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A Miserable Party
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riley yaxley pens an elegant, elegiac, and heartbreaking ode to the dissolution of a relationship, the perils of love, trans womanhood, and the grace that is found through writing the self.
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Entrevista con Hope Wang sobre LMRM, el acto de tejer comunidad, y el telar CH2 el único con acceso público en Chicago
Hope nos invitó a su estudio para contarnos acerca de lo que impulsa su práctica, los logros de LMRM hasta ahora y algunas reflexiones en torno al tejido.
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An Interview with Hope Wang on the LMRM, the act of weaving community, and Chicago’s only public access TC2 loom
Hope Wang shares what drives her practice, the accomplishments of textile open studio LMRM (“loom room”), and some thoughts on weaving.
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An Open Letter to Newberry Library Leadership Concerning Genocide in Gaza and Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites
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An open letter urging the Newberry Library leadership to stand with those who are resisting oppression and confirm that their fundamental mission and principles inform their actions on every level, including what funding they accept.
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Afterimage: A Response to Ruby Que’s Consider a Disappearance
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riley yaxley explores Ruby Que’s multifaceted practice through their exhibition Consider a Disappearance, an interplay between technology and light, longing and home, and the sentimentality of small moments in life.
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The Transcendent Iconography of Black Girlhood
Jasmine Barnes reflects on the ways that The Black Girlhood Altar preserves the lives and memories of Black women and girls while giving space for peaceful engagement.
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Art Picks
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March Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for March 2024
Sixty Bilingual
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Entrevista con Hope Wang sobre LMRM, el acto de tejer comunidad, y el telar CH2 el único con acceso público en Chicago
Hope nos invitó a su estudio para contarnos acerca de lo que impulsa su práctica, los logros de LMRM hasta ahora y algunas reflexiones en torno al tejido.
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An Interview with Hope Wang on the LMRM, the act of weaving community, and Chicago’s only public access TC2 loom
Hope Wang shares what drives her practice, the accomplishments of textile open studio LMRM (“loom room”), and some thoughts on weaving.
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Deer in Headlights: A Review of Archiving Edging at Roots & Culture
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In this exhibition, artists olivier and Martín Wannam explore ‘anarchiving’—or, producing new and generative relationships with public records of queerness past and present.
Latest Updates
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Call-for-Proposals: Sixty’s Midwest Arts Writers Fellowship
What are the unique working conditions and challenges facing arts workers in the Midwest? Sixty is launching a Midwest Arts Writers Fellowship for two writers to explore these issues and more. Applications are now open!
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A Statement of Solidarity
“The will of the people can’t fail. If we can’t shape the world we live in, if we can’t stop a genocide so miserable is our life.”
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Two Back-to-Back Events Celebrating the Chicago Archives + Artists Project Book!
Celebrate the release of Sixty’s debut book Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Case Studies in Collaboration with two back-to-back events with the recent archive + artist pairings!
Interviews
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Entrevista con Hope Wang sobre LMRM, el acto de tejer comunidad, y el telar CH2 el único con acceso público en Chicago
Hope nos invitó a su estudio para contarnos acerca de lo que impulsa su práctica, los logros de LMRM hasta ahora y algunas reflexiones en torno al tejido.
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An Interview with Hope Wang on the LMRM, the act of weaving community, and Chicago’s only public access TC2 loom
Hope Wang shares what drives her practice, the accomplishments of textile open studio LMRM (“loom room”), and some thoughts on weaving.
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Show & Tell: Records and Reflections on Burlesque in Chicago
In this photo essay and interview series, multi-disciplinary artist Erica McKeehen and members of Chicago’s burlesque community reflect on the meaning and importance of burlesque in their life, their fellow performers lives, and its story within the city of Chicago.
On Archives
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Rejecting Neutrality: Reparative Description at the Johnson Publishing Company Archive
A look at the process of reparative description undertaken by the Getty Research Institute’s team at the Johnson Publishing Company Archive.
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Two Back-to-Back Events Celebrating the Chicago Archives + Artists Project Book!
Celebrate the release of Sixty’s debut book Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Case Studies in Collaboration with two back-to-back events with the recent archive + artist pairings!
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The Cookout: A Community-Based Archiving Conversation
Join us for a virtual conversation with the Black Panther Party, Lawndale Pop-Up Spot, alt space Chicago, and the Heaux History Project about archiving and preserving the history of Black Chicago.