Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

CAC is a non-profit organization that supports emerging and mid-career Chicago artists and curators by offering residency programs, exhibitions, professional development and resources that enable them to live, work and thrive in the city.

Please check the website for upcoming events.

Image: Installation View, To Be Continued... HATCH 2023-24 Survey Show, curated by Denny Mwaura, Sophie Buchmueller, and Sofía Sánchez Borboa, 2023.

2130-40 W. Fulton, Unit B. Chicago, IL 60612

contact@chicagoartistscoalition.org

www.chicagoartistscoalition.org

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Current and Upcoming Events at Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Abraham Cone

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

May 3 – Jun 27, 2024

Vince Phan and Molly Blumberg

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

May 3 – Jun 27, 2024

Like Queer Animals, curated by Vasia Rigou

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

May 24 – Jun 27, 2024

ebere agwuncha

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Jul 5 – Aug 29, 2024

Michelle Chun and Armando Román

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Jul 5 – Aug 29, 2024

Arts of Life

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Jul 5 – Aug 29, 2024

Past Events

Shonna Pryor and bARBER: Felicific

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Apr 25, 2024

Salvador Andrade Arévalo: Olvido

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Apr 25, 2024

Closing reception: Alumni Showcase

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Feb 23, 2024 5 – 8 pm

Closing reception: The cyborgs undone, the ghosts came to light, the ancestors control the future

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Feb 23, 2024 5 – 8 pm

Alumni Showcase

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Feb 23, 2024

The cyborgs undone, the ghosts came to light, the ancestors control the future

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Feb 23, 2024

Galas / Special Events

Director's Party

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Sep 30, 2023

Works in Progress

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Dec 08, 2023

West Town Art Walk

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Sep 30, 2023

To Be Continued...

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Dec 08, 2023

Thresholds

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Sep 15, 2023

Closing Reception: re(collect)

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jul 28, 2023 4 – 7 pm

re(collect)

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jul 27, 2023

Free-Drumming

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jul 27, 2023

Mirror Flower, Water Moon

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jun 08, 2023

Raveling

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jun 08, 2023

Newcity Breakout Artists: 20th Anniversary Edition Exhibition

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through May 19, 2023

High Maintenance: Chloe Munkenbeck and SUNGJAE LEE

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Apr 20, 2023

Ceyó

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Mar 03, 2023

Laleh Motlagh: Contemplation

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Mar 03, 2023

Pinions

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jan 13, 2023

Survey 4, A Group Exhibition

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Nov 10, 2022

Preview 11, a group exhibition

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Nov 10, 2022

Galas / Special Events

Work in Progress 2022

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Sep 22, 2022

Paige Taul: 71

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Sep 01, 2022

Diffractions

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Sep 01, 2022

The Smell Of A House Being Built In The Rain

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jul 14, 2022

Layer, Mark, Repeat

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jul 14, 2022

Artist talk and closing reception

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 7 – 9 pm

Farah Salem

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 7 – 8 pm

Crossings

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through May 26, 2022

Claimed

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Apr 07, 2022

Timely Sanctification

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Apr 07, 2022

The Rounds

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Feb 17, 2022

for spacious skies

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Feb 17, 2022

TalksPerformances

Programming for Deep Cuts

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, Nov 10, 2021 6 – 7:30 pm

Collectors Circle: Private Tour of Haynes Court

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Thursday, Oct 21, 2021 5 – 7 pm

Deep Cuts

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Nov 11, 2021

A Form By Which To Be Possessed

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Nov 11, 2021

Galas / Special Events

Annual Benefit: Work in Progress 2021

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, Jun 9, 2021 6 – 7:30 pm

Translucent Beauty and other Guardians

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jun 16, 2021

We Are Safe Here

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jun 16, 2021

Human Shell

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jun 16, 2021

Survey 2

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Apr 29, 2021

Preview 10

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Mar 19, 2021

Repository and Repertoire

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Mar 11, 2021

The Frantic Desire for Almost Real

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Mar 11, 2021

una noche maravillosa–a monarch butterfly makes an entrance at a nightclub...

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Mar 11, 2021

Excavating Memory: Conversation with Katie Chung and Unyimeabasi Udoh

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 5:30 – 7 pm

Excavating Memory

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jan 20, 2021

Tamara Becerra Valdez: BUILD YOUR SELF

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jan 21, 2021

Know Your Rights: A Toolkit for Cultural Producers

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, Jan 22, 2020 6:30 – 8 pm

Office Hours: Portfolio Review

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020 6 – 8:30 pm

SPARK Grant Information Session

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Thursday, Dec 12, 2019 6 – 7:30 pm

Gallery Tour: Corbett vs Dempsey

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Thursday, Dec 12, 2019 6 – 7:30 pm

Income Tax Workshop

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, Sep 25, 2019 6 – 8 pm

Galas / Special Events

The Annual Breakfast

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Sep 20, 2019 9 – 11 am

Erin Hayden: song and story

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Aug 29, 2019

Thrown Stone, Spitten Image

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Aug 15, 2019

Galas / Special Events

Annual Benefit: Work in Progress

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Thursday, Jun 6, 2019 6 – 10 pm

Mev Luna: Far from the distance we see

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jul 11, 2019

Collectors Circle: Private Collection Tour with Bob Buford

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 6 – 7:30 pm

As gesture

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jun 27, 2019

Danny Giles: The Thing and its Double

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through May 23, 2019

Billie Howard Sound Performance

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Feb 14, 2019

Screening: The Bathers, 泳客

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Feb 8, 2019 6 – 8 pm

The Poetics of Relation

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through Jun 24, 2019

Storytelling with a Purpose: Public Relations for Artists

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Tuesday, Jan 22, 2019 6 – 8:30 pm

Office Hours: Portfolio Review

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Tuesday, Jan 15, 2019 5:30 – 8 pm

Financial Strategies for Creative Careers

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Monday, Jan 14, 2019 6 – 8:30 pm

Artist Case Studies: Project Development

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Tuesday, Dec 4 – Nov 4, 2018 6 – 8:30 pm

Visual Art Documentation

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Tuesday, Oct 23, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Artist Case Studies: Business Models

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018 6 – 8:30 pm

Does An Unbuilt Monument Cast a Shadow?

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Oct 12, 2018 6 – 7:30 pm

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's Monuments

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Oct 5 – 25, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Three Hares

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Oct 5 – 25, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Galas / Special Events

The ANNUAL Breakfast

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Sep 28, 2018 9 am – 11 pm

In Conversation: Exhibition Design, Strategy + Installation

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Monday, Sep 24, 2018 5:30 – 8 pm

The Annual, Opening Reception 2018

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Sep 21, 2018 5 – 8 pm

The ANNUAL, Mixtapes for the New Millennium

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Tuesday, Sep 18 – 28, 2018 5 – 8 pm

Late August, Early September

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Aug 24 – Sep 13, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Leaf by Leaf

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Aug 24 – Sep 13, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Fashion Nova Presents: Carpe DM

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jul 27 – Aug 16, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Buoyant Surface

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jun 29 – Jul 19, 2018 6 – 9 pm

ORWELLIAN OFFSPRING

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jun 29 – Jul 19, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Galas / Special Events

WORK IN PROGRESS: CAC's Annual Benefit

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Thursday, Jun 7, 2018 6 – 10 pm

2018 MAKER Grant

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Through May 31, 2019

In Conversation: Adaptive Leadership

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 5:30 – 8 pm

Do Something Else

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, May 25 – Jun 14, 2018 6 – 9 pm

The Strange Fields of This City

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, May 25 – Jun 14, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Dot your i's with Hearts

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Apr 27 – May 17, 2018 6 – 7 pm

Body as Image

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Apr 27 – May 17, 2018 6 – 7 pm

Last day to view: Superficial Paradise

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Thursday, Mar 22, 2018 5 – 8 pm

Last day to view: Yellow is Mine (Not My Yellow)

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Thursday, Mar 22, 2018 5 – 5 pm

Dharma Talk with Gabriel Halpern

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Saturday, Jan 20, 2018 5 – 6:30 pm

Poetry Reading: Cameron Harvey

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Thursday, Jan 18, 2018 6 pm – 12 am

See Without Seeing, Know Without Knowing

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jan 5 – 25, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Beyond Words

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jan 5 – 25, 2018 6 – 9 pm

Rites

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Dec 1 – 21, 2017 6 – 9 pm

Preview 7: The whole is always smaller than its parts

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Dec 1 – 21, 2017 6 – 9 pm

Unison & social distortion

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Nov 3 – 22, 2017 6 – 9 pm

The Annual 2017: The Shortest Distance Between Two Points

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Sep 8 – 28, 2017 10 pm – 1 am

Sweet Creature

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jul 21 – Aug 10, 2017 6 – 9:30 pm

The Mountains Whispered and the Canyons Sang

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jul 21 – Aug 10, 2017 6 – 9:30 pm

Stay alive

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jun 23 – Jul 13, 2017 6 – 9 pm

Of Memories and Forgetfulness

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Jun 23 – Jul 13, 2017 6 – 9 pm

Boondoggle

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Apr 28 – May 18, 2017 6 – 9 pm

Minor Local Slumpage: Ginger Krebs

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Apr 28 – May 18, 2017 6 – 9 pm

Artist Talk: Kaveri Raina

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Wednesday, Apr 19, 2017 6 – 6 pm

Gods Do Handstands; Spices Simmer

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Mar 31 – Apr 20, 2017 6 – 9 pm

this land is your land

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Mar 31 – Apr 20, 2017 6 – 9 pm

The Politics of Desire: Yvette Mayorga

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Mar 3 – 23, 2017 6 – 7 pm

Hiding in Plain Sight

Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)

Friday, Mar 3 – 23, 2017 6 – 7 pm