"Porches are built for storytelling."
-Cornetta Lane
Our Mission
Our mission is to fill a much needed void by creating arts and cultural programming, such as workshops, classes, performances, exhibitions, artist partnerships, and residencies. Our focus is to add to the artistic landscape of the Westside of Chicago while celebrating and documenting community, art and cultural history.
Our History
Founded in 2019, Front Porch Arts Center was created to serve Westside communities that although are rich and culturally vibrant, are also economically and artistically under-served.
What We Do
We showcase African-American culture and history by creating spaces that explore and celebrate our beautifully complex Westside narratives through the arts. Our programming gives space for the stories, testimony, wisdom and creative expression found in front porch culture.
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