Welcome to Chicago Artists Resource

Created by artists, for artists

Chicago Artists Resource (CAR) is a program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

CAR describes the landscape of opportunity for Chicago artists working in Dance, Music, Theater and Visual Arts through a unique combination of

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

Richard M. Daley, Mayor
City of Chicago

Lois Weisberg, Commissioner
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

FUNDERS
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC)
The Ford Foundation
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
The Darin and Edna Walsh Foundation
Illinois Art Council


CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Lois Weisberg, Commissioner
Janet Carl Smith, Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Programming
Barbara Koenen, Director
Sara Schnadt, Webmaster

CAR ARTIST/RESEARCHERS
Lauri Apple - Square Feet Chicago
Alpha Bruton - Visual Art
Rachel Thorne Germond - Dance
Stacie Johnson - Visual Art
Mechelle Moe - Theater
Temple Shultz - Music
Angela Ruiz - Artist Stories

INTERNS
Matan Ring
Rebecca Zimmerman

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

STEERING COMMITTEE
Jeff Abell, Columbia College Chicago
Julie Adrianopoli, Illinois Arts Alliance
Michelle Boone, Joyce Foundation
Nancy Gildart, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Ginger Farley, Independent Choreographer
CJ Mitchell, Links Hall
Rich Moskal, Chicago Film Office
Paul Natkin, Chicago Music Commission
Rose Parisi, Illinois Arts Council
Ellen Placey Wadey, The Guild Complex
Steve Scott, Goodman Theatre
Janet Carl Smith, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Olga Stephan, Chicago Artists Coalition

CAR ALUMNI:
Pamela Bannos
Lynn Basa
Britton Bertran
Nicolette Bond
Clare Britt
Elijah Burgher
Tom Burtonwood
Paola Cabal
Sarah Corlett
LaShawnda Crowe Storm
Leigh Fagin
Ezara Hoffman
Stuart Keeler
Colleen Keough
Merrill Maguda
Mary Ellen McGarry
Matthew McGarry
Christina Pannos
Bevin Ross
Victoria Scott
Carmelita Tiu
Elizabeth Tyson
Ni'Ja Whitson
Heidi Wirth
Stephanie Williams
Lenny Zieben

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
78 Eash Washington St.
Chicago, IL, 60602


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