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Presence in the Prairies
An artist writes on the sounds, textures, colors, and movements that make up the Nebraskan prairies as told through “Passage” by tbd. dance collective.
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HyperTension(s): A poetic response to Conference of the Winds
The author examines the materials used in Jiaming You’s recent work at HOOK Space through poetry and metaphor.
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Room Tone: An Interview with Adda Farcus
An interview with Adda Farcus on their exploration of climate change and mortality through sound and color.
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The archivist behind the Heaux History Project
Rebelle Cunt opens up about the origins of HHP, building sex worker community, and the importance of representation.
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Open Call for Submissions: RECIPES
Inspired by our ancestors and caretakers who pass down knowledge across generations, we ask you to consider what “recipes” you want to pass down to future generations.
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Introducing Jaida Grey Eagle: Sixty’s Guest Bilingual Editor
A conversation on the role of memory work in journalism, the practice of self care, and uplifting Lakota artists.
Sixty is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. Learn more about our work.
Art Picks
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September Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for September 2026.
Sixty Bilingual
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Introducing Jaida Grey Eagle: Sixty’s Guest Bilingual Editor
A conversation on the role of memory work in journalism, the practice of self care, and uplifting Lakota artists.
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Curating Chinese Contemporary Art in the Era of Chinamaxxing
A conversation with Ellen Larson, curator of Beyond Boundaries: Three Decades of Contemporary Chinese Art at the Smart Museum of Art.
REGIONAL RESOURCE LISTS
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Resources Towards Solidarity: Indianapolis
A curated list of resources for community self-defense, basic needs, solidarity, creative caretaking, and organizing in Indianapolis, IN.
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Resources Towards Solidarity: Southwest Michigan
A curated list of resources for community self-defense, basic needs, solidarity, creative caretaking, and organizing in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren Counties of Michigan.
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Resources Towards Solidarity: Detroit
A curated list of resources for community self-defense, basic needs, solidarity, creative caretaking, and organizing within the Detroit, MI area.
Sixty Lit
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Speak the Unhearable: Postcards to Martin Wong
Poet Noa Micaela Fields and artist Nat Pyper pen a series of postcards in response to Wrightwood 659’s exhibition “Martin Wong: Chinatown USA.”
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Latino También: Four Poems by Diego Báez
Diego Báez writes about ICE raids in Chicago, biracial identity and masculinity, US intervention in Venezuela, and breaking intergenerational cycles in a series of new poems.
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A gay sculptor is missing from the archives. I want to know why.
Six decades after 32 men were arrested by police and publicly outed by the Chicago Tribune, artist and writer Samuel Schwindt went in search of one of these men, a sculptor, and discovered a specter in the archives.
On Archives
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The archivist behind the Heaux History Project
Rebelle Cunt opens up about the origins of HHP, building sex worker community, and the importance of representation.
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Bend Down Select: A Conversation with OG Ugwuanyi
A conversation with OG Ugwuanyi, archivist and founder of the reading room project Okrika, about building an archive in Chicago that celebrates the expansiveness of Black cultural production while bringing people together through collecting, storytelling, and knowledge sharing.
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Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Interview with John H. Guevara of Chuquimarca
How does your body feel when you are researching? How does one create a library without using western-tools? Chuquimarca proposes using a mirrored approach to book collecting.
The Latest Sixty News
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Open Call for Submissions: RECIPES
Inspired by our ancestors and caretakers who pass down knowledge across generations, we ask you to consider what “recipes” you want to pass down to future generations.
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Cuidándonos / Taking care: A note on our Summer Slowdown
Sixty is pausing our daily work from June 19 to July 5 to rest and recharge.
