About
Sixty Inches From Center is a worker-led nonprofit 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 provide digital and print publishing opportunities for artists in the Midwest who want to share their writing, photo, graphic, video, and audio works in new ways.
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.
Although we are collectively-run, Sixty Inches From Center is a 501(c)(3) organization that survives on the donations of our readers and loyal followers like you.
Sixty Inches From Center officially launched on October 31, 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.
CONTACT
For general inquiries, event/project announcements, tips, or to send us love notes, contact us at info@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org.
TEAM
ADMIN + EDITORS
Ireashia M. Bennett
Visuals Editor, Writer
ireashia@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
BIO | Website | Writings
Ryan Edmund Thiel
Graphic Design & Communications Lead, Photographer, Special Projects
ryan@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Website | Photography
Tempestt Hazel
Co-founder, Operations, Special Projects, Writer
tempestt.hazel@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Website | Writings
River Kerstetter
Social Media Lead
river@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
Website
Onyx Montes
PR + Newsletter Lead
Website
Christina Nafziger
Co-Managing Editor + Special Projects
writeforsixty@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
BIO | Website | Writing
Kate Hadley Toftness
Chicago Archives + Artists Project Director
khtoftness@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
BIO | CA+AP Website
Persephone Van Ort
Co-Managing Editor, Writer
persephone@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
BIO | Writings
Luz Magdaleno-Flores
Bi-Lingual Editor, Translator
luz@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
BIO
Chenoa Baker
Editor, Writer
BIO | Writings
McKenzie Birmingham
Senior Editor
BIO
Tim Hoff
Senior Editor
BIO
Nadia John
Editor
BIO
S. Nicole Lane,
Senior Editor, Writer
BIO | Writing
Annette LePique
Editor, Writer
BIO | Writings
Nicky Ni
Editor, Writer
BIO | Writings
Noor Shawaf
Senior Editor
BIO | Writing
Livy Snyder
Editor, Writer
BIO | Writings
ARCHIVISTS
WRITERS
PHOTOGRAPHERS + ILLUSTRATORS
Ireashia M. Bennett
Photographer
Website | Writings
Sarah Joyce
Photographer
Website | Photography
Hannah Siegfried
Photographer
Website
Michael Sullivan
Photographer
Website | Writings
Kiki Dupont
Illustrator
Website | Illustrations
Edvetté Wilson-Jones
Photographer
Writings
Mark Blanchard
Photographer+ Web Developer
Website | Photography
Kristie Kahns
Photographer
Website | Photography
Joshua Johnson
Photographer
Website | Photography
Teshika Silver
Illustrator
Website | Illustrations
TRANSLATORS + TRANSCRIBERS
Noor Hassaballa
Transcriber, The Blackivists
Meet the familiar faces of our Board of Directors + Advisory Board.
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