Enjoy art in the heart of your community
The Beverly Arts Center has been building community through the arts on Chicago’s South side since 1967. We are a multifaceted organization offering diverse, quality arts programming, education, and entertainment for all ages and levels.
47th annual BAC Juried Art Competition & Exhibition:
Call for Artists
The Beverly Arts Center is accepting submissions from artists now through February 19, 2024.
47th annual BAC Juried Art Competition & Exhibition:
Call for Artists
The Beverly Arts Center is accepting submissions from artists now through Midnight Friday, April 5th, 2024.
Our Programs
We offer vibrant programming and courses in these five disciplines:
Dance | Visual Arts | Music | Film | Theater
Live Entertainment
School of Fine Arts Summer Session
The Chicago Alliance of African American Photographers (CAAAP) presents:
The Journey: Reflections On the First Twenty-Five Years
Opening reception: June 14, 2024
6:00 – 8:00 pm
This exhibition is titled The Journey: Reflections on the First Twenty-Five Years. It is a sequel to the Journey: The Next Hundred Years. Twenty-five years ago, The Chicago Alliance of African American Photographers (CAAAP) launched a project to document the lives of African Americans at the turn of the century. Their first exhibition of this project displayed photographs encompassing all aspects of the daily life of the Chicago area African American communities, including the arts, new generation, religious life, and family, as well as social issues such as unemployment and homelessness.
Founded in March 1999, CAAAP was established by seven photographers to encourage photography featuring the African American community. The Journey is an ongoing documentary project of the Chicago Alliance of African American Photographers.
The mission of the Chicago Alliance of African-American Photographers is to photographically document the culture and history of the African-American/African communities in both the Greater Chicago area and throughout the world.
Youth Theatre Company
Roll out the red carpet!
Register now for the BAC Youth Theatre Company 2024 season.
Disney’s Camp Rock: The Musical
Part of our four-week Summer Arts Camp that starts July 22 (ages 5–14)
Spread joy by supporting programs that bring arts education to children across Chicagoland.
AUDITIONS
Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
This play is part of our professional, non-equity theatre season, and performers are paid.
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In Memoriam: L. Patrick Stanton
Beverly Arts Center News
Update from the BAC Board
The Beverly Arts Center (BAC) is operating under these same pressures. The board of the BAC has made the difficult but necessary decision to reduce expenses for its live theater offerings in favor of a renewed focus on community and cultural engagement through a broad range of art forms. In doing so, the BAC will remain a vibrant, ongoing concern for the long term and will honor its mission to be a multifaceted, diverse, inclusive space for all on Chicago’s culturally rich South Side.