• Rozalinda Borcilă (profile image) Rozalinda Borcilă
    2022 3Arts/ Reva & David Logan Foundation Awardee
  • Simone Reynolds (profile image) Simone Reynolds
    2022 3Arts/ Chandler Family Awardee
  • Sarita Smith Childs (profile image) Sarita Smith Childs
    2022 3Arts/ Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin Awardee
  • zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o'neal (profile image) zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o'neal
    2022 3Arts/ Gary & Denise Gardner Fund Awardee
  • Akenya (profile image) Akenya
    2022 3Arts/ Walder Foundation Awardee
  • Peregrine Bermas (profile image) Peregrine Bermas
    2022 3Arts/ HMS Fund Awardee
  • Winifred Haun (profile image) Winifred Haun
    2022 3Arts/ Walder Foundation Awardee
  • Nashon Holloway (profile image) Nashon Holloway
    2022 3Arts/ BMO Harris Bank Community Awardee
  • Miranda Gonzalez (profile image) Miranda Gonzalez
    2022 3Arts/ Walder Foundation Awardee
  • Omer Abbas Salem (profile image) Omer Abbas Salem
    2022 3Arts/ SIF Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Awardee in honor of Samuel G. Roberson Jr.

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, residency fellowships, professional development, and promotion, 3Arts helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers.

3Arts Awards
2019 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.

192 projects
$1,206,237 raised
$287,378 matched
make art work

3Arts Residency Fellowships

In partnership with an international network of artist communities, 3Arts Residency Fellowships 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.