New Space for AMFM Gallery
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After nearly two years, AMFM will close its gallery doors in September due to circumstances outside of our control. We are taking this opportunity to take a step back, recharge, reflect and work on our transition. Funds from this campaign will go directly towards investing in our move, future transitions for AMFM like new operations, and space for the AMFM community.
While our physical space is closing, our brand will continue to live on through our web content & pop up events, connecting artists to opportunities and behind the scenes action. In collaboration with our incredible community, our gallery has been able to offer studio space to 10 resident artists, host over 200 events, feature numerous local and nationally recognized artists, collectives, activists and organizations. Together, we’ve cultivated a thriving community that supports artists, people of color, access, inclusion, and bringing people together through arts and culture. This is and always will be at the core of all we continue to do. A physical space cannot change that.
Save the date for our closing party on August 31st, all proceeds will help support the financial burden of closing. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for all things AMFM. If you need to reach us, please reach out at info@amfm-mag.com
ABOUT AMFM
AMFM is a life style brand and venue for artists and the people. We support emerging and established artists by offering a platform for them to showcase their talents and their passions on a larger scale and to the public through studio residencies, our gallery, web content, and our curated events. AMFM hosts events combining the arts to cultivate community, diversity, inclusivity, intergenerational engagement and of course, good vibes. We are known for our dynamic art and music events, pop ups, activations and our large conceptual events that encourage collaboration and interdisciplinary art, or a cause. From art shows at galleries, music shows, and activations at parks, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, we host and curate all kinds of events. http://amfm.life
Ciera Mckissick is the founder of AMFM, an arts brand and incubator space based in Chicago. She created AMFM, originally a web magazine, as an independent study project during her senior year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied Journalism and Mass Communications. Her work since then has evolved to support emerging and established artists by offering them a platform to showcase their work and passions on a larger scale through exhibitions, web content and curated events. As a curator and producer, she seeks to combine the arts to cultivate community, access, diversity, inclusivity, intergenerational interaction and a dynamic experience. Her work often involves collaboration through many art practices, organizations, and seeks to stimulate community engagement with purpose, mission, or cause. She was also a resident artist at the Chicago Art Department. Projects and events for AMFM have been featured at the Chicago Park District, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, on Chicago’s Fox 32, and published in The Chicago Reader, where AMFM was named “Best New Gallery,” The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, Southside Weekly, Afropunk, The Milwaukee Business Journal, Millennial Magazine, and more.
While our physical space is closing, our brand will continue to live on through our web content & pop up events, connecting artists to opportunities and behind the scenes action. In collaboration with our incredible community, our gallery has been able to offer studio space to 10 resident artists, host over 200 events, feature numerous local and nationally recognized artists, collectives, activists and organizations. Together, we’ve cultivated a thriving community that supports artists, people of color, access, inclusion, and bringing people together through arts and culture. This is and always will be at the core of all we continue to do. A physical space cannot change that.
Save the date for our closing party on August 31st, all proceeds will help support the financial burden of closing. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for all things AMFM. If you need to reach us, please reach out at info@amfm-mag.com
ABOUT AMFM
AMFM is a life style brand and venue for artists and the people. We support emerging and established artists by offering a platform for them to showcase their talents and their passions on a larger scale and to the public through studio residencies, our gallery, web content, and our curated events. AMFM hosts events combining the arts to cultivate community, diversity, inclusivity, intergenerational engagement and of course, good vibes. We are known for our dynamic art and music events, pop ups, activations and our large conceptual events that encourage collaboration and interdisciplinary art, or a cause. From art shows at galleries, music shows, and activations at parks, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, we host and curate all kinds of events. http://amfm.life
Ciera Mckissick is the founder of AMFM, an arts brand and incubator space based in Chicago. She created AMFM, originally a web magazine, as an independent study project during her senior year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied Journalism and Mass Communications. Her work since then has evolved to support emerging and established artists by offering them a platform to showcase their work and passions on a larger scale through exhibitions, web content and curated events. As a curator and producer, she seeks to combine the arts to cultivate community, access, diversity, inclusivity, intergenerational interaction and a dynamic experience. Her work often involves collaboration through many art practices, organizations, and seeks to stimulate community engagement with purpose, mission, or cause. She was also a resident artist at the Chicago Art Department. Projects and events for AMFM have been featured at the Chicago Park District, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, on Chicago’s Fox 32, and published in The Chicago Reader, where AMFM was named “Best New Gallery,” The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, Southside Weekly, Afropunk, The Milwaukee Business Journal, Millennial Magazine, and more.
Organizer
Ciera McKissick
Organizer
Chicago, IL
