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Sixty is a worker-led collective and publishing platform dedicated to supporting and promoting the art, archives, and writing of Indigenous, diasporic, queer, trans, and disability communities in Chicago and the Midwest. sixtyinchesfromcenter.org

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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 19h
Reflecting on motherhood and gendered stereotypes, Nina Li Coomes wonders if "mom brain" is more than forgetfulness; what if the change in perspective that comes with mothering could help us move toward more connective, community-oriented thinking?
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In Defense of Mombrain - Sixty Inches From Center
Can motherhood help us move toward more connective, community-oriented thinking? To better understand who needs care and love?
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RebelleCunt @rebellecunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I recently had the pleasure of choppin it up with Musu Bangura about @heauxhistory.bsky.social, wh0rephobia, the importance of SWers in memory work, and community building for Sixty Inches From Center. You can check out the full interview on the @sixtyinchesfrmcntr.bsky.social website
Black sex worker and researcher sits outdoors while holding a book and looking to their leftinterview except exploring the start of Heaux History Project interview except exploring the start of Heaux History ProjectThe book I've Got To Make My Livin by Cynthia Blair is being help in the hands of Rebelle
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 29/09/2026
What's possible when access, playfulness, performance, technology, and the sensory intersect? Bri Robinson interviews Zsofi Valyi-Nagy of the artist duo Soft Reset about "Emotional Tech Support" at LATITUDE Chicago.
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TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Emotional Tech Support with Zsofi Valyi-Nagy of Soft Reset - Sixty Inches From Center
Exploring soothing sonic devices at LATITUDE.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 29/09/2026
Submissions for our first themed open call for writing, "RECIPES," are due by 11:59 PM Central tonight! Submit here: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/open-call-fo...
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Open Call for Submissions: RECIPES - Sixty Inches From Center
Inspired by our ancestors and caretakers who pass down knowledge across generations, we ask you to consider what “recipes” you want to pass down to future generations.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 25/09/2026
Reese L. Tracy witnesses her own becoming and wields her newfound self-possession to uncover the truth about the men she finds herself entangled with in new creative prose from Sixty Lit.
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Fet Life - Sixty Inches From Center
A woman witnesses her own becoming and wields her newfound self-possession to uncover the truth about the men she finds herself entangled with.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 24/09/2026
Amber Eve Anderson muses on the sounds, textures, colors, and movements that make up the Nebraskan prairies as told through “Passage” by tbd. dance collective at the Glacier Creek Preserve.
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Presence in the Prairies - Sixty Inches From Center
An artist writes on the sounds, textures, colors, and movements that make up the Nebraskan prairies as told through "Passage" by tbd. dance collective.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 22/09/2026
Cristobal Alday examines the materials used in Jiaming You’s recent work at HOOK Space in Chicago through poetry and metaphor. sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/hypertension...
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HyperTension(s): A poetic response to Conference of the Winds - Sixty Inches From Center
The author examines the materials used in Jiaming You's recent work at HOOK Space through poetry and metaphor.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 22/09/2026
Are you or someone you know a mega fan of Sixty's work? Does sharing your skills as a board member to help us succeed and grow sound like a dream come true? Sixty is currently welcoming board nominations until October 11! Learn more at sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/about/join-o...
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 19/09/2026
Jessica Ott (Bingham) interviews Adda Farcus on their exploration of climate change and mortality through sound and color in the exhibition "Room Tone" sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/room-tone-an...
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Room Tone: An Interview with Adda Farcus - Sixty Inches From Center
An interview with Adda Farcus on their exploration of climate change and mortality through sound and color.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 19/09/2026
Join us tomorrow to learn more about our RECIPES open call for writing and how to get published with us! www.eventbrite.com/e/on-themed-...
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 18/09/2026
Rebelle Cunt opens up about the origins of @heauxhistory.bsky.social, building sex worker community, and the importance of representation in an interview with musu bangura: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/the-archivis...
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The archivist behind the Heaux History Project - Sixty Inches From Center
Rebelle Cunt opens up about the origins of HHP, building sex worker community, and the importance of representation.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 17/09/2026
Sixty invites interested writers to join us for a virtual contributor meeting this Sunday, September 20 at 1PM CDT to learn about our inaugural themed open call, RECIPES: www.eventbrite.com/e/on-themed-...
Image: Several panels show a person cutting up a written text, pouring ingredients into a bowl, frying up the ingredients, and molding them with their hands. Above the left panel are four containers with the following "ingredients:" community care, ancestral gifts, decolonialism, and liberation. The background of the illustration is pink. Image made by Kim Thái Nguyễn.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 12/09/2026
Sixty's Bilingual Editor Luz Magdaleno Flores spoke with our new Guest Bilingual Editor Jaida Grey Eagle about the role of memory work in journalism, the practice of self care, and uplifting Lakota artists: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/introducing-...
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Introducing Jaida Grey Eagle: Sixty's Guest Bilingual Editor - Sixty Inches From Center
A conversation on the role of memory work in journalism, the practice of self care, and uplifting Lakota artists.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 11/09/2026
What is art for? Frank Geiser asks what led up to the permanent closing of the DePaul Art Museum and what will be left in its wake: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/part-journal...
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Part Journalism, Part Cynicism, Part Eulogy: A Close Look at DePaul University’s Decision to Close its Art Museum - Sixty Inches From Center
Frank Geiser asks what led up to the permanent closing of the DePaul Art Museum and what will be left in its wake.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 10/09/2026
Xiao Faria daCunha and Ellen Larson at University of Chicago's Smart Museum take a deep dive into how to curate contemporary Chinese art in the age of Chinamaxxing. Read in Mandarin and English: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/curating-chi...
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在“极致中国化”时代下策划现代中国艺术展 - Sixty Inches From Center
与Ellen Larson对话
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 10/09/2026
New open call for writing! Inspired by our ancestors and caretakers who pass down knowledge across generations, we ask you to consider what “recipes” you want to pass down to future generations. Learn more: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/open-call-fo...
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Open Call for Submissions: RECIPES - Sixty Inches From Center
Inspired by our ancestors and caretakers who pass down knowledge across generations, we ask you to consider what “recipes” you want to pass down to future generations.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 09/09/2026
Explore September Art Picks, our monthly art and culture calendar for the Midwest curated in collaboration with The Visualist: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/september-ar...
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September Art Picks - Sixty Inches From Center
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for September 2026.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 30/08/2026
Sixty Visiting Critic Juleana Enright urges the arts sector to embrace regenerative ecosystems as a model for building relationships following their experience at the National Performance Network’s 2026 Partner Meeting in Dearborn, MI: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/pivoting-in-...
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Pivoting in Flight: Reflections Following the National Performance Network's 2026 Dearborn Partner Meeting - Sixty Inches From Center
Using murmurations as a metaphor, Juleana Enright urges the arts sector to embrace regenerative ecosystems as a model for building relationships following their experience at NPN's 2026 Partner…
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 27/08/2026
Artist and perfume-enthusiast Ruby Robison delves into the scenes of Chicago’s first indie perfume expo and muses on what she suspects drives her fellow enthusiasts’ perfume interests. sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/fumed/
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FUMED - Sixty Inches From Center
An artist and perfume-enthusiast delves into the scenes of Chicago's first indie perfume expo and muses on what she suspects drives her fellow enthusiasts' perfume interests.
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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 27/08/2026
We're looking for our next editor in chief to lead our nonprofit newsroom. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by Sept. 15. Learn more and apply: www.injusticewatch.org/about/editor...
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 27/08/2026
okay bsky... what are your favorite lists and feeds for art, archives, writing and organizing? 👀
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 26/08/2026
Zia Pao-Ziegler interviews archivist and founder of Okrika, OG Ugwuanyi, about building an archive in Chicago that celebrates Black cultural production while bringing people together through collecting, storytelling, and knowledge sharing: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/bend-down-se...
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Bend Down Select: A Conversation with OG Ugwuanyi - Sixty Inches From Center
A conversation with archivist and founder of Okrika, OG Ugwuanyi, about building an archive in Chicago that celebrates the expansiveness of Black cultural production while bringing people together…
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 25/08/2026
Is Midwestern intimacy unique? Annesha Sengupta contemplates the question after her encounter with the new novel "Sex of the Midwest" by Robyn Ryle: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/everywhere-i...
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Everywhere is Enough: How Robyn Ryle's Sex of the Midwest Thwarts Expectations of Small-Town Indiana - Sixty Inches From Center
Is Midwestern intimacy unique? A writer contemplates this after her encounter with a newly released novel which sparked her inquiry.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 13/08/2026
Poet Noa Micaela Fields and artist Nat Pyper pen a series of postcards in response to Wrightwood 659’s exhibition Martin Wong: Chinatown USA: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/speak-the-un...
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Speak the Unhearable: Postcards to Martin Wong - Sixty Inches From Center
Poet Noa Micaela Fields and artist Nat Pyper pen a series of postcards in response to Wrightwood 659's exhibition "Martin Wong: Chinatown USA."
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 11/08/2026
Nadya Kelly interviews two Midwest zinesters on the creative accessibility and community zinemaking provides: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/where-there-...
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Where there is life, there are zines! - Sixty Inches From Center
On the creative accessibility zinemaking provides and how two Midwest zinesters have used this medium to create community hubs.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 10/08/2026
In this video interview by Ian Carstens, Forrest Hudes reflects on what it means to be an artist, the implications of working with wood as a living material, and making beautiful pickleball paddles: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/strength-in-...
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Strength in Beauty: Interview with Forrest Hudes - Sixty Inches From Center
In this video interview, Forrest Hudes reflects on what it means to be an artist, the implications of working with wood as a living material, and making beautiful pickleball paddles.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 08/08/2026
Publish your arts writing, photo essays, or bilingual comics with Sixty! We pay $150 per published piece. Pitches are now open until October 14. Learn more: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/pitch/
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Pitch to Sixty - Sixty Inches From Center
Pitch to Sixty Sixty welcomes people of all experience levels and backgrounds to pitch ideas for writing about topics and practices that are relevant to the art and cultural landscapes…
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 07/08/2026
Hilesh Patel interviews John H. Guevara, a Chicago–based artist and director whose project Chuquimarca operates somewhere between art library, conceptual proposal, and garden: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/chicago-arch...
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Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Interview with John H. Guevara of Chuquimarca - Sixty Inches From Center
How does your body feel when you are researching? How does one create a library without using western-tools? Chuquimarca proposes using a mirrored approach to book collecting.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 06/08/2026
Chicago-based creative agency BIYA BIYA bridges the gap between cultural preservation and live art making and performing by and for their communities: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-...
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TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: A Call To Gather with BIYA BIYA - Sixty Inches From Center
A Chicago-based creative agency bridges the gap between cultural preservation and live art making and performing by and for their communities.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 05/08/2026
August Art Picks are here! Every month we curate a list of the best art exhibitions, talks, screenings, and community events across Chicago and the Midwest in collaboration with our friends at The Visualist. Find your next art outing: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/august-art-p...
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August Art Picks - Sixty Inches From Center
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for August 2026.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 04/08/2026
In BINGO! at The Sheldon in St. Louis, artist Jen Wohlner employs drawings as a material strategy for Queering memoir. sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/re-markable-...
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Re-Markable Vulnerabilities: Jen Wohlner’s Queer Play Date with Abstraction - Sixty Inches From Center
In the exhibition BINGO! at The Sheldon in St. Louis, artist Jen Wohlner employs drawings as a material strategy for Queering memoir.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 25/07/2026
Chenoa Baker speaks to Nayeon Yang about their video game (and soon to be board game) Art of Survival, art as labor, and the power of play. Read more: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/can-you-win-...
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Can You Win in the Game of Survival? - Sixty Inches From Center
Video game creator Nayeon Yang on art as labor and the power of play.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 24/07/2026
What can the shifting depiction of Jean-Baptiste Point DuSable in art teach us about Chicago and Black History? Ann-Derrick Gaillot traces the question through public art, history and the archive: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/visibly-blac...
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Visibly Black and Not Abstract: A Look Back at Artistic Portrayals of Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable - Sixty Inches From Center
An exploration into the mystery and evolution of Jean-Baptiste Point DuSable's appearance and what it tells us about Chicago and Black History.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 17/07/2026
This summer/fall Sixty will be accepting new pitches from July 30 – October 14. Our editorial team is shifting to limited pitch periods in order to bring even deeper care and intention to how we curate and collaborate with contributors. Stay tuned for more about how you can get published with Sixty!
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 16/07/2026
Hilesh Patel interviews historian, poet and journalist Crystal Vance Guerra on the work of historians, journalists, poets, and archivists, and how art books can teach us about history through art: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/chicago-arch...
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Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Interview with Crystal Vance Guerra - Sixty Inches From Center
On the work of historians, journalists, poets, and archivists, and how art books can teach us about history through art.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 29/06/2026
Take a seat at the table of Girl Dinner, a collaboration between TXA TXA Club, Oliva Gallery, and artist Lindsey Kircher in the wake of her solo show Girl Talk.
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Gathering in the Gallery: Girl Dinner with Artist Lindsey Kircher - Sixty Inches From Center
Take a seat at the table of Girl Dinner, a collaboration between TXA TXA Club, Oliva Gallery, and artist Lindsey Kircher in the wake of her solo show Girl Talk.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 23/06/2026
You have a few days left to apply for our two open positions: Audience Development Coordinator and Administrative Projects Coordinator! Learn more and apply: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/about/join-o...
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Join Our Team - Sixty Inches From Center
Join Our Team Thank you for your interest in working with Sixty! We are often seeking people to fill roles that are involved with our editorial, archival, and collaborative projects.…
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 22/06/2026
In a conversation with MCA Chicago's Joey Orr, Russian artist Nadya Tolokonnikova speaks about rising authoritarianism in the US, her complex relationship to religious ideology, and the bravery of artists imprisoned for political activism:
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POLICE STATE: An Interview with Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova - Sixty Inches From Center
In a conversation with MCA Chicago Deputy Director and Chief of Curatorial Affairs Joey Orr, Russian artist Nadya Tolokonnikova spoke about rising authoritarianism in the US, her complex relationship…
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 19/06/2026
Sixty in excited to annnounce our Summer 2026 cohort of Critics-in-Residence and Midwest Arts Writers Fellows, and the nine regional partners that will host them! Meet the cohort: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/meet-sixtys-...
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Announcing Sixty's 2026 Midwest Arts Writers Fellowship and Critics-in-Residence Program - Sixty Inches From Center
Announcing the Summer 2026 cohort of Critics-in-Residence and Midwest Arts Writers Fellows, and the nine regional partners that will host them.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 18/06/2026
Sixty is pausing our daily work from June 19 to July 5 to rest and recharge. We're not reviewing pitches during this time, and our next open pitch period will be July 30 – October 14. Read more: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/taking-care-...
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Cuidándonos / Taking care: A note on our Summer Slowdown - Sixty Inches From Center
Sixty is pausing our daily work from June 19 to July 5 to rest and recharge.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 16/06/2026
In four new poems, Diego Báez writes about ICE raids in Chicago, biracial identity and masculinity, US intervention in Venezuela, and breaking intergenerational cycles.
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Latino También: Four Poems by Diego Báez - Sixty Inches From Center
Diego Báez writes about ICE raids in Chicago, biracial identity and masculinity, US intervention in Venezuela, and breaking intergenerational cycles in a series of new poems.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 12/06/2026
Sixty is currently hiring for two positions, Administrative Projects Coordinator and Audience Development Coordinator! Learn more and apply at sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/about/join-o...
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Join Our Team - Sixty Inches From Center
Join Our Team Thank you for your interest in working with Sixty! We are often seeking people to fill roles that are involved with our editorial, archival, and collaborative projects.…
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 11/06/2026
How is sculpture mimetic to the infinite scroll? Is there overlap to how we read the two? Mallory Shotwell considers how Amay Kataria examines the gap between technology and our capacity to understand it.
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Operating in the Gap: Amay Kataria’s Saṃsāra and the Demands of New Media - Sixty Inches From Center
How is sculpture mimetic to the infinite scroll? Is there overlap to how we read the two?
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 09/06/2026
Want a monthly digest of our publishing, special announcements, and gigs + opportunities for Midwest artists, archivists and writers? Get our newsletter: sixtyinchesfromcenter.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Image: The hands of artist Dorothy Burge can be seen holding a magenta-colored fabric flag with yellow lettering that reads, “My Humanity is Bound To Yours.” Behind the flag you can see glimpses of the bold patterns and bright colors of the outfit Burge is wearing. Photo by Joshua Clay Johnson.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Humboldt Park's biggest Puerto Rican celebration and parade is back this week, featuring new artwork, music shows and family festivities. blockclubchi.co/442d1zm
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 04/06/2026
NEW — Chicago teens will have free access to select YMCA locations across the city this summer through a new partnership announced by Mayor Brandon Johnson and the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. thetriibe.com/2026/06/chic...
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Chicago teens are getting free YMCA memberships through new summer program • The TRiiBE
The City of Chicago, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and Mielle Cares launched the “Get Summer Program,” giving teens free access to the Y all summer long.
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 09/06/2026
Find a material way to support Black people this Juneteenth. bit.ly/4vB9kMV
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Experience Juneteenth with these celebrations of Black life through space and time in Chicago - Chicago Reader
Find a material way to support Black people this Juneteenth.
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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 21/05/2026
there's one for the twin cities, as well as chicago, detroit, southwest michigan, and indianapolis! i contributed to the MSP list and made the image for it.
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 02/06/2026
Join us TOMORROW at Elastic Arts as Vera Blossom, e'mon lauren, Diego Báez, Temperance Aghamohammadi, and Riley Yaxley share poetry and prose live on stage! RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/sixty-on-s...
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Sixty Inches From Center @sixtyinchesfromcenter.org · 01/06/2026
Our Detroit Resource List was edited in collaboration with Rukiya Colvin, a Detroit-bred queer abolitionist, organizer, activist, writer, and caregiver of land, their child, and their community. Explore the list: sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/resources-to...
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Resources Towards Solidarity: Detroit - Sixty Inches From Center
A curated list of resources for community self-defense, basic needs, solidarity, creative caretaking, and organizing within the Detroit, MI area.
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