The SSCAC was recently featured on ABC Chicago's Chicagogoing.
The South Side Community Arts Center will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2010.
It has been instrumental in launching the careers of many nationally and internationally established artists, starting from the era of the Works Program Administration to the present.
Poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote and taught at the Center, photographer Gordon Parks had his first darkroom in the Center's basement, and Charles White and Elizabeth Catlett shared what they learned from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with other artists who could not afford the tuition. These names are just a few of the many artists who have contributed to the Center's rich legacy.
To view the discussion, go to ABC Chicago.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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I know that this comment does not belong here, but I could find no other way to tell you that a photo of the SSCAC gallery's May 1941 dedication wrongly identifies the lady standing "fifth from left" as "blues singer Bessie Smith."
It does nor resemble Ms. Smith, nor could it be, for she passed away in 1937. Thought you might wish to correct this.
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