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The South Side Community Art Center, the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts,

and The DuSable Museum of African American History present a three-part exhibition on AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968. All events are FREE with the exception of the closing celebration on September 27. Events current as of June 27. Check africobrachicago.org EXHIBITION
May 10July 7, 2013 AFRICOBRA: Prologue The 1960s and the Black Arts Movement South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) May 10, 6 pm9 pm AFRICOBRA: Prologue The 1960s and the Black Arts Movement Opening Reception: Flashback Music and Spoken Word Concert SSCAC June 1 Black Arts Chicago: Moves and Movements Presented by Northwestern Universitys Black Arts Initiative SSCAC & Logan Center 9 am / Logan Center Screening Room Screening of Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By The Door 10 am / Logan Center Filming While Black in Chicago Panel Discussion 1 pm2:30 pm / Logan Center Performance Penthouse This Stage We Call Life: A Black Chicago Theater/Performance Roundtable 3:15 pm5 pm / SSCAC Visualizing Black Chicago: AfriCOBRA Now June 2, 3 pm6 pm Kuumba Theatre Revival SSCAC June 21, 6 pm9 pm Bronzeville Trolley Tour to Faie Gallery, Gallery Guichard, Blanc Gallery, Ratcliff Hunter International Art Gallery SSCAC June 22, 2 pm Perspectives: A conversation between Patric McCoy, Raymond Thomas, and Rebecca Zorach SSCAC

EXHIBITION
July 26September 29, 2013 AFRICOBRA: Art and Impact The DuSable Museum July 26, 6:30 pm AFRICOBRA: Art & Impact Opening Reception The DuSable Museum August 1, 6 pm7:30 pm Gallery Encounters with Tempestt Hazel, Independent Curator and CoFounding Director, Sixty Inches from Center Logan Center Gallery August 2, 7 pm Revolution on Film presents Rainbow Black: Poet Sara W. Fabio and In Motion: Amiri Baraka Logan Center Screening Room August 8, 7 pm-9 pm Gallery Talk with Arlene Crawford The DuSable Museum August 9, 7 pm Revolution on Film presents Trick Bag and No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger Logan Center Screening Room August 11 Last day to see AFRICOBRA: Philosophy Logan Center Gallery August 29, 7 pm9 pm AFRICOBRA: Art & Impact Behind the Canvas The DuSable Museum September 29, 4 pm8 pm AFRICOBRA: Art & Impact Closing Celebration The DuSable Museum $10 (773-947-0600 x290) September 29 Last day to see AFRICOBRA: Art and Impact The DuSable Museum

EXHIBITION
June 28August 11, 2013 AFRICOBRA: Philosophy Logan Center Gallery June 28, 6 pm9 pm AFRICOBRA: Philosophy Exhibition Opening Reception Logan Center Gallery June 29, 2 pm4 pm Panel Discussion with Founding Members of AfriCOBRA Logan Center Gallery July 7 Last day to see AFRICOBRA: Prologue SSCAC July 11, 6 pm7:30 pm Gallery Encounters with Solveig Nelson, PhD Candidate, Art History, University of Chicago Logan Center Gallery July 12, 7 pm Revolution on Film presents Medium Cool Logan Center Screening Room July 18, 6 pm7:30 pm Gallery Encounters with Mariame Kaba, Founding Director, Project NIA: Building Peaceful Communities Logan Center Gallery July 19, 7 pm Revolution on Film presents The Black Panthers in Their Own Words (a program of short films) Logan Center Screening Room July 25, 6 pm7:30 pm Gallery Encounters with Dan Wang, Independent Writer, Artist, Organizer, and Printer Logan Center Gallery

visit africobrachicago.org for more information

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