• Avreeayl Ra (profile image) Avreeayl Ra
    2023 3Arts/ Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin Award
  • Jacinda Bullie (profile image) Jacinda Bullie
    2023 3Arts/ Community Award
  • Rashada Dawan (profile image) Rashada Dawan
    2023 3Arts/ Walder Foundation Award
  • Jenny Kendler (profile image) Jenny Kendler
    2023 3Arts/ Chandler Family Award
  • Donnetta "LilBit" Jackson (profile image) Donnetta "LilBit" Jackson
    2023 3Arts/ Walder Foundation Award
  • Eric Hotchkiss (profile image) Eric Hotchkiss
    2023 3Arts/ Alison Zehr Awardee
  • Charlotte "Chuck" Gruman (profile image) Charlotte "Chuck" Gruman
    2023 3Arts/ Walder Foundation Award
  • Nancy García Loza (profile image) Nancy García Loza
    2023 3Arts/ SIF Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Award in honor of Samuel G. Roberson Jr.
  • Rika Lin (aka Yoshinojo Fujima) (profile image) Rika Lin (aka Yoshinojo Fujima)
    2023 3Arts/ Reva and David Logan Foundation Award
  • Selva Aparicio (profile image) Selva Aparicio
    2023 3Arts/ HMS Fund Award

3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in the Chicago metropolitan area. By providing cash awards, project funding, residencies, professional development, and promotion, 3Arts helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers.

3Arts Awards
2023 Awardees posing on stage

3AP (3Arts Projects) is a unique crowdfunding platform with a built-in match that helps Chicago artists finance new creative work.

196 projects
$1,206,004 raised
$295,378 matched
make art work

3Arts Residencies

In partnership with an international network of artist communities, 3Arts Residencies give artists space to test their mettle, see what happens, and take a breath.

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Cecil McDonald, Jr. (2010 3Arts Awardee) at The Rauschenberg Residency in Captiva, Florida. Photo by Mark Poucher.