Mar 18, 2024

Please Tell Us About Yourself!

Mar 18, 2024

We want to know about you!

Mar 18, 2024

Dec 19, 2023

High Concept Labs Announces 2024 Resident Artists

Dec 19, 2023

High Concept Labs (HCL) announces the 2024 Artists in Residence: Bradford Chin, Christopher Knowlton, Haruhi Kobayashi, Carissa Lee, and KT Shivak.

Dec 19, 2023

Nov 27, 2023

Help create the arts ecosystem that Chicago needs & deserves

Nov 27, 2023

For nearly 15 years, High Concept Labs has enabled artists across genres and disciplines to incubate new ideas, discover new approaches to making, and build new skills. We have championed over 300 artists and collective projects through providing no-cost studio space, funding, and professional documentation, along with tailored curatorial, development, and marketing support.

Through this work, we have learned that artists need a platform to share developing projects, test ideas, and gain perspective on their work through conversation. This is where HCL’s Open Labs come in.

Nov 27, 2023

Nov 16, 2023

High Concept Labs Welcomes New Artistic Director

Nov 16, 2023

High Concept Labs (HCL), a Chicago-based arts service organization and artist incubator, announced today that Aquil Charlton has joined HCL as its new Artistic Director. He joins HCL Managing Director Angee Lennard in a co-leadership position with the organization.

Aquil is a creative and visionary leader who leverages his experience as a teaching artist, consultant, and co-founder of artist collaboratives to make positive contributions in Chicago communities and the arts sector. His leadership in community-based cultural and youth development work have been recognized by Aspen Institute, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 3Arts, Northwestern University, and Yale University. Aquil is also an independent musician, rapper, songwriter, DJ, producer, and was an HCL Sponsored Artist in 2018.

Nov 16, 2023

Sep 6, 2023

Meet the Fall 2023 HCL Team

Sep 6, 2023

HCL Welcomes New Staff

Sep 6, 2023

Jul 11, 2023

Rigo Saura Develops a Research Lab at HCL

Jul 11, 2023

Photo by Sharvani Killarni

Jul 11, 2023

Jun 23, 2023

HCL Announces Departure of Artistic Director

Jun 23, 2023

High Concept Labs announces today the upcoming departure of its Artistic Director, Yolanda Cesta Cursach Montilla.

Jun 23, 2023

Feb 24, 2023

The 2023 Residency: Impressions from HCL’s Artistic Director

Feb 24, 2023

HCL’s 2023 Winter Picnic, our annual residency welcome gathering

Feb 24, 2023

Feb 16, 2023

LabE Launches at Experimental Station

Feb 16, 2023

Photo by Tara Ahern

Feb 16, 2023

Jan 18, 2023

High Concept Labs Announces 2023 Resident Artists

Jan 18, 2023

High Concept Laboratories (HCL), a Chicago-based arts service organization and artist incubator, announces 2023 Artists in Residence: Sofía Gabriel del Callejo, Helen Lee, Regina Martinez, Allen Moore, and avery r. young.

Jan 18, 2023