Artist Run Credit League Kickoff
Please join us for the launch of our newest project, the Artist Run Credit League (ARCL)!
Saturday, May 30th
1:00-4:00PM
at Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave
Chicago, IL
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Barbecue Cook Out and Beer hosted by Alogon Gallery: 1:00-2:30 PM
Round table Discussion hosted by InCUBATE: 2:30-4:00 PM
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Part of the exhibition Artists Run Chicago, Alogon Gallery and InCUBATE team up to kickoff the Artist Run Credit League. The Artist Run Credit League was derived from the tanda, a form of rotating credit association and monetary practice formed by a core of participants who agree to make regular contributions to a fund which is given in whole or in part to each contributor in rotation. One of the most essential elements to any form of rotating credit is a mutual trust amongst all contributing members and a shared faith in the value of the community itself. At the kick off event a seed fund for the ARCL will be raised by a potluck cookout (allowing the ARCL to operate at a net profit), speakers will present on unconventional takes on money, and artist run spaces will have the opportunity to join the league.
Full details on how the ARCL will function, including the founding Memorandum of Understanding, are at: artistruncreditleague.wordpress.com
This discussion is a chance to share strategies on creative fund raising tools, learn about artist networks in Chicago, and get feedback on how the Artist Run Credit League can serve the needs of artist-run spaces.
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Speakers:
Rachel Wallis, media and education coordinator for Other Worlds, a multimedia collaborative that documents grassroots economic alternatives
David Eads, information architect and developer for the Chicago Technology Cooperative working primarily with nonprofits, NGOs, and human rights groups
Shannon Stratton, Director and Chief Curator, threewalls
Elizabeth Chodos, Executive Director, threewalls