Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

Founded in 1890, the University of Chicago has achieved distinction through faculty scholarship, the training of graduate students, and an undergraduate education that emphasizes critical thinking and broad, interdisciplinary exposure to the common wisdom of mankind. The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (the Logan Center) advances arts practice, inquiry, creative projects, and presentation at the University of Chicago. It fosters meaningful collaboration and cultural engagement within the University on the South Side of Chicago, across the city, and beyond. With this award, the Logan Center and the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center jointly commission a study to assess the feasibility of creating a Chicago Archival Education Center (CAEC) in the Washington Park community area on Chicago’s South Side. The vision of the CAEC is to house and exhibit several Chicago-related archives, including a portion of the Johnson Publishing Company Archive and its iconic magazines, Ebony and Jet. This award supports the Logan Center’s contribution to the cost of the feasibility study.

The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts advances arts practice, inquiry, and presentation and fosters meaningful collaboration and cultural engagement at the University of Chicago, on the South Side, and throughout Chicago. Launched in 2019, the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project (the Project) is a program of the Logan Center for the Arts. The Project celebrates the impact of Black dance in the performing arts and provides financial and capacity-building support to small dance companies. This award provides flexible support to the Project.