The South Side Community Art Center
"A Day In bronzeville" Over 200 artist on the steps of the South Side Community Art Center Photo by John Moye www.jromain.com
We cannot begin to understand the Fine Art South of Roosevelt Road without understanding its real history. My Grandmother Irene Guichard was a incredible woman from New Orleans who helped me understand deference at an early age.
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1. respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion,will,etc., of another"After a long well organized effort by Chicago African American artists and the community, South Side Community Art Center's doors opened in 1940, in a Georgian Revival-style residence built for grain merchant George Seaverns. One of the last surviving Works Progress Administration (WPA) community art centers dedicated by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1941,
1941 dedication of the South Side community Art Center by Eleanor Roosevelt
The Center was a venue where artists and youth were taught the visual arts .
Since 1940, the South Side Community Art Center has been committed to educating youth in the fundamentals and advanced techniques of various mediums. The Center offers instruction and a creative home for young people to learn the fundamentals of drawing,
Artist Cotor teaching at The south side community art center 1940's
painting, ceramics,
sculpture, printmaking,photography,and
crafts.
recent pictures of students at the center
The South Side Community Art Center
provides:
• Classes in the visual arts
• Exhibitions and collaborative space for new artists
Diane Carr Board President and Faheem Majeed center Director with artist Elizabeth Catlett
Their work focuses on collaboration, and
partners include:
• School of the Art Institute & The Art Institute of
Chicago
• After School Matters
• National Mexican Museum of Art
• National Historic Trust
• University of Chicago - South Side Arts &
Humanities
• DuSable
Museum
The South Side Community Art Center celebrates
70 years in 2010 .
Thursday, December 2, 2009 Sandra and Tim Rand were
the gracious hosts of a reception by the South Side Community
Art Center for sponsors and awareness of the 70 th anniversary
festivities.The Honorable Mayor Richard Daley was present
at the reception. Mayor Daley and Maggie Daley are Co - chairs
for the upcoming event.
Kim McCollough, Mayor Richard M. Daley, and Dianne Carr at the Sponsor Reception.
The reception was filled with excitement
about the upcoming event.
Partners from
the Art Institute, MCA and surrogates
both corporate and private,
from many circles,
met with the common goal of raising
money for the 70 th anniversary and
operating expenses for the center.
Support our history and the foundation of a rich cultural community! For more information about The South Side Community Art Center Click Here Now
Artistically Yours,
Andre Guichard
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