Welcome to The Artisan Collective (TAC) website! TAC is a South Shore Chamber of Commerce program with the mission of growing the South Shore’s art scene by helping local artisans gain critical business skills and have access to studio and retail space.
Welcome to The Artisan Collective (TAC) website! TAC is a South Shore Chamber of Commerce program with the mission of growing the South Shore’s art scene by helping local artisans gain critical business skills and have access to studio and retail space.
Upcoming Events
South Shore Afri-ween Adventure
Families with children are invited to come learn about and experience African history and geography in an experiential exhibit that will include different stations to
First Fridays
Come out to the Artisan Collective for First Fridays to network, shop and learn! Our next event, Holiday Retail Readiness, will include an insightful conversation
This program is designed to identify viable businesses that can occupy some of the vacant retail space available on 71st Street. Not only will this help the businesses and the artists, but it will also help property owners who have vacant storefronts and make the South Shore a more creative, vibrant, and commercially successful community.”
– Tonya Trice, Executive Director of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce.
Artisan Catalog
Being a member of TAC, we’ve had access to participate in pop-ups at Navy Pier and other community events that allowed me to broaden my customer base. The TAC really allowed me to open my network.”
– Akua Auset, Auset Beauty