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Performing ArtsIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
Silk Road Cultural Center is a small- to mid-sized performing arts organization based in Chicago, Illinois, that centers interdisciplinary work rooted in Pan-Asian, North African, and Muslim experiences. It treats the arts as a catalyst for connecting people, places, histories, and futures. Its programming spans theatre, film and digital media, music and dance, visual and literary arts, and culinary arts, reflecting storytelling across multiple forms while tracing its lineage from Silk Road Theatre Project in 2002 to Silk Road Rising in 2012 and to Silk Road Cultural Center in 2024. Its audience includes communities seeking representation and engagement with diverse cultures across Asia and the diaspora. In April 2024, it collaborated with NEIU Stage Center Theatre to produce the spring season show Black Bear Island, illustrating its ongoing partnerships within the Chicago arts ecosystem.