Become A Resident Patron with a contribution of $200.00

We hope you can make it to our annual "Growing Up CAD" celebration/fundraiser on Saturday August 15th, but if not, please consider contributing to the ongoing growth of the CAD community. Your contributions will not only allow us to maintain the CAD brand of art, exhibitions, and art activities that you have come know and love, but to make the leap to the next phase of our growth:   CAD 3.0.

Our campaign this year is to grow CAD membership or "residents".  Over the next year we will be growing the number of resident artists from 8 to 20, and we would like to invite you to become a CAD Resident Patron. We appreciate any amount that you are able to contribute, but we hope that you consider becoming a resident patron for $200.

As a "resident patron" we want to formally recognize the role that you play in making new and emerging art happen in Chicago, but more importantly, we want to expand our idea of a "CAD resident" to invite greater participation and sense of ownership. At CAD, we strongly believe in never asking you to do anything that we would not do ourselves and $200 is what current CAD resident artists contribute - per month - to make CAD happen.

As a resident patron you could make the following things possible:

• Maintaining our flagship location at 1837 S. Halsted - which has become a staple and regular stop in Pilsen.
• The opening of "CAD West" - an expansion to a 2nd location in West Town, dedicated solely to studio space and the making of art.  (This will also be the new location for future CAD classes)
• Even more exhibitions -  with the opening of CAD West, CAD Pilsen will shift its primary focus to exhibitions, expanding our events calendar beyond the usual '2nd Fridays'.  Our goal is to simply be open more!
• Upgrades, Upgrades, Upgrades - while our DIY aesthetic has always been a part of our charm, we would love to keep improving the space with things like repairing our walls, new lighting, and amenities.
• Part-time/full-time administrative position - as we plan to grow, all of the behind the scenes work also grows.  Our continued hope is at some point we can pay someone to do the support work of keeping everything running.

The beauty of CAD has always been that - while we try to define it with things like missions statements - the question of  "what is CAD" has simply been an expression of the passions, ideas, and energy of the people involved.

By becoming a "resident patron" we want to invite you into that conversation.

Become A Resident Patron with a contribution of $200.00

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