Emerge Session: Artist-Run Spaces and the Role of the Artist/Curator

Artist-Run Spaces and the Role of the Artist/Curator

11.15.2025

Artist-Run Spaces and the Role of the Artist/Curator
A roundtable discussion with Purple Window Gallery

 The Luminary
November 15, 2025

 2pm-4pm

Free and open to the public - RSVPs encouraged

Join us at The Luminary for an Emerge roundtable exploring the evolving landscape of artist-run spaces and the unique position of the artist/curator.

This conversation will feature members of Purple Window Gallery, an artist-led, community-supported project space and gallery located inside Mana Contemporary Chicago. As an artist cooperative, Purple Window is jointly owned and democratically run by its members, a collective of Chicago-based artists committed to building community and empowering artists both within and beyond the city.

Together, we’ll look at the DIY ethos of artist-run initiatives, considering how artists create their own infrastructures for making, showing, and sustaining work. The discussion will also reflect on the hybrid role of the artist/curator, a position that blurs traditional institutional boundaries and centers collaboration, experimentation, and mutual support.

This program is part of Emerge, The Luminary’s professional development series designed to equip artists with practical tools, critical dialogue, and a supportive network to sustain their creative practice.

Free and open to the public. RSVPS are encouraged. You can RSVP here.