News
PRESS RELEASE: 2023 3Arts Awards
published: Oct. 3, 2023
3Arts announces ten artists each receiving $30,000 unrestricted grants at annual 3Arts Awards Celebration
Acclaimed local artists & past 3Arts Awards recipients performing at the For the Love of Artists themed celebration include grammy award-winning opera singer Will Liverman and …
Read More...September Artist News
published: Aug. 30, 2023
Now through December 30, Harold presents a solo exhibition entitled one way to transform and two and three, at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. …
August Artist News
published: Aug. 4, 2023
DORIAN SYLVAIN (2020 3Arts/Southwest Airlines Community Awardee)
On August 5, Dorian and her three sons participate in a public talk at the MCA Chicago about the meaning of art and family across generations. Titled Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark …
Read More...3AP Impact Study
published: May 25, 2023
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 180 projects, distributed more than $1 million to Chicago artists, …
Read More...April Artist News
published: March 23, 2023
REGIN IGLORIA (2011 3Arts Awardee) and LAURA KINA (2021 Make a Wave Artist)
Now through May 6, both Regin and Laura have work on view at the Riverside Arts Center. In One Ends Another Begins Regin presents …
Read More...PRESS RELEASE: 2022 3Arts Awards
published: Oct. 24, 2022
15th Annual 3Arts Awards Celebration grants nearly half a million dollars to Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists
Awards event on November 7th is FREE for the public to attend via YouTube Live and includes …
Read More...Announcing Inaugural Cohort of Ignite Fund Grantees
published: Sept. 16, 2022
$60,000 of project support awarded for Chicago-area artists
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (September 16, 2022): The Ignite Fund, supporting the creation and public presentation of new visual arts-based projects by Chicago-area artists and artist-led collectives, today announced its inaugural cohort …
Read More...Funder Spotlight: How 3Arts Supports Undercapitalized Artists in the Chicago Area
published: Nov. 18, 2021
By Mike Scutari, Inside Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy Funder Spotlights offer quick rundowns of the grantmakers that are on our radar, including a few key details on how they operate and what they’re up to right now. Today, we take a …
Read More..."Striving Toward Equity." How a New Funding Initiative Reimagines Support for Disabled Artists
published: March 1, 2021
By Mike Scutari, Inside Philanthropy
In a piece on the Pop Culture Collaborative’s blog, cultural producer Claudia Alick argued last fall that “disabled artists have not received funding on the same levels as abled artists and institutions.”
This statement doesn’t …
Read More...