ShopColumbia at Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery

ShopColumbia is seeking an original illustration, design, or photograph for the signature image of ShopColumbia’s 16th Annual Holiday Market.  

The signature image will be used as a printed tabloid size poster, handbills, social media, and front window display. 


✨We are looking for designs that are inspired by the Holiday Market 2024 theme: Holiday Magic 

✨Only currently enrolled students or students who will be enrolled during the fall 2024 term are eligible to submit.

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2024 

Submit: https://tinyurl.com/2024HolidayImage

Submission site with additional information is also linked in the bio.

Welcome all students who are attending New Student Orientation!

Stop by ShopColumbia to learn how you can sell your work and shop artwork and Columbia merch created by your future peers and classmates!

ShopColumbia is closed Wednesday, June 19th in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. We will also be closed on Thursday, June 20th.

We will reopen on Monday, June 24th at 11am.

Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday’s name is a portmanteau of the words “June” and “nineteenth”, as it was on June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.

Juneteenth is a day of reflection, restoration, remembrance, and celebration.

Happy Juneteenth!

Happy Pride Month from ShopColumbia!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Make sure to check out our collection of LGBTQIA+ themed works online & in store to support our Columbia artists 🌈

shop.colum.edu/gifts/pride/ (linked in bio)

LGBTQIA+ PRIDE is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of LGBTQIA+ people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that bolsters most LGBTQIA+ rights movements.

ShopColumbia currently has a number of calls for work posted on our submission site! Don’t let these opportunities pass you by! Links to learn more + apply in our bio.

✔️Call for Work: A Print Show: Same but Different (Deadline: July 21, 2024)

✔️Call for Designs: Buy Columbia, By Columbia 2024-2025 Line (Deadline: August 15, 2024)

✔️Call for Holiday Market 2024 Signature Image (Deadline: September 1, 2024)

✔️Call for Work: Dark Market 2024 (Deadline: September 8, 2024)

Do you have the next Columbia design we should license?!

ShopColumbia is currently accepting design submissions for our next line of Buy Columbia, By Columbia merch.

Submit your designs by August 15, 2024.

Open to current Columbia College Chicago students.

Learn more + apply online: https://tinyurl.com/ColumbiaMerch2024

MEET THE ARTIST
Ruby Bean
they/them
Illustration, 2024

Each Manifest ShopColumbia works with the Manifest Creative Director to design a limited edition line of Manifest Merchandise. Learn more about Manifest 2024 Creative Director, Ruby Bean and their inspiration for the designs. (blog post linked in bio)

Do you have extra Columbia Cash? Well take it! Come spend it at ShopColumbia before the end of the school year! If you need help checking your balance, we can also assist with that at our register.

We’re open today & tomorrow 10-4pm & on Manifest 10-7pm.

✨Get limited edition Manifest + Columbia College 2024 merch designed by Manifest 2024 Creative Director, Ruby Bean. Only at ShopColumbia!✨

Shop Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 10am-4pm

Extended hours for Manifest, Friday May 10th:
10am-7pm

Come visit us or shop online (linked in bio)

50% of proceeds from Manifest merchandise benefits ColumbiaCares, a fund for students facing a financial emergency.

And our webstore is back! Thank you everyone for your patience!

ShopColumbia's webstore is temporarily down. Please be patient as we are currently working to get it back up and running!

Join us in celebrating the first ever Grad Showcases at ShopColumbia! The Spotlight Exhibition is a juried exhibition that features work by 7 graduating seniors.

Exhibition runs April 29 - May 31, 2024 and can be viewed during regular Shop hours. Most works are available for purchase with additional pieces being display only.

SHOP HOURS
Monday - Thursday
10am - 4pm

ARTIST RECEPTION
Friday, May 10th
4pm - 6pm

More info featured here: https://shop.colum.edu/blogs/announcements/manifest-grad-showcases-2024/

April showers ☔️ bring may flowers 🌸 !!

Columbia College Chicago umbrellas available in navy and teal, $16

ShopColumbia is closed for spring break.

All web orders made after 5pm March 21st will be processed and shipped upon our return, Monday, April 1st (no joke!)

Wishing everyone a safe and restful break!

This years Manifest 2024 theme is BREAKTHROUGH. We want to know how selling with ShopColumbia has helped YOU breakthrough to your career, side-hustle, or even onto the next stage of your creative and professional life. Link for Artist Questionnaire: https://form.jotform.com/240715910397055 💟

Caught on campus in the rain? We’ve got you covered!

Columbia College Chicago umbrellas available in navy and teal, $16

Need Button materials for your art inventory? Maybe you’re selling buttons at Inkfest & need some packs. Come into ShopColumbia to grab a pack or 2!

Columbia College Artists: Graduating in 2024 and need a place to showcase your work?

Apply to ShopColumbia’s Manifest Showcase!

Call for Proposals: Manifest 2024 Showcase
Submission 🔗in bio
DEADLINE: March 10, 2024

March of Minis: Artist Reception is tonight! Come check out our selection of small pieces at ShopColumbia.
Artwork in Photo: “Needle Felted Rabbit” by Caspian’s Workshop & “Smoke Break” by Sarah Moran

March of Minis is now open! Come check out our selection of small pieces at ShopColumbia!

Happy Valentine’s Day from ShopColumbia! Come check out our Valentine’s Day section for some sweet goodies.

MEET THE ARTIST

Mel Lashae Johnson

Graphic Design, 2026

Mel Lashae is a featured designer with ShopColumbia’s Buy Columbia designed By Columbia initiative. Her design was licensed and produced on a limited edition t-shirt, hooded sweatshirt, and tote bag; available for purchase only at ShopColumbia.

See full blog post feature at: https://shop.colum.edu/blogs/announcements/featured-columbia-merch-designer-mel-lashae-johnso/ (link in bio)

ShopColumbia is celebrating 15 YEARS!

We are incredibly grateful to each and every artist, department, and partnership we have work with over the past 15 years.

Thank you to all of the customers who have supported ShopColumbia, our staff, and our artists.

WE ❤️ YOU!

Over the past 15 years ShopColumbia has:

❤️Consigned 1375 Columbia Artists
❤️Processed 1200 web orders
❤️Had 65,000 customers shop in-store
❤️Paid out $500,000 to Shop Artists

We are excited to see where the next 15 years takes us!

Call For Work 📢!! We are trying something new this year for Manifest. Apply now to try & get the opportunity to showcase your work in your own section at ShopColumbia. Please check the URL for more details. 💟

Call For Work 📢! We are trying something new this year for Manifest. Apply now to try & get the opportunity to showcase your work in your own section at ShopColumbia. Please check the URL for more details. 💟

Call For Work 📢! March of Minis is right around the corner so submit your miniature work for our market. Information about M.O.M is on the next slide. 🌸

Meet our Team for this semester!! Come into ShopColumbia for some fun goodies 🛍️.

Welcome Back! We hope you had a wonderful break.

Come shop at ShopColumbias last few days of the Holiday Market!! We will be closing December 21st for the Holidays. 🎁
Hours: 10 am - 4 pm

Meet the Artist: Kara Dominique [ ]
Read our latest blog post about Kara Dominique to learn more about them & their process creating the signature image for ShopColumbia’s Holiday Market. 🎁