Welcome to Chicago Artists Resource

About CAR

Created by artists, for artists, Chicago Artists Resource (CAR) is a program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events that describes the landscape of opportunity for Chicago artists working in Dance, Literary, Music, Theater and Visual Arts through a unique combination of

  • an artist-curated resource directory
  • links to local and national organizations
  • articles by national leaders in artist professional development
  •  and the voices, artwork and experiences of Chicago artists.

Use CAR to strengthen your own artistic practice, and share your experience by submitting your own Artist Story or Arts Professional Story. To learn more about CAR, check out the FAQs.

CAR is designed to change and grow. If you have a suggestion, let us know.

Sincerely,

The CAR Team

Barbara Koenen,  Director of Chicago Artists Resource barbara.koenen@cityofchicago.org


 

 

EDITOR, LITERARY:

 

Laura Pearson editor@chicagoartistsresource.org

 


LITERARY: 
Erica Schwanke
literary@chicagoartistsresource.org

CAR ALUMNI:
Lauri Apple ; Pamela Bannos ; Lynn Basa ; Britton Bertran  Nicolette Bond ; Clare Britt ; Alpha Bruton ; Elijah Burgher ; Tom Burtonwood ; Paola Cabal ; Sarah Corlett ; LaShawnda Crowe Storm Eiren Caffall Robert Duffer  ; Leigh Fagin ;
Rachel Thorne Germond ;  Dan Granata ;  Ezara Hoffman ;  Stacie Johnson ; Esther Kang ;  Stuart Keeler  ; Colleen Keough ; Merrill Maguda ; Mechelle Moe ; Mary Ellen McGarry Matthew McGarry ; Christina Pannos ; Matan Ring ; Bevin Ross ; Angela Ruiz ; Temple Shultz ; Victoria Scott ; Carmelita Tiu ; Elizabeth Tyson ; Ni'Ja Whitson ; Heidi Wirth ;
Stephanie Williams ; Lenny Zieben ; Rebecca Zimmerman

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: 

Rahm Emanuel, Mayor
City of Chicago

Michelle Boone, Commissioner
CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

FUNDERS
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation 
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC),funded by The Ford Foundation and the Kresge Foundation
Illinois Art Council

The Chicago Cultural Center Foundation and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs are participants in the Creative Communities program of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), funded by the Ford Foundation and the Kresge Foundation .


COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS
Artscape, Toronto, Canada 
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) 
GYST, Ink, Los Angeles 
Carnegie Mellon Center for Arts Management and Technology 
University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Health in the Arts
Ann Daley Consulting

STEERING COMMITTEE
Jeff Abell, Columbia College Chicago 
Lisa May Simpson, Illinois Arts Alliance 
Nancy Gildart, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Ginger Farley, Independent Choreographer
Deepa Gupta, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Roell Schmidt, Links Hall 
Rich Moskal, Chicago Film Office 
Paul Natkin, Chicago Music Commission 
Joyce Owens, Chicago State University
Rose Parisi, Illinois Arts Council 
Steve Scott, Goodman Theatre 
Janet Carl Smith, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Carolina Jayaram, Chicago Artists Coalition
Jorge Valdivia, National Museum of Mexican Art

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
IT Resource Center 
A-N, The Artists’ Information Company, UK 
Arts Resource Network, City of Seattle Department of Cultural Affairs 

CAR V. 1 SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT by TRACTIV 
CAR V.2 UPGRADE by Advantage Labs, Inc.

CITY AGENCIES
City of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Mayor
Department of Cultural Affairs, Lois Weisberg, Commissioner
Department of Housing, Ellen Sahli, Commissioner
Department of Planning and Development, Arnold Randall, Commissioner
Business and Information Services, Christopher C. O'Brien, Chief Information Officer
Department of Construction and Permits, Chris Bushell, Acting Executive Director
Department of Zoning, Tom Smith, Acting Zoning Administrator

ADDITIONAL THANKS TO:
Michael Allen, Lynn Basa, Julie Burros, Nicole Chevalier, Clinton Chow, Jno Cook, Paola Cabal, Sarah Corlett, Sean Doherty, Margaret Douglas, Kara Fagan, Diane Grams, Peter Handler, Robert Janega, Su Jones, Ken Jordan, Stuart Keeler, Randall Leurquin, Stacey Mansker, Linda McAusland, Lionel Melgar, Laticia Miller, Mary Murphy, Paul Natkin, Matt Nielson, Christina Pannos, Heather Petrich, Cynthia Quick, Rob Ray, Judliee Reed, Mark Roth, Fred Salchi, Jason Schupbach, Eva Silverman, Tim Thomas, Katrin Verclas, Mary Walkosz, Marie Walz, Jerry Yoshitomi, and Stacie Young.

Square Feet Chicago (SFC) was developed concurrently with CAR, and many people participated in its development. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following:

LaShawnda Crowe Storm, Development Consultant
Project Coordinator and Writer

Barbara Koenen
Project Manager and Editor

Sarah A. Corlett, 
Research Assistant 

Funding Partners 
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation

SFC Development Partners 
Toronto Artscape, Inc.

SFC Content Development 

Angela Babin, Center for Safety in the Arts
Tim Barton, Chicago Department of Zoning 
Adam E. Bossov, Esq., Law Offices of Adam E. Bossov, PC
Catherine R. Brown 
Center for Safety in the Arts
Chicago Department of Planning and Development 
Thomas Corbett, Tomacor, Inc. 
Christine Cucchi, Century 21 Sussex and Reilly 
Mary Fahey, Mary Fahey CPA
William B. Fleissig
Eileen Hamer, Dumas Associates Realty Inc. 
David Hinkamp, MPH, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Health in the Arts 
Calvin L. Holmes, Chicago Community Loan Fund 
Robert Keleghan, Century 21 Sussex and Reilly 
Julia Langfelder, Center for Conflict Resolution 
Daniel P Lindsey, Esq., Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago 
Michael McCann, Center for Safety in the Arts
Anna Mason
Mydhili N. Moorthie, University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Health in the Arts 
William R. Morrish 
Thomas Morsch, Esq, Northwestern University School of Law 
Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America 
William Rattner, Esq., Lawyers for the Creative Arts 
Chuck Renner, Renner Design Associates 
David P. Resnick, Esq., Foley and Lardner, LLP 
Monona Rossol, Center for Safety in the Arts 
Ed Sacks, Center for Conflict Resolution 
Graeme Sharrock, Artists’ Real Estate Services 
Jill Stack, National City Mortgage 
Mary Ann Walkosz, Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) 
Shannon Wheeler, Chicago Department of Housing (Intern)
Julie Woodward-Trenker, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage-Lakeview 


SFC Community Review Panel 

Denise Ardizzone, Listen to This! Music Consultants
Adele Fleet Bacow, Community Partners Consultants Incorporated
Tracy Blackburn, Three Arts Club of Chicago, Inc. 
Nicolette Bond, Artist
Rebecca S. Borges, Borges Design
John Bosca, Bosca Realty
Pennie Brenson, Artist
Young Brockhouse, 
Illinois Dept of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Professional Regulation
Karen Carolin, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Pam Daniels-Halisi, LaSalle Bank, N.A.
Marcus Davis, UIC School of Urban Planning and Development - Graduate 
Dr. Caleb Dube, DePaul University Department of Sociology
Dale Emerson, 
Illinois Dept. of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Insurance
Mary Fishman, Fishman Studio
Steve Gall, Artist
Richard Graf, Fort Point Consulting, Inc. (Boston)
Guy Gunzberg, e-cognition inc.
Ron Hardgrove, 
Illinois Dept of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Professional Regulation
Marian Hayes, Artist
Lori Howard, Artist
David Jones, Anchor Graphics
Meghan Kearns, National City Bank
Peter Keller, Chicago Department of Construction and Permits
Travis Lanning, Artist
Bruce Martin, JPMorgan Chase
Dr. Catherine McGovern, DePaul University School of Law
Dr. Peter J. McGovern, John Marshall School of Law
Randy Moe, Artist
Laura Mullen, Artist (Rhode Island)
Jorge Norrick, Artist
Heather Olds-Helbach, Artist Trust (Seattle)
Susan Oleari, Harris Bank
Christina Pannos, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Jon Pounds, Chicago Public Art Group
Arlene Rakoncay, Chicago Artists’ Coalition
Jonathan Rhodes, ThreeWalls 
Maria Rizzetto, Cook County Assessor’s Office
Jason Schupbach, ArtistLink c/o Massachusetts Arts Council 
Valerie Smith, Artist
Laura Stone, Artist
Greg Villa, Artist
Ellen Placey Wadey, Guild Complex
Laura Weathered, Near Northwest Artists Council
Marti Wiles, Chicago Department of Housing
Alison Zehr, Nonprofit Management Consultant
Margaret Zyk

SFC Project Advisors and Resource Development
These individuals provided guidance during the research component, as well as assisted in making contacts with crucial space related industry experts and others within the arts and business community, as well as City government.
Ave Costa, Neighborhood Housing Services
Violette DesChampes, Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago
Eleanor Gross, Chicago Department of Housing
Carole Harris, U.S. Small Business Administration – Chicago Office
Tres McDonald, Business Volunteers for the Arts
Mary Fran Riley, Neighborhood Housing Services
Kivu Robinson, Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Tracy Sanchez, Chicago Department of Housing 
Lauren Sprieser, City of Chicago Mayor’s Office (Intern) 
Stacie Young, City of Chicago Mayor’s Office

Chicago Artists Resource
Cultural Planning Division
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
78 East Washington St.
Chicago, IL, 60602


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