About
Sixty Inches From Center 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. We are a collective of arts workers, writers, editors, artists, curators, librarians, and archivists who promote and prioritize the preservation of culture within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities of our region.
We believe that the stories of artists, cultural workers, archivists, organizers, memory workers, and writers within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities are essential to understanding history and creating inclusive future canons that align with the more liberated and just worlds that reflect our dreams and realities. Our stories need to be preserved and promoted simultaneously, so we work with local and national archives while providing platforms and capsules for the cultural practices of our people.
Sixty Inches From Center is a collectively-run, non-hierarchical 501(c)(3) organization. We officially launched on October 30, 2010. Check out photos from our day-long art ride from Hyde Park Art Center to Chicago Urban Arts Society, Elastic Arts Foundation, and South Side Community Art Center here.
OUR TEAM
For general inquiries, announcements, press releases, tips, or to send us love notes, reach out to us at
info@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Ireashia M. Bennett
Visuals Editor, Writer
ireashia@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Bio | Website | Writing
Krystal Boney
Accountant
Luz Magdaleno Flores
Bi-Lingual Editor, Translator
luz@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Bio | Writing | Website
Tim Hoff
Senior Editor
Bio
River Ian Kerstetter
Communications Lead, Writer
river@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Website | Writing
Livy Snyder
Editor, Writer
Bio| Writing
Kate Hadley Toftness
Chicago Archives + Artists Project Director
kate@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Bio | CA+AP Website
McKenzie Birmingham
Senior Editor
Bio
Tempestt Hazel
Co-founder, Operations + Revenue Lead, Special Projects, Writer
tempestt.hazel@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Website | Writing
Nadia John
Sixty Lit Editor, Writer
Writing
Christina Nafziger
Managing Editor + Special Projects
christina@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Bio | Website | Writing
Jen Torwudzo-Stroh
Editor, Writer
Bio | Writing
Alex Wen
Web Developer + Digital Community Architect,
Sixty Collective
Riley Yaxley
Revenue + Fundraising Coordinator, Editor
Bio | Writing
WRITERS
Sixty works with a rolling team of writers. We welcome people of all experience levels and backgrounds to pitch writing about the art and cultural landscapes of the Midwest.
PHOTOGRAPHERS + ILLUSTRATORS
Our team of visual contributors create original visual art to accompany our publishing and special projects, and publish original photo essays and comics. Interested in working with Sixty as a visual contributor? Click the button below.
Miss Jaws (Jessica Garcia)
Website
Dio Cramer
Website
Miranda Pratt
Shanna Merola
Website
Kim Thái Nguyễn
Website
Paula Lovo
Rachel Elise
Website
Elijah Blanton
Jorge Ariel Escobar
Website
Mendy Kong
NotaPlantShop (Damiane Nickles)
Teshika Silver
Website
Luz Magdaleno-Flores
Website | Writing
Lu Harper
Website
Na Forest Lim
Website
Silvia Gonzales
Website
Wrecks (Rebecca Nawls-Walker)
allison anne
Website
Julia Scheopner
India Hines
Website
EdVetté Wilson Jones
Website | Writing
Kristie Kahns
Website | Writing
Chiara Acu
Website
jireh l. drake
Website
ARCHIVISTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
We welcome and accept nominations to our Board of Directors on a rolling basis.
Tempestt Hazel
Curator, Writer, Co-Founder at Sixty Inches From Center
Britt Julious
Journalist, Editor and Music Critic for the Chicago Tribune
Annette LePique
Writer, Editor at Sixty Inches From Center
Dawn Rose
Director of Planning & Human Capital,
Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern Medicine
Ad Hoc Board Members
Tracy Drake
Archivist at Reed College, Founding Member of The Blackivists
Erin Glasco
Independent Archivist, Founding Member of The Blackivists
Contact
info@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Sixty Inches From Center NFP is located at the Bronzeville Artists Lofts, a mixed-use commercial and residential space created with support from the City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development.
Sixty Inches From Center
436 E. 47th Street
Chicago, IL 60653
(312)612-9050