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MULTIPLE ARTISTS
Five 3Arts awardees were among 20 Black community leaders recently honored by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot for “their commitment to supporting and advocating for Chicago’s dynamic Black residents.” Recipients in the Arts & Culture included past awardees Candace …

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

Since 2012, the program has supported more than 145 projects, distributed more than $787,000 to Chicago artists, and maintained an …

LAKSHA DANTRAN (2019 3Arts/HMS Fund Awardee)
As a recent member of the She Wolf artist community, Laksha will be among the performers on February 20 in “She Wolf Sacred Movement: Re-Claiming,” part of a virtual performance series focusing on personal …

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CHICAGO, IL (January 15, 2021)– 3Arts, the Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization, announced today the launch of the Disability Culture Leadership Initiative (DCLI), featuring a new online platform created to elevate Deaf and disabled artists and encourage …

ALBERTO AGUILAR (2011 3Arts Awardee), DIANNA FRID (2018 3Arts/Chandler Family Awardee), and HAROLD MENDEZ (2012 3Arts/Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin Awardee)
Opening January 7 and continuing through August 15, LatinXAmerican is an intergenerational group exhibition featuring …

In December 2020, we launched the first cycle of 3ER (3Arts Emergency Response) for artists in the 3Arts network. 3ER is intended as both an immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on artists’ livelihoods and an effort to establish …

TATSU AOKI (2010 3Arts Awardee)
On December 20, Tatsu is directing the 17th annual Taiko Legacy concert, livestreamed from the stage at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The year’s program will feature youth and adult community ensemble members …

MULTIPLE ARTISTS
Opening on November 7 (through January 2021), the group show The Long Dream at the Museum of Contemporary Art features work by thirteen 3Arts artists*. “Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and a renewed reckoning over …

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3Arts grants $470,000 to 23 of Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and d/Deaf and disabled artists,
largest award year in organization’s history

Visual artists Hương Ngô, Amanda Williams, and Folayemi Wilson each receive $50,000 as inaugural …

3Arts to award $470,000 to Chicago artists: 'This is the year to encourage people to find hope’

Dancemaker/poet J’sun Howard was in Japan when the …

3Arts awards nearly half a million dollars to Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and d/Deaf and disabled artists 

Awards event on October 19 is FREE for the public to attend via YouTube Live and includes new works by 15 …

Update as of 10/27/20: The selection process for emergency grants to individual artists through the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund is now complete. All applicants were notified as of September 8. AIRF grants to individual artists will be on …