Sixty Collective is a network of Midwest artists and arts workers as well as a platform for hiring, supporting, and fueling their creative lives and livelihoods, built by and for the folks at Sixty Inches From Center. Sixty Collective to deepen our advocacy for creative labor and to facilitate healthy working conditions and opportunities within all aspects of our creative communities.
Sixty Collective is a project and platform that is designed to grow and evolve over time, just as our communities do.
About Sixty Inches From Center Sixty Inches From Center produces editorial, archival, and collaborative projects about artists, cultural preservation, art history, and art in the occupied lands known as Chicago and the Midwest. We work to create affirming opportunities that support the growth and sustainability of writers, editors, artists, curators, librarians, archivists, and arts workers within our region.
We believe that the stories of artists, cultural workers, archivists, organizers, memory workers, and writers within our communities (LGBTQ+, femme, BIPOC, diasporic, and disability) are essential for understanding history and creating future canons that align with the more liberated and just worlds that reflect our dreams and realities. Our stories need to be preserved and promoted simultaneously, so we work with local and national archives while providing platforms and capsules for the cultural practices of our people.
Current Team
Katia Perez Fuentes Co-Lead, Community Caretaker + Facilitator
Tempestt Hazel Co-Lead, Operations + Sustainability
Alex Wen Web Developer
Past Team
Ry Thiel Graphic Design
Lauren Williams Research + Planning
olivier x Research
Koukouy Chery Research
Noëlle Pouzar UX Design Consultant
Website illustrations by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont
