South Side Community Art Center

South Side Community Art Center conserves, preserves and promotes the legacy and future of Black American art and artists.

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WE'RE ALSO THRILLED TO SHARE THAT JENECA ONIKOYI IS OUR NEW OPERATIONS MANAGER & EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT!
Jeneca brings years of experience as an arts manager and multi-disciplinary practicing artist. We look forward to her bringing her skills and eagerness to the team!

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WE'RE EXCITED TO KICK OFF OUR 3831/VOICES LECTURE AND CONVERSATIONS SERIES DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WITH SKYLA HEARN!

COMING TO THE TABLE: IN CONVERSATION WITH ARCHIVIST SKYLA HEARN

REGISTRATION👉🏿: https://t.co/mlACtmFHHg

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See the latest review of our Toward Common Cause exhibition, Whitfield Lovell: Spell Suite in Newcity Art!

https://t.co/7GklyxCToT

Thanks @newcity for a great review!

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We’re partnering with @muralarts in Philadelphia to bring 2 large mural projects to Bronzeville! Non-traditional mural artists and ALL visual artists are invited to APPLY.

LINK IN OUR BIO💪🏾✨

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Please share with any and all visual artists (muralists, painters, photographers, mosaic artists,etc)

Submission Deadline: May 24, 2021��
Project Start: July 2021 

LINK IN OUR BIO ✌🏾❤️

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We are looking for you!! 👀

The South Side Community Art Center is pleased to announce receipt of a Public Art & Civic Engagement (PACE) Capacity Building Initiative grant from the Mural Arts Institute! A program  of Mural Arts Philadelphia! 💪🏾✨

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Each artist or collective will receive an artist fee and production funds (the artist fee is $15,000; production budget available to the artist is $12,000) to produce a mural.

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We’re excited about the Artist Talk program in partnership with the Darryll Chappell Foundation! Saturday, Feb 20th! 1PM -2:30PM CST on Zoom!!

Registration link in our bio✌🏾

One of our panelists, John Simmons is a prolific photographer and Emmy Award winning cinematographer!

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Amanda Gorman is the country’s first youth poet laureate, and youngest poet to ever perform at a presidential inauguration.

Let’s give it up to her, she did that !!

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#AmandaGorman

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Our friends at @sscacchicago are presenting Faheem Majeed's "From The Center" exhibition, opening January 16th! Also, join us in partnership with @sscacchicago & @artinstitutechi for a virtual convo w/ Faheem Majeed & Tempestt Hazel January 28th at 6pm! https://t.co/565VoeQZKr

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The history of the SSCAC was recently covered in @BAIAONLINE Black Art in America!!!

Pictured here is a photograph of iconic Black artist Charles White, who was a founding member of SSCAC, teaching a figure drawing class!

Read more here: https://t.co/QfcaxcujNj

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Arts publication @scapimag published a wonderful review of artist Jesse Howard’s current exhibition The Spirit of Community. Read more below!!👇🏾

https://t.co/kZN3752eOg

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Amazing!!! Chicago is forever in service to her brilliance.

[Imani Perry @imaniperry]

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Here’s a sneak preview of what’s to come for tomorrow’s opening featuring the work of Chicago based artist Jesse Howard!

If you haven’t RSVP’d for a scheduled viewing, now is the time! Link below 👇🏾.

https://t.co/WwmsiDrVqK