Have an idea for a project or community event you think would be a good fit with Roman Susan? Tell us who you are, what you do, and the experience you want to share! Send a detailed outline in any format of your choice to proposals@romansusan.org.
In particular, we are seeking project proposals for new Navigations, site-responsive ANNEX collaborations, and event proposals for Movement Studies at Berger Park Cultural Center.
Artist Honorariums
Selected proposals receive project honorariums, scaled to the duration of the project. Roman Susan is a W.A.G.E. Certified Institution, and all artist fees meet W.A.G.E. payment standards.
Annual deadlines are June 10 and December 10
All proposals are considered for the next calendar year. Following the submission deadlines, proposals are reviewed by community volunteers, and then selected by popular consensus among Roman Susan directors. Notification of the proposal status generally occurs within 50 days of the review deadlines. If you would be interested in volunteering to review incoming artist proposals in the future, please sign up at Proposal Review Volunteers.
Roman Susan favors proposals which
Share new work;
Engage our neighborhood;
Reflect communities in our immediate vicinity;
Showcase Chicago and Great Lakes artists;
Transform our space; and
Compliment our current trajectory.
Scheduling (rough estimates)
Exhibitions: 10 days setup + 30 days exhibition + 3 days deconstruct = 6 weeks
Short-run projects: 1-10 days setup + 1-2 event days + 2 days deconstruct = 2 weeks
One-nighters: 1-5 days setup + 1 event day + 1 day deconstruct =1 week
Visiting
Visiting our space before preparing a proposal is strongly recommended. We reside in a corner storefront, 85 meters northwest of the Loyola Red Line CTA Station, with large south-facing windows, track lighting, a sunken floor from the street with blue-gray carpet, an irregular non-load bearing plaster ceiling, and almost no storage space. The building at 1224-1234 West Loyola was built in 1928 with boiler-controlled radiator heating; work that needs a climate controlled environment should not be proposed for this storefront location.
Here are additional materials for an idea of the storefront’s layout: Floorplan (png) and 3D model (skp).
Other Calls for Art and Participation
In addition, Roman Susan currently has the following calls for artist participation: Annotations & Inserts in public library spaces; streetview installations of Moving Image; and our AUX partners hold an open call for Performance Response. Below is a map of arts and cultural spaces in our proximity, if you are seeking other programs in this area. You may also be interested in our list of other Chicagoland art spaces that accept artist proposals.
Other art spaces in the Chicagoland area that accept proposals:
→ 4th Ward Project Space
→ AMFM
→ ARC
→ Carthage College
→ Chicago Art Department
→ Chicago Center for Photojournalism
→ Chicago Public Library
→ Cleve Carney
→ Co-Prosperity Sphere
→ Comfort Station
→ Compound Yellow
→ Evanston Art Center
→ Experimental Sound Studio
→ Filter
→ Heaven Gallery
→ Hyde Park Art Center
→ Ignition Projects
→ Inga
→ Lake Forest
→ Locus
→ Lubeznik Center for the Arts
→ IMSS
→ The Martin
→ Narrow Bridge Arts Club
→ NEIU
→ Parlour and Ramp
→ PO Box Collective
→ Pueblo Unido
→ Ralph Arnold
→ Roots & Culture
→ Special Feature
→ Spudnik Press
→ Sweet Void Cinema
→ Terrain
→ Tiger Strikes Anstroid
→ Tritriangle
→ UIMA
Art organizations in the Chicagoland area that offer fellowships, residencies, support:
→ ACRE
→ Arts + Public Life
→ Chicago Dancemakers Forum
→ Chuquimarca
→ Cliff Dwellers
→ High Concept Labs
→ Hyde Park Art Center
→ Links Hall
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→ Open Television
Let us know of additional local opportunities via email → art@romansusan.org