Chicagoland Community/Rental Darkroom

[schwefel]

My job has me doing a LONG term project in the Chicago area, Hoffman Estates, to be exact. I live in southern WI, but it will be too far, especially with Chicago traffic, to commute on a daily basis.

Given, that I will be driving (THANK GOD FOR NOT FLYING) it will simple and safe for me to take my film dev equip and chems with me. Playing in the dark will also be cheaper than spening the night in the bar and more fun than sitting in the hotel.

To that end, I am looking for a darkroom, closer the better, near Hoffman Estates. It needs to be available in the evenings and should be relatively inexpensive. Given that this will be a long project (scheduled to run through Oct 09, but the safe money is that I will working on it this time next year, I am not opposed to one that has monthly plans or the like.

(Mods: If I put this in the wrong forum, please feel free to move.)

 

[gr82bart]

This is still a bit far but try the Evanston Art Center - http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/ They had rentals when I was living in Chicago, but you had to have taken a class there to do so.

Regards, Art.

 

[Mark Fisher]

Check out the community colleges. I'm not sure what is out that wat, though. I'm in Highland Park and work in Evanston. Both have art centers with darkrooms, but would be miserable to drive to from Hoffman Estates. Might as well drive back to Caledonia at that point. I suspect that there is a community arts center or community college in Schaumberg or Elgin if not closer.