ABOUT CO-PROSPERTITY
Co-Prosperity (Co-Pro) is an experimental cultural center located in Bridgeport, Chicago. Co-Pro hosts exhibitions, screenings, installations, gatherings, and performance programs in its 2,600+ square foot gallery. The space hosts between 30-40 events and exhibitions annually, serving over 20,000 individuals each year.
The exhibitions programs at Co-Prosperity are is coordinated by Ahniya Butler, S.Y. Lim and the Programming Council - a volunteer group of Chicago artists that determines the shape of the exhibitions program and selects exhibitions from proposals once yearly.
Co-Prosperity Programming Council:
Alex Kostiw
Anthony D. Stepter
Bobby Luck
Yi Cao
Chris Cloud
Chris Collins
Courtney Mackedanz
Claire Pentecost
David Nasca
Denny Mwaura
Felicia Holman
Frank Peralta
Jesse Malmed
Josh Rios
Josh Cook
Kelly Kaczynski
Kikù Hibino
Lise Haller Baggesen
Manal Kara
Mark Jeffery
Maryam Taghavi
Naomi Hawksley
Nicole Marroquin
Nolan Jimbo
Oscar Solis
Ruby Que
Rose Hernandez
Salem Collo-Julin
Toni Kunst
William Estrada
Scott Campbell
Zachary Nicol
A Co-Prosperity floor plan can be found here. We Highly encourage you to visit before proposing art programming. Exhibition applications are closed at the moment.
Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 823-9700
Accessibility:
Co-Prosperity is accessible by wheelchair. The gallery has two 5-inch steps that go into the building. One is from the sidewalk leading up to the front door, and the second is 5ft past the front door. We have two temporary ramps that are put out for events, and can be used for wheelchair access. Our bar and restrooms are ADA compliant.
Hours:
Please see our Instagram for scheduled programs and open hours. Co-Prosperity’s open hours for exhibitions are usually Saturday 12-5 pm and otherwise open by appointment.
Rentals and advertising:
Read more here to inquire about rentals, advertising, and underwriting.
Contact:
Exhibitions
Ahniya Butler • ahniya@publicmediainstitute.com
Public Media Institute Directors
Ed Marszewski • edmarlumpen@gmail.com
Nick Wylie • nick@publicmediainstitute.com
S.Y. Lim • sy@publicmediainstitute.com
Co-Prosperity is also the headquarters of Public Media Institute (PMI).
PMI is a non-profit 501(c)3, community-based art & culture organization with a mission to create, incubate and sustain innovative and equitable cultural programming through the production of socially engaged projects, festivals, spaces, exhibitions, and media.
Public Media Institute was founded as and continues to be an BIpoc-led organization. PMI's board, staff, and volunteers work to bolster antiracist cultural communities, champion the work of historically oppressed artists, thinkers, activists, journalists, and other cultural producers, and nurture intentionally heterogeneous communities. PMI's spaces strive to be safer, inclusive and welcoming for all, especially publics historically unwelcome in cultural institutions.
Public Media Institute's commitment to the region’s cultural ecology is evident through our series of programs and projects. We serve emerging and established artists, musicians, journalists, and activists from Bridgeport, Chicagoland, and around the country world in our network of art spaces and partner organizations.
Some of PMI’s other programs include:
Lumpen Radio (WLPN-LP) is on the air 24 hours a day at 105.5 fm. Launched in 2015, Lumpen Radio is a low power FM radio station built to serve communities based in the Chicagoland area. Lumpen Radio is a collaborative effort of over 100 individuals and organizations creating original programming, talk shows, and music driven programming.
Buddy is a store in the Chicago Cultural Center in downtown Chicago with the mission of supporting and showcasing local artists, makers, and small businesses. Its nearly 2500 square foot retail space features 400+ artists at any moment.
PMI also publishes periodicals like Lumpen Magazine, Materiel Magazine, and Mash Tun Journal and STOCK.
Public Media Institute is partially supported by funding from Arts Midwest, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Builders Inistiative the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Humanities, the Field Foundation, McCormick Foundation, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, The Dean Allen Olson Foundation, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.