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DCASE Activating Neighborhoods with New Public Art
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is currently managing nearly 80 public art projects in airports, transit hubs, and other spaces—totaling $11 million in investments across 26 wards. DCASE is working on several public art projects to be completed this summer and fall, including a neighborhood murals initiative as well as unique artwork by Chicago artists on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Blue, Green, and Orange lines. Read more.
Mural Registry
murals created on private and public property
The Chicago Public Art Collection includes more than 500 works of art exhibited in over 150 municipal facilities around the city, such as police stations, libraries, and CTA stations. As part of the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Public Art Program administers the Chicago Public Art Collection and implements the City’s Percent for Art Ordinance. The Collection provides the citizens of Chicago with an improved public environment and enhances city buildings and spaces with quality works of art by professional artists.
Chicago Public Art Collection Highlights
Chicago Artist Email Registry
The Chicago Public Art Program maintains an Artist Email Registry to notify interested artists of public art opportunities such as Percent for Art projects and other open calls.
Chicago Public Art Prequalified List
The 2023/2024 Chicago Public Art Prequalified List is a juried pool of 58 professional artists, artist teams, and arts nonprofits based in Chicago. The list helps facilitate the selection of artists for public art and other special commission opportunities of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Chicago Public Art Program.
Chicago Public Art Projects
The Chicago Public Art Program implements the City’s Percent-for-Art and manages other publicly-funded permanent and temporary public art throughout the city.
Public Art Program — Request For Qualifications (RFQ)
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) invites professional artists and artist teams with a demonstrated history of completing complex, permanent, large-scale, outdoor public art projects to submit their qualifications for a $225,000 exterior public art commission.