Stony Island Arts Bank
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Stony Island Arts Bank is a hybrid art gallery, library, and community cultural center on Chicago’s South Side that preserves and showcases Black cultural archives and contemporary art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stony Island Arts Bank canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art gallery
ⓘ
arts center ⓘ cultural center ⓘ library ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rebuild Foundation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Theaster Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildingType | former bank building ⓘ |
| collection |
EBONY and JET magazine archives
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward J. Williams Collection of racist memorabilia NERFINISHED ⓘ Franklin and Marshall Library of American Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnson Publishing Company archive NERFINISHED ⓘ music and vinyl record collections ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developedBy | Theaster Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
African American art
ⓘ
Black cultural archives NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ |
| formerUse | Stony Island Trust & Savings Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Theaster Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
art gallery
ⓘ
community cultural center ⓘ library ⓘ |
| fundingMethod | crowdfunding ⓘ |
| heritageFocus |
African diaspora
ⓘ
Black Chicago history ⓘ |
| inauguratedBy | Barack Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
South Side, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| location | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission |
to preserve and showcase Black cultural archives
ⓘ
to serve as a community hub for the South Side of Chicago ⓘ |
| neighborhood | South Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptive reuse of a derelict bank building
ⓘ
role in cultural revitalization on Chicago’s South Side ⓘ |
| offers |
archival research access
ⓘ
artist residencies ⓘ exhibitions ⓘ public programs ⓘ |
| opened | 2015 ⓘ |
| operator | Rebuild Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Rebuild Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 6760 S. Stony Island Avenue ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
South Shore, Chicago