Photo by Jacob Hand for the national trust for historic preservation.

December Art Picks

Published by Sixty Inches From Center

If you’ve followed us for a while, you know that our Art Picks offer a wide scope of events that are relevant to our audiences because we and the...

December 1, 2020
Art Picks, Featured

for you. yes, you. – a response to “for you” by Ayanah Moor

Published by Persephone Jones

you for this is just blacknessyou for this is just blacknessyou for this is just blackness G.L. – I don’t know that I can write his name here for...

December 1, 2020
Artists, Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions, Featured

Loving the Cannibal: Lia Kohl and Nick Meryhew’s Measures of Distance

Published by Annette LePique

The show does not propose a way forward, rather it asks you to stop and look, to see, truly see what you have now. Measures proposes the possibility of...

December 1, 2020
Artists, Essays + Reviews, Exhibitions, Featured

“Torrential Hag” at Cleaner Gallery + Projects

Published by Lauren Iacoponi

For the last five years, Cleaner Gallery + Projects has been part of Humboldt Park as an artist-run gallery and studio space. The gallery changed its name from Night...

November 26, 2020
Archives, Essays + Reviews, Featured
The Creep by Em Kettner; a six-legged, woven, porcelain figure looks straight ahead

Review: Em Kettner’s Play the Fool, at Goldfinch

Published by Amanda Dee

“Something is good not because it is achieved but because another kind of truth about the human situation, another experience of what it is to be human, in short,...

November 26, 2020
Essays + Reviews, Featured

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