ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES - Lillstreet Art Center

Lillstreet Artist in Residence Program: Please check back for application dates and procedures in January 2009 for our next round of residencies.

Residents must work on their own work in the department for 10/20 hours per week, while also being available to assist students. They will also perform other duties as assigned. In each department, the department head will be the supervisor and liaison between residents and Lillstreet.

Residency includes:
Semi-private studio in one of the department classrooms
24-hour access
Stipend for materials $100/$200 per month depending on department size
Free classes in any department
Opportunity to teach in Lillstreet adult program
Group Exhibition at end of residency with other resident artists

Residency does not include:
Housing or food
Travel costs
Purchasing of Equipment

Qualifications for Resident Artists

We select artists for the quality of their work and anticipation that the Lillstreet community and facilities can support its growth.

We expect resident artists to actively participate in our community and sustain its vitality and unique character: that is, sharing knowledge and enthusiasm for creative expression. Lillstreet faculty and artists have a long tradition of valuable interaction with students at all levels as well as colleagues. Lillstreet has evolved into a unique creative community because of this shared commitment. Lillstreet artists are accessible. We support the inquiries of our students no matter how basic the question is. Residents must be open and willing to share knowledge with a wide variety of students of all ages, backgrounds and levels of artistic ability.

Lillstreet Studios is a community of more than 50 artists working side by side on the second and third floors of the Lillstreet Art Center. Our studio artists work in ceramics, metalsmithing, textiles, printmaking, and painting and drawing. In the clay and jewelry areas we have private and group studios. Artist spaces occasionally become available; there is a jury process to become a studio member at Lillstreet. There are currently no studio spaces available but when a studio space becomes available, we alert everyone who has expressed interest and encourage them to apply. For more information about studio space please contact Mia Capodilupo at mia@lillstreet.com.

To see current studio members' work, please visit their website at www.lillstreetstudios.com

Lillstreet Art Center has a rotating Gallery Exhibition space and a Gallery Shop.

The Exhibition space features ceramics, sculpture, paintings, textiles, prints, artists books and mixed media works. We exhibit local and international artists who are creating new and exciting works in each of the departments at Lillstreet Art Center: ceramic/sculpture, painting/drawing, textiles, metalsmithing and printmaking. Lillstreet has 7 - 10 rotating exhibitions per year and each exhibition has a theme. The gallery director and gallery staff choose exhibition themes and artists. We occasionally bring in outside curators and are open to curatorial proposals.

The Gallery Shop
The Shop features primarily ceramic work, small paintings and prints, as well as jewelry and metal sculptures. We work on consignment. The Shop is not themed and rotates bodies of work from many artists around the country.

For consideration in the Gallery, send 10 images on CD with resume and other biographical information to:

Bruce Robbins, gallery director
Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N. Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60640

We do not accept phone calls regarding exhibition opportunities.

Fall Session begins September 8
Early Winter Session begins December 1

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