Question:
WHY does Silk Road Rising exist?
Answer:
Because we need to EXPAND THE AMERICAN STORY.
Silk Road Rising is a Chicago-based, community-centered, artmaking and arts service organization rooted in Pan-Asian*, North African, and Muslim experiences. Through storytelling, digital media, and arts education, we cultivate new narratives, challenge disinformation, and promote a culture of continuous learning.

*We define Pan-Asian as inclusive of all cultures that span the Asian continent, including their diaspora communities.
Silk Road Cultural Center is an interdisciplinary arts organization rooted in Pan-Asian*, North African, and Muslim experiences. We embrace the arts as a catalyst for connecting people, places, histories, and futures.

*We define Pan-Asian as inclusive of all cultures that span the Asian continent, including their diaspora communities.

Cultivating New Narratives

Creating

We celebrate the artistic legacies of our diverse communities, and amplify stories that are by us, about us, and for all.

Challenging Disinformation

Advocating

Storytelling enables us to challenge the racism, Orientalism, and coloniality that feeds false narratives and poisons American democracy.

Promoting a Culture of Continuous Learning

Educating

We use stories to share ideas, imagine new possibilities, and explore what it means to be American in the 21st century.

Spotlight

Black Bear Island
April 17-27, 2024
This April, Silk Road Cultural Center is proud to be co-producing a workshop production of Karissa Murrell Myers’ Black Bear Island with Stage Center Theatre at Northeastern Illinois University, co-directed by Jonathan Shaboo and Dan Washelesky.

You won’t want to miss this gothic magical-realism thriller!
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