The only extant community center founded under the auspices of the Federal Art Project, the South Side Community Art Center preserves, conserves, and promotes African American art and artists. Its archive records the institution's significant role in the history of African American artists in Chicago. An online finding aid is available through UNCAP (Uncovering Chicago Archives Project), developed and hosted by the University of Chicago Library.
3831 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60653
United States
The Archives of American Art collects primary source materials—original letters, writings, preliminary sketches, scrapbooks, photographs, financial records and the like—that have significant research value for the study of art in America.
Find out how to give your papers, records, recordings, or other primary source material to the Archives of American Art.
Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
Original material can be consulted by appointment in our Washington, D.C. Headquarters.
Copies of unrestricted microfilm materials can be obtained through one of our affiliated research centers.
