Roots & Culture

01/29/2021

Call for Proposals! CONNECT Curatorial Projects
For Womxn and Nonbinary Curators of Color
Deadline: March 19th, 2021, 5 PM CST

Deadline: March 19th, 2021, 5 PM CST CONNECT is an exhibition opportunity supporting Womxn and Nonbinary Curators of Color CONNECT will not include a residential residency component in 2021 due to COVID-19. It will be an exhibition opportunity only. Applicants will submit a proposal for an exhibitio...

12/15/2020

Submissions for our Double Exposure program (two person shows) for fall 2021 are due on January 15th, 2021. We accept proposals from two artists or single artist’s portfolios to be paired by our programming committee.

Deadline for Submissions: January 15th, 2021. Please send all materials to [email protected]. Please submit your files via Google Drive (preferred); uploaded in folders or zip files; or via a third party download/ hosting site. If including video, please include links to third party sites. There a...

12/01/2020

Its y'all. 2021 holds a lot of promise, including our 15th birthday party. But we have to get over the hump of this forsaken year. So we humbly ask you to contribute at any level you can.

Dear Community, There’s not a whole lot left to say about this forsaken year. We miss you – the conversations, the laughs, the snacks, the hugs, the work. The pandemic kept our doors closed from March

10/20/2020

Two amazing shows open on Friday at the gallery. Efrat Haikimi / Flora & Nereida Patricia / Body Party. We'll have extended open hours 4-9 PM (limit 3 folx in the gallery at a time.)

Body Party / Nereida Patricia Body Party is a presentation of new sculpture and painting works dealing with trans politics of visibility and abstraction. ‘Birthday Cake (Fe**sh Series)’ and ‘Black Narcissus’ work through themes of subjecthood and trans death spectacle, while referencing myth...

08/13/2020

Our annual auction is (finally) here and we're staying at home this year (of course.) We know that there is a lot of important charitable work to be done in these fraught times, but we need your help more than ever to support equity for emerging artists and curators in Chicago.

Bidding is open on our website through August 27th at 5 PM. Then we are hosting a lil Zoom soiree & live auction on the 27th at 7 PM. We are honoring our dear friend William J. O'Brien this year. And we are excited to share 10% of the proceeds with amfm!

Enter your e-mail address. An e-mail will be sent to confirm the bid (check you junk box if it does not appear in your inbox.) You must click on the link in the e-mail to confirm your bid, otherwise the bid will not be registered.

07/29/2020

Save the date! August 27th– The R&C benefit is staying at home this year for an online auction! Honoring William J. O'Brien. 10% of the proceeds will support amfm. Featuring over 40 artworks by our most generous friends. We need your support more than ever, please join us!

We’re all used to partying at home at this point, right? So we’re staying in this year and hosting our benefit online! Online Auction August 13th, 9 AM – August 27th, 5 PM Live Auction and toast on Zoom August 27th, 7 PM. Honoring William J. O’Brien! 10% of proceeds will help support AMFM! W...

05/05/2020

Today is and we need your help!

03/23/2020

We have postponed the deadline for CONNECT while we closely monitor news with the ongoing COVID-19 Crisis. We are weighing our options and will update in the upcoming weeks. Sorry about this!

DEADLINE: MARCH 27th 5:00 PM CST CONNECT is a two-month residency supporting the innovative practices of women of color curators. The residency has a reciprocal approach, linking curators to Roots & Culture’s community of artists and audiences. The residency takes place June 27 through August 29, ...

03/14/2020

COVID-19 Update

03/13/2020

Helpful resources for trying times

Creative Capital staff is working remotely due to COVID-19. We ask that all communications be done through email until further notice.

02/28/2020

The submission deadline for our CONNECT Curatorial Residency is a month away!

DEADLINE: MARCH 27th 5:00 PM CST CONNECT is a two-month residency supporting the innovative practices of women of color curators. The residency has a reciprocal approach, linking curators to Roots & Culture’s community of artists and audiences. The residency takes place June 27 through August 29, ...