Because the movement, it’s never done

Abstract

Abstract The South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) is a cultural hub, meeting place, and gallery on the South Side of Chicago. The only surviving Works Progress Administration (WPA) community art center, it functions as a space for African American art, intergenerational dialogue, and as an institution for community education in the arts. In this interview with Natalie Battles, artist, activist, and former employee at the SSCAC, we learn about the center’s history and its connections with social and cultural movements, her work there, and what it is like to be a young artist involved with a long-standing institution of African American art.