Sep 16th 2022

Community Lunch with Ciera Alyse McKissick

@ Mana Contemporary

2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608

Opening Friday, September 16th, from 12PM - 1PM

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Sep. 16, 2022, 12–1PM
Community lunch is an ongoing tradition at Mana Contemporary, where artists convene to catch up, meet colleagues, and exchange ideas over lunch. This week, Programming Director S.Y. Lim introduces Ciera Alyse Mckissick to have a conversation about her practice at Mana Contemporary Chicago.

Ciera Alyse McKissick is an independent writer, curator, cultural producer, and the founder of AMFM, an organization whose mission is to promote emerging artists. She created AMFM, originally a web magazine, as an independent study project in 2009 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied Journalism and Mass Communications. Her work since then often involves collaboration through supporting Black and brown artists, local arts organizations, and seeks to stimulate community engagement that’s driven by inclusivity, accessibility, intention, and care. She is also the Public Programs Manager at the Hyde Park Art Center, and on the board of Equity Arts (a project of Heaven Gallery). Projects and events have been featured in Terremoto MX, NewCity, Sixty Inches From Center, Saatchi Art, ABC 7 Chicago, The Chicago Tribune, WGN, WTTW, Chicago Reader, The Chicago Sun Times, Southside Weekly, Afropunk, and more.

ABOUT AMFM
AMFM is an (art)ist organization for the people. We support and feature emerging and established artists through our website, which includes content with local artists and creatives from all over the globe, and through our curated events, exhibitions, partnerships, and activations. Through programming, AMFM combines the arts to cultivate community, diversity, inclusivity, intergenerational engagement and of course, good vibes with a purpose, mission, or cause.

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