Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC) announced that Teresa Silva, CAC's executive and artistic director, will leave the organization on Wed., Oct. 26.
CAC Board Chair J. Gibran Villalobos will serve as interim executive director during the executive search period.
Silva was appointed executive and artistic director in July 2020 after serving as CAC's director of exhibitions and residencies since 2014. She has been responsible for procuring financial support for CAC through grants and donations, leading programming, residencies and exhibitions, and overseeing the organization's day-to-day operations. She brought a vast network of artists, curators and arts patrons to the position.
CAC is a nonprofit organization that has provided artists and curators with the resources to live, work and thrive in the city since 1974.