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 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.
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
Christina Nafziger
Co-Managing Editor + Special Projects
christina@sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
BIO | Website | Writing
Kate Hadley Toftness
Chicago Archives + Artists Project Director
kate@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
Writings
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
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
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
We welcome and accept nominations to our Board of Directors on a rolling basis. If you’re interested in learning more, click here.
Tempestt Hazel
Curator, Writer, Co-Founder at Sixty Inches From Center
Analú M. López
Photographer, Ayer Indigenous Studies Librarian at Newberry Library
Dawn Rose
Director of Planning & Human Capital, Department of Neurosurgery at Northwestern Hospital
Lauren Williams
Arts Administrator at Sixty Inches From Center
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