Hokin Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals

Hokin Gallery Spring 2025 Exhibition Program Student Spaces for Art and Collaboration (formerly DEPS) offers students at Columbia College Chicago the opportunity to exhibit their art within a gallery setting at the Hokin Gallery on Columbia’s campus. Students within any field of study are open to submit their work.

Hokin Gallery will book 1 exhibition proposal for the Spring 2025 semester, however applications will also be considered for later in the academic year. If selected, all participants must prepared to be available to install and deinstall their work during the exhibit period. All participants must be enrolled at the time of the exhibit run.

Hokin Gallery is accepting proposals for 3-5 person exhibitions.

All exhibit proposals will be reviewed by a proposal review committee that will take a vote on a final proposal for the Spring semester and runner up proposals that may be booked for later. 

In addition to the Hokin Gallery, Student Spaces for Art and Collaboration manages the Makerspace in the Student Center, Shop Columbia and several event spaces, both can be booked for events by students. Utilizing these spaces is not a requuirement, however Priority may be given to exhibition proposals that offer programming in conjunction with an exhibit in Hokin Gallery.

Examples for how Student Spaces for Art and Collaboration spaces may be used in conjunction with a Hokin Gallery exhibit:

 Example 1. An exhibit by several printmakers presented in Hokin Gallery with extra print editions available for sale in Shop Columbia. Additionally, an artist talk with several of the printmakers is held in Haus for a 45 minute event.  

 Example 2. An exhibit by several artists is held in Hokin Gallery, 1 week after the exhibit is open to the public the artists hold a response workshop in Makerspace during which visitors of the exhibit are asked to create a work of art in response to the subject matter of the exhibit by utilizing equipment available in Makerspace.

If you need assistance with developing your proposal, contact Senior Exhibitions Coordinator Mark Porter, mporter@colum.edu
 

How to Apply

The following items are required, applications that do not include these items will be rejected. Applications must be submitted before December 2, 2024

• Application should be submitted by a person who will act as the main contact/organizer from the group
• Include contact information of applicants and names of contributors, including email and phone.
• Include expected graduation date (all artists must be actively enrolled at Columbia during their exhibit)
• Include your (and other exhibiting artists) major/area of study at Columbia
• Submit 7-15 images, or a 2-3-minute video of the proposed work to be exhibited
• Submitted image information: title of work, date of creation, materials/process, name of creator (whether work was made solo or through collaborative effort)
• A general floor plan for the exhibit which shows how the work will be placed in the gallery. (placement of the works is flexible, we need to know that you have enough work that supports the exhibit concept)
• Brief description of the proposed exhibition that gives Hokin Gallery a clear overview of the goal and meaning of your work, should be at least 2 to 3 paragraphs.

Eligibility

• Must be a current Columbia student at the time of the application and during the exhibit
• Exhibit proposals must utilize the entire gallery. 
• Expected graduation date (all artists must be actively enrolled at Columbia during their exhibit)

Extra Help

Click Here for a blank floor plan of Hokin Gallery. Download this form to complete your layout proposal.

Click Here for a guide on how to assemble a professional exhibit proposal

Click Here for a guide on how to install artwork

Click here to view a mock proposal to see an example of what we are looking for in applications.

Click here to see examples of previous exhibitions by students in C33.