Are you trying to focus on your art but worrying instead about getting evicted from your studio? Are you looking for affordable space to work or perhaps create your own live/work digs but don't know where to turn? Do you spend more time worrying about zoning codes, financing, and development than on your own creative process…but feel you have no choice? LINC is working to help you find the answers you need.

LINC - short for Leveraging Investments in Creativity - was established as a ten-year initiative to support individual artists around the country. We recognize that in many communities, artists are being forced to become "developers by default," particularly in markets with high housing costs, limited supply of space, and/or areas where the space does not meet their unique needs. LINC is working to help artists find accessible information and support, to answer complex questions related to the development of affordable space. more...

How do I get a mortgage?  Open a theater?  Build a home recording studio?  Find affordable live/work space? 

Chicago’s Creative Community can find the answers to these and other issues at the 3rd annual Creative Chicago Space and Housing Expo.  The Expo takes place on Saturday, April 8, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph Street.  It is presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Department of Housing.  Admission is free. 

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