Student Spaces for Art and Collaboration
The Student Spaces for Art and Collaboration encompass Columbia College Chicago's student centers dedicated to student professional practice and creativity. An extension of the studios and classrooms, the department fosters vibrant environments for students to interact, exchange ideas and view and showcase bodies of work within the larger urban community. The spaces provide students from every discipline myriad opportunities to gain essential, hands-on experience, stimulating artistic expression and professional development through collaboration.
Please REVIEW each category thoroughly to make sure you are submitting your proposal to the correct opportunity.
Hokin Gallery
Show your work!
Any questions you have can be directed to Senior Exhibitions Coordinator Mark Porter (mporter@colum.edu) or 312-369-6643
ShopColumbia
Sell Your Work!
ShopColumbia at Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery serves the Columbia College Chicago community by fostering the representation and sale of professional work and talent from multiple creative fields. As an extension of the classroom, the Shop supports students by providing a professional environment to hone the process of presenting, marketing, and selling work to the public. Through community partnerships, ancillary programming and representation of alumni, faculty and staff, ShopColumbia bridges professional practice with the student learning experience.
Final decisions for consignment will be made by ShopColumbia's review board. The Board is looking for originality, quality craftsmanship and cohesiveness. Students earn 75% of every sale. Alumni, faculty and staff earn 50%.
For all calls and submissions, ShopColumbia restricts the sale of the following products as deemed by the Review Board:
- NEW: Due to safety concerns and legal requirements for candle makers and candle sellers, ShopColumbia is no longer accepting submissions of candles.
- Food items or perishable products
- Products with text or images that infringe on any intellectual property rights including, but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, and rights of privacy/publicity
- Businesses with multi-tiered sales structures
- Items that are unsafe or contain hazardous materials
- Products with content that is libelous or defamatory; contain or promote hate speech; can reasonably be viewed as harassing, threatening, or otherwise harmful; and can reasonably be viewed as discriminatory based upon race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability
- Products that violates any federal, state, county or municipal law, ordinance or regulation, violates any college policy, regulation or rule as outlined in the Student Handbook and Columbia's Student Code of Conduct
- Per Academic Affairs and the Office of the Provost: Columbia College Chicago Faculty are unable to sell self-published materials
- Due to the regulations that govern student employment for international students on a student visa, we are unable to accept items for sale from F-1 and J-1 students unless they are on approved pre or post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT). Please contact isss@colum.edu if you need further clarification on the regulations that govern international student employment.
Please direct any questions to shop@colum.edu or (312) 369-8616
Makerspace
Join a community of makers!
Please direct any questions regarding Makerspace opportunities to: makerspace@colum.edu.
Open Call to artists
Hokin Gallery seeks response artworks for Fall 25’ exhibition.
Partnering with College Archives & Special Collections and History in the Humanities, History, and Social Sciences Department; Hokin Gallery will present an exhibition celebrating Columbia College Chicago’s 135th anniversary, opening in late September, 2025.
Erin McCarthy, Ph.D., Associate Professor’s students attending two sections of course HIST355: The History of Chicago researched and selected objects of historical significance from the Special Collection. Hokin Gallery asks artists to submit an original artwork created in response to 1-2 of the objects.
Eligibility:
Response artworks may be of any process/material including, painting, drawing, writing, photography, video, sculpture, installation, fashion, books or audio. Please note that we accept works in progress. In your project description, indicate your progress and the anticipated result.
Deadline to submit is 11:59pm May 30th. Works can be work in progress when submitted but MUST be complete before install.
Submission requirements:
Each applicant may submit 1 to 2 response artworks, each including:
1. Indicate which Special Collection object you have created a response artwork for, may select 1-2 objects from our list of 10. Please view the list HERE.
2. Your name
3. Title of work
4. Year of creation
5. Process/materials
6. A description of the project (describing the concept and look)
7. What is required to present the project in an art gallery (pedestal, monitor, shelf, etc)
8. One or more images/video to represent the project (may be a photo of the work in progress, a sketch or description)
Not sure what a response artwork is?
Here are a few things to consider when creating your piece:
1.Use one of the selected objects from the collection as a source of inspiration.
2. What does the object communicate to you?
3.What is the value of the object within the context of the college history?
4. What is different about the moment we live in now, versus the era the object comes from?
Your response artwork should be personal to you and specific to the object you selected.
Please Contact Mark Porter, Senior Exhibitions Coordinator, Student Spaces for Art and Collaboration, mporter@colum.edu
Are you a Columbia College Chicago student or graduated alumni?
Would you like to sell your work at ShopColumbia? Students earn 75% of
every sale. Alumni earn 50%.
Since
ShopColumbia opened in the fall of 2008, Shop artists have earned over
$450,000 from the sale of their work! ShopColumbia is continually
seeking new and fresh designs by Columbia College Chicago artists
including students, alumni, faculty and staff. We have a rolling
submission process so you can submit your work at any time!
Are you a Columbia College Chicago faculty or staff?
Would you like to sell your work at ShopColumbia? Faculty and staff earn 50% of every sale.
Since
ShopColumbia opened in the fall of 2008, Shop artists have earned over
$450,000 from the sale of their work! ShopColumbia is continually
seeking new and fresh designs by Columbia College Chicago artists
including students, alumni, faculty and staff.
ShopColumbia staff will review faculty and staff submissions and curate your work into our general Shop, rotating Spotlight Exhibitions, or special events (Holiday Market, Manifest Showcase, etc.) We have a rolling
submission process so you can submit your work at any time!
New for the 2024-2025 academic year, Columbia College Chicago's Makerspace is seeking proposals from Students, Staff and Faculty to host a workshop(s) at the Makerspace.
Details:
- Workshops can be a one-time workshop, series of workshops, or the same workshop hosted more than once.
- Workshops can be hosted by individuals, multiple presenters or student organizations.
- Workshops must be free and open to all Columbia College students to attend.
- The Makerspace will provide supplies and equipment for workshop hosts and attendees.
- Workshop hosts will be receive a modest stipend for workshop preparation and instructional service.
Questions? Contact Ronda Payne, Director of Student Spaces for Art and Collaboration at rpayne@colum.edu
ShopColumbia is inviting Columbia College Chicago Academic Departments, Student Affairs, and Campus Events to partner with the store for their fundraising efforts. ShopColumbia will facilitate all sales in store and on our webstore.
Prior to submitting, please read the ShopColumbia Partnership Proposal Guide.
ShopColumbia is inviting Columbia College Chicago student organizations to partner with the store for their fundraising efforts. ShopColumbia will facilitate all sales in store and on our webstore.
Prior to submitting, please read the ShopColumbia + SOC Fundraising Guide
Please note: Events should be submitted 3-6 months in advance in order to establish procedures with partners and to allocate campus resources.
ShopColumbia is seeking illustrators and designers that are interested in creating custom digital portraits for customers.
- All commissions will be generated through ShopColumbia's webstore shop.colum.edu and in-store.
- Commissions will be delivered as digital portraits (non-printed).
- Artists should have a distinct style.
- Artists should be responsive with communication with ShopColumbia staff and clients.
- Open to both student and alumni artists. Students earn 75% of every sale. Alumni, faculty, and staff earn 50%.
Submission deadline: Submission process will be open and ongoing.