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- A Chicago Museum for Chicago art and artists, making art accessible and shining a spotlight on Chicago and its culture.
- We will stop the talent drain of wonderful artists leaving Chicago after completing graduate school or while they are still young.
- The art world is not only the marketplace of art work, but it is the economy of ideas. Make Chicago a major aesthetic center.
- Chicago has 50 Sister Cities. Curate aesthetically relevant exhibits where solid art is exhibited here and abroad. For every show we present export one to another major city or country.
- Redefine what a museum is – have it be about art and artists instead of collectors and their acquisitions.
- We want to be inclusive.
- Flat file drawers holding works on paper by up to 500 artists (selected and approved by a committee of artists) where artists of all ages (from 20 to 100) can have a museum presence as opposed to only rising stars or those at the ends of their careers.
- Foreign curators will be hired to come to Chicago perhaps one week every eight to curate a show of Chicago artists and in so doing visit over 60 studios and galleries, not only generating an exhibit, but finding other relevant art to “take back” with them.
- Video presentation (databank) rooms with video art and new media, as well as showing art in the collection, art of historical significance, etc.
- Classes and education programs for the artists’ career development.
- A strong, fun, creative education program for engaging the public.
- Artists giving talks on Chicago art.
- Eliminate barriers between young artists and old. Encourage mentoring and enable mature artists to be inspired by young. Have divergent exhibits open on the same nights. Encourage and enable interaction.
- Two project rooms with alternating exhibits opening every week where the public can always see artists working to install their art. Ask them questions, interact.
- Because the world is “flat,” invite a non-Chicago artist to exhibit with a Chicago artist and create a thematic, aesthetic dialog.
- Export shows from the museum to other venues, museums and commercial galleries.
- Archives of all Chicago artists’ catalogs, books and brochures.
- Recapture our history. Acquire art made/associated with Chicago since its inception. Exhibit and generate content examining similarity and differences of issues now and then.
- Academic seminars and symposiums on Chicago art, artists, history and influence. The symposium will publish scholarly papers in an Academic Journal.
- Chicago is a world-class city and our aesthetic is as singular as that of Berlin, Paris and London. Foster that idea and put it front and center.
- Cooperate with other institutions. Co-produce plays with the Goodman or Lookingglass theaters. Sponsor music at Metro or Park West, poetry readings at Green Mill, and more.
- Examine influences on the contemporary Chicago artist: music, literature, theater. Present, perhaps in other venues, this material in conjunction with art exhibitions.
- Create a model for a museum for other cities.
- Produce handsome publications, maybe one with no words, or another with critical commentary, a third that is a philosophical, intelligent journal.
- High Definition Television production and programming. Sponsor, produce and distribute art related content to network, cable and public access television stations as well as stream this content from our website.
- Present a Chicago Biennial – a several month-long non-commercial fair reminiscent of the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Invite museums to take space and present whatever they want, artists and galleries too.
- This is not your father’s museum. It will be institutionally supportive of young and up and coming artists of all ages, mid-career artists and mature artists. It will be relevant and exciting.
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