Tempestt Hazel Archives - Sixty Inches From Center https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/byline/tempestt-hazel/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:49:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-Sixty_Logo_Icon_Green-32x32.png Tempestt Hazel Archives - Sixty Inches From Center https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/byline/tempestt-hazel/ 32 32 On Collaborative Recomposition and Shabez Jamal As Archive https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/on-collaborative-recomposition-and-shabez-jamal-as-archive/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=55984 A conversation on collective family memory-making, returning home, and maintaining an ethical reverence for archival materials.

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]]> Art + Love:  Shir Ende and Max Guy https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/art-love-shir-ende-and-max-guy/ Fri, 26 May 2023 21:04:49 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=54824 Shir Ende and Max Guy on how they make art, love, and partnership work.

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]]> Art + Love: Francine Almeda and Antonio Robles Levine (Blesstonio) https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/art-love-francine-almeda-and-antonio-robles-levine-blesstonio/ Fri, 26 May 2023 20:35:02 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=54892 Francine Almeda and Antonio Robles Levine (a.k.a. Blesstonio) on how they make art, love, and partnership work.

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]]> Art + Love: On Collaboration, Practice, Space, and Relationships https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/art-love-on-collaboration-practice-space-and-relationships-3/ Fri, 26 May 2023 20:28:27 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=55173 A series of interviews that ask artists to share how they make art, love, and partnership work.

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]]> Art + Love: Alexandra Beaumont and Scott Melamed https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/art-love-alexandra-beaumont-and-scott-melamed/ Fri, 26 May 2023 14:19:43 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=54869 Artist Alexandra Beaumont and writer Scott Malamed on how they make art, love, and partnership work.

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]]> Art + Love: zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal and Ciera McKissick https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/art-love-zakkiyyah-najeebah-dumas-oneal-and-ciera-mckissick/ Fri, 26 May 2023 12:34:44 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=54807 zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o'neal and Ciera McKissick on how they make art, love, and partnership work.

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]]> Art + Love: Janell and Joe “Cujo” Nelson https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/art-love-janell-and-joe-cujo-nelson/ Fri, 26 May 2023 12:08:28 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=54882 Janell and Joe "Cujo" Nelson on how they make art, love, and partnership work.

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]]> Art + Love: kate rowan fernandez and Gurtie Hansell https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/art-love-kate-rowan-fernandez-and-gurtie-hansell/ Fri, 26 May 2023 12:07:49 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=54877 kate rowan fernandez and Gurtie Hansell on how they make art, love, and partnership work.

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]]> Through Time and Taproots with Erol Scott Harris https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/through-time-and-taproots-with-erol-scott-harris/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=52880 A conversation on internal worlds, materials, ancestral archives, and the value in leaving and returning.

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]]> How Does It Feel?: Movements, Moments, and Questions of Enduring Change in the Arts https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/how-does-it-feel-movements-moments-and-questions-of-enduring-change-in-the-arts/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 23:34:18 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=51415 An editor's letter that asks what change in the arts might actually feel like, and the essays and reflections by Kate Bowen, Onyx Montes, and Lauren Williams that attempt to address that thought. Writings originally published on MDW Atlas in August 2022 and edited by Mairead Case of MDW Fair.

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]]> Love Notes to Chicago’s West Side with Jonathan Kelley, Jay Simon, and Steven D. Booth https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/love-notes-to-chicagos-west-side-with-jonathan-kelley-jay-simon-and-steven-d-booth/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=50859 A look into the work of Lawndale Pop Up Spot, The Blackivists' Diamond in the Back community archiving project, and the importance of West Side residents being the keepers and caretakers of their histories.

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]]> On Black Presidential Portraits, Punchlines, and Power with Ross Stanton Jordan https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/on-black-presidential-portraits-punchlines-and-power-with-ross-stanton-jordan/ Thu, 26 May 2022 14:12:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=48571 Reflections on nearly a century of fictional and speculative Black president portrayals, artists' responses to the Obama era, and the power of comedy.

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]]> Everything And More: On the Makings of Bunny McKensie Mack https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/everything-and-more-on-the-makings-of-bunny-mckensie-mack%ef%bf%bc/ Wed, 18 May 2022 15:59:25 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=48045 Bunny McKensie Mack discusses growing up in Chicago and becoming a trilingual facilitator, educator, activist, researcher, artist, and founder of the MMG EARTH.

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]]> Time and Time Again: An Interview with Farah Salem https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/time-and-time-again-an-interview-with-farah-salem/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=47988 A conversation with artist Farah Salem on how she uses her art and art therapy practices to honor, challenge, and reimagine rituals and psychologies across generations and geographies.

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]]> Memoir, Mythos, and the Maximalist Practice of Cecilia Beaven https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/memoir-mythos-and-the-maximalist-practice-of-cecilia-beaven/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:44:31 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=47550 Artist Cecilia Beaven on international comic artists, Nickelodeon cartoons, the limitations of labels and how we shake them off or shape them.

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]]> Memorias, mitos y la práctica maximalista de Cecilia Beaven https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/memorias-mitos-y-la-practica-maximalista-de-cecilia-beaven/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:42:31 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=47566 Artista Cecilia Beaven sobre artistas de historietas internacionales, dibujos animados de Nickelodeon, y las limitaciones de las etiquetas, cómo las sacudimos o les damos forma.

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]]> In the Pages of Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/in-the-pages-of-fleeting-monuments-for-the-wall-of-respect/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:42:31 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=45580 Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect, composed by editor and art historian Romi Crawford, is a meditation, offering, and homage for the Wall of Respect.

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]]> To Speak For Yourself: On the Many Lives of Dorothy Burge https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/to-speak-for-yourself-on-the-many-lives-of-dorothy-burge/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=46024 Dorothy Burge is a fabric and multimedia artist and community activist who is inspired by history and current issues of social justice.

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]]> For the Land and Love of Freedom Fighters: Erin Sharkey, Zoe Hollomon, and The Fields at Rootsprings https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/for-the-land-and-love-of-freedom-fighters-erin-sharkey-zoe-hollomon-and-the-fields-at-rootsprings/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=45244 Zoe Hollomon and Erin Sharkey co-run The Fields at Rootsprings in Annandale, MN, a site of healing and rejuvenation that centers queer and melanated artists, organizers, and healers.

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]]> The Peoria Guild of Black Artists, a testimony on home and nurturing a chosen family https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/the-peoria-guild-of-black-artists-a-testimony-on-home-and-nurturing-a-chosen-family/ Sat, 03 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=42640 A conversation with Alexander Martin, Erick Minnis, and Brenda Pagan, founding members of The Peoria Guild of Black Artists.

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]]> Sixty Inches From Center and Dreams of Future Canons https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/sixty-inches-from-center-and-dreams-of-future-canons/ Thu, 31 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=40065 A transcript of the keynote address delivered on August 6, 2020 for the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists and the Society of American Archivists.

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]]> Tricia Hersey, a testimony on liberation theology and rest as inheritance https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tricia-hersey-a-testimony-on-liberation-theology-and-rest-as-inheritance/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 20:00:09 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=38626 A long read and interview with transdisciplinary artist, activist, theologian, community healer, and creator of The Nap Ministry about her upbringing and what has influenced her rest movement.

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]]> Korra, a testimony on Black Girlhood https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/korra-a-testimony-on-black-girlhood/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:36:21 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=38421 Korra, a.k.a. ZP, speaks about some of her biggest concerns as a Black girl in the world, including what it's like navigating 6th grade and the wonderful world of wash day for Black people.

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]]> Tracy Drake, a testimony on Black Motherhood https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tracy-drake-a-testimony-on-black-motherhood/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:57:04 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=38418 A first-hand account from mother and archivist Tracy Drake on the challenges of caring for Black children and the conversations she recently had with her daughter, as part of a series of testimonies by Black trans, Black women and girls, Black femme, and Black non-binary artists and cultural workers.

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]]> Maya-Camille Broussard, a testimony on invisible disability https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/maya-camille-broussard-a-testimony-on-invisible-disability/ Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:00:58 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=37999 Maya-Camille Broussard gives a glimpse into some of the challenges she experienced as a child and continues to experience in her daily life, and reminds us of why now, as always, Black Disabled Lives Matter and need to be uplifted when we talk about police violence.

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]]> Ireashia M. Bennett, a testimony on tenderness https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/ireashia-m-bennett-a-testimony-on-tenderness/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:00:55 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=38005 A conversation with Ireashia M. Bennett, a Black queer new media artist from Suitland, Maryland who now calls Chicago home. Their work takes the form of photography, multimedia essays, short documentaries, and experimental films that poetically harness and affirm Black queer disabled perspectives and realities.

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]]> Rashayla Marie Brown, a testimony on (not) giving up https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/rashayla-marie-brown-a-testimony-on-not-giving-up/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:00:07 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=37995 Rashayla Marie Brown weaves together elements of her past and present experiences, then connects them to the call for accountability and long-term commitment to addressing systemic anti-Black damage and misogyny within and beyond the arts sector.

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]]> Talking Culture and Taking Chances with Urooj Shakeel https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/talking-culture-and-taking-chances-with-urooj-shakeel/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:35:25 +0000 http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=36707 Like many people who move to Chicago, Urooj Shakeel made the decision to relocate from a suburb of Detroit after realizing that if she wanted to try her hand at…

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]]> Sampada Aranke on Care, Black Visual Culture, and the Radicalized Body https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/sampada-aranke-on-care-black-visual-culture-and-the-radicalized-body/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:38:49 +0000 http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=36452 Sampada Aranke discusses her current work, reading the colonized body and Western Enlightenment through a feminist lens, and what it means to be in and not of the institutions of academia.

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]]> Un/Published with Andrea Alessi and Joel Kuennen of ArtSlant https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/un-published-with-andrea-alessi-and-joel-kuennen-of-artslant/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:20:05 +0000 http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=34948 As ArtSlant sunsets, we spoke with closing editors of the publication about the beginnings of the publication and where it will go from here.

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