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Among the Bushes
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Finding the thinning boundaries between birds, bushes, and queer cruising at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.
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A mobilization in five parts: Three Poems by Hilesh Patel
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Three poems that draw lines of connection between the personal and the monumental.
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Displacement Replacement/Desplazado Reemplazado Pt. 1
A spanglish comic series that chronicles displacement. The immigrant journey to find a place they can call home may take generations. Their journey triggers change and inspires other communities to solidify their social thread.
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Acuerdate de mi, acordandome de ti: Una reseña de “Querido Abuelo” y “Reflexiones de una Mujercita”
Thương Hoài Trần se adentra en el espacio liminal entre mantener y preservar los recuerdos familiares.
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Remember Me, Remember You: A Review of “Dear Grandpa” and “Reflections of a Young Woman”
In their recent solo show, Thương Hoài Trần explores the relationship among memory, family bonds, and the immigrant experience
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Art Picks
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February Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for February 2023.
Sixty Bilingual
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Pyaar, Jugaad, etc : प्यार , जुगाड़, etc. : On language, multiplicity in meaning, and underground abuse through technology that goes undetected in non-English speaking countries.
Someone I don’t know wrote in a folder square paper that I was destined to not stay, to leave home and make life elsewhere.
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Joy & Resistance at Chicago’s Miche Fest
On June 24-25 Chicago hosted its Miche Fest, a festival celebrating Latinidad by elevating micheladas, music, art, food, and fashion.
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When You Shine, We Shine Together: A Review of El Brillo En Sus Ojos at Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center and Interview with Artist Vani Aguilar
Vani Aguilar talks through the influence the Midwest has had on their art practice and their decision to move to Southern California, the place they call home.
Interviews
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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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Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Interview with Dino Robinson
The founder and director of Shorefront Legacy Center discusses the importance of preserving the legacy of Black life on the North Shore.
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Former Black Panther: Interview With Jerome Merriweather
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The author interviews their father and reveals the father’s involvement with the Black Panther Party.
On Archives
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Re:Nuisance – A VHS Remix
A remix of salvaged footage from the 1986 “Twentieth Century Artistic Revolutions” VHS series.
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History For Sale: Ebony Images on the Market
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An open letter and petition for the leaders of the historic Johnson Publishing Company.
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The Artist’s Responsibility
Let me ask you this: What is an artist’s responsibility? Should they take the ideas that shape contemporary society and translate them into a visual language? Are they the ones…