Logan Center Community Arts (LCCA) is committed to the values of excellence, collaboration, and inclusion. Our mission is to create, present, and collaborate through partnerships to cultivate community engagement through the arts at The University of Chicago.
LOGAN CENTER COMMUNITY ARTS
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Provide Access: To create diverse opportunities for engagement with the Logan Center and its programs by offering resources for partnership with our communities to realize innovative artistic experiences.
Create Artistic Platforms: To present and amplify the work of local, national and international artists to build stronger connections with our neighbors and to inspire creativity in the next generation.
Encourage Exchange: To build on a spirit of inquiry and experimentation alive at the University of Chicago in a manner that creatively involves communities and encourages audiences of all ages to inform the ways in which the Logan Center’s programs take shape.
Create Sustainable Partnerships: To foster an environment of collaboration between organizations across campus, the community, and the city of Chicago that fully incorporate the vibrant culture of the South Side.
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We establish programs that systematically bring community-driven content into our space through mutually beneficial and respectful partnerships. We nurture creative connections and innovative scholarship between cultural organizations, artists, and community members along with university, faculty, staff and students. We prioritize artistic and cultural engagement which inspires creativity in the next generation.
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The South Side of Chicago is one of the single most important sites of cultural production in the United States. A university cannot thrive with closed doors. Any intellectual environment should be a dynamic one. Partnership is mutually beneficial. We are invested in cultural, intellectual, and economic partnerships.
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South Side artists, scholars and community members
Youth and Families
University students, faculty, and staff
Local businesses and non-profits
Local Schools
Civically-engaged arts & culture audiences across the city
Explore Community Arts Programs
Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project celebrates the impact of Black dance and provides critical financial and operational support to Chicago-based Black dance makers.
Family Saturdays presents free thematic art workshops led by local artists for children aged 2–12.
Community Partnerships provide a platform to a wide range of organizations who represent the rich cultural history and vitality of the city of Chicago, especially the South Side.
School Matinees bring high quality, educational, diverse artistic experiences to students and teachers.
Digital Storytelling Initiative in collaboration with the Jonathan Logan Media Center serves as a sponsor of media arts training, a presenter of new artistic work, and a creative hub for University-and community-based practitioners.
The annual Summer Series brings both indoor and outdoor activities for all to join in celebration of the summer season.
On April 2, 2026, the Logan Center Community Arts Programs and Team (Emily Hooper Lansana, Mashaune Hardy, Hope Houston, Ndosi Mapula, and Elizabeth Myles) received a 2026 Diversity Leadership Award from The University of Chicago for exemplifying the University’s commitment to advancing diversity of thought, perspective, and experience. The Diversity Leadership Awards subcommittee specifically cited Logan Center Community Arts for their “exceptional accomplishments, creative leadership, and impactful contributions to our community.”
Logan Center Community Arts programs are made possible with the generous support of an endowment and grant from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, an endowment and grant from the Revada Foundation, an endowment from the Reva and David Logan Foundation, and grants from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Juneteenth Fund from the Office of the Provost at The University of Chicago, in addition to individual gifts from Pam Crutchfield, Ivan Anderson, and other friends of the Logan Center, as well as partnerships with local and national arts organizations and performing artists.
Community Arts Photo Gallery
