Chicago
editChicago has a long tradition of artist-run spaces and projects dating back to the late 1800's. In 1876 artist D. Knight Carter founded Vincennes Gallery of Fine Arts which was reorganized in 1880, by Frank C. Bromley, Henry Arthur Elkins along with other artist to establish a permanent gallery and residency for studio artists.[1] In 1930, Artist Increase Robinson ran a studio gallery in her Dianna Court Studio where she exhibited both her own work and the work of others. [2] The Hyde Park Art Center was established in 1939 and still produces programming and Contemporary Art Workshop established in 1950 by Jack and Lynn Kearney, Leon Golub, Cosmo Campoli, Ray Fink, Al Kwitz and held programming through 2009. [3]
In 1984, the exhibition Alternative Spaces curated by Lynne Warren at the Museum of Contemporary Art catalogued the scores of artists and artists' spaces to emerge in Chicago including a wave of alternative spaces that emerged from 1960s through 1984 including Artemisia Gallery (1973-2003), ARC Gallery (1973-), Gallery Bugs Bunny (1968-1972), N.A.M.E. Gallery (1973-1997), NAB Gallery (1974-1984), Randolph Street Gallery (1979-1998), 1019 W. Lake St./Noise Factory (1981-1985), W.P.A. Gallery (1981-?) and Axe Street Arena (1985-1989).[4][5] One the factors contributing to the demise of the artist run spaces in Chicago in the late 1980s, was the reduction of public funding for artists and for the arts.
In 2009, Artist-run Chicago was mounted by the Hyde Park Art Center and featured notable artist-run spaces operating between the late 90's an 2009 including 1/Quarterly(2002-2004), artLedge(2004-2006), Butchershop(1997-2008), Co-Prosperity Sphere (2006-), devening projects + editions(2006-), Deluxe Projects(2003-2003), Dogmatic(1997-2008), joymore(2000-2003), Julius Caesar(2008-), Law Office(1999-2002), Margin Gallery(1999-1999), mini dutch (2007-2009), Modest Contemporary Art Projects(2000-2004), NFA Space (1996-2002), Normal Projects, Old Gold, Polvo(1998-2007), Roots & Culture(2006-), Standard(1999-2004), Suitable(1999-2005), Teti (2005-2007), The Suburban(1999-) and VONZWECK(2005-2008).[6]
Current and recent artist run projects in Chicago include DFBRL8R performance gallery founded by artist Joseph Ravens, Edra Soto's The Franklin, HUME Chicago founded by artist Fontaine Capel, LVL3, and Heaven Gallery .[7][8][9][10] The artist-founded residency ACRE (Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) additionally maintains a project space in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.[11]
- ^ Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Il (1939). Illinois: a Descriptive and Historical Guide. A. C. McClurg & Co. p. 111.
- ^ "Mrs. Increase Robinson | WPAmurals.com". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ Foumberg, Jason. "Contemporary Art Workshop Bids Farewell". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ Lynne., Warren, (1984). Alternative spaces : a history in Chicago. Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.). Chicago, IL: Museum of Contemporary Art. ISBN 0933856180. OCLC 10850555.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 'Art Facts: Axe St. Arena's closing statement.' Chicago Reader. 13 July 1989.
- ^ The Artists Run Chicago digest. Picard, Caroline., Stratton, Shannon R., threewalls., Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, Ill.) (1st ed ed.). Chicago: Green Lantern Press. 2009. ISBN 9780982029237. OCLC 641542314.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "On the Ground: Chicago". Artforum.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "dfbrl8r | performance art gallerydfbrl8r | performance art gallery". dfbrl8r.org. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ Bauer, Andrea. "The Franklin, a backyard gallery in East Garfield Park". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "The Women Behind Hume Chicago Aim to Support Emerging Artists". LoganSquarist. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "ACRE". Acreresidency.org. Retrieved 2018-10-18.