Carol Ross Barney, Chicago Riverwalk and Expansion
ISSUE BRIEF
Chicago’s artist labor force: a comparative perspective By Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard October 2022 Members of Illinois’ artist labor force—an estimated 89,280 workers—reside throughout the state, yet the sheer size and concentration of this labor force residing in the City of Chicago warrants a closer look. This brief extends the examination of the Illinois artist labor force provided in “The Artist Labor Force: a statistical look at Illinois in the context of the U.S.” (June 2022)1 by providing statistics on the artist labor force residing in the City of Chicago in a comparative perspective with ten other U.S. cities.2
artsimpact.faa.illinois.edu
ISSUE BRIEF
College of Fine and Applied Arts 100 Architecture Building 608 East Lorado Drive | M/C 622 Champaign, IL 61820
Page 1