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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and 3Arts Launch New Fund for Local Artists

$60,000 of project support for Chicago-area artists in 2022

CHICAGO, IL (May 4, 2022)—The Chicago-based nonprofit organization, 3Arts, is partnering with The Andy …

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NORMAN TEAGUE (2019 3Arts/Denise & Gary Gardner Awardee) 

Norman is among fourteen designers selected to be in the inaugural cohort of the Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab, a three-year program partnership with Prada to support and amplify the …

DAMON LOCKS (2019 3Arts/Reva & David Logan Foundation Awardee) 

Damon is among several artists and artist-collectives exhibiting work in Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations | Chicago to Guantanamo on view at the DePaul Art Museum now through August …

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 157 projects, distributed more than $881,000 to Chicago artists, and maintained an …

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NEJLA YATKIN (2012 3Arts Awardee) 

Nejla has been awarded the first Sybil Shearer Fellowship in the new Sybil Shearer Studio at Ragdale to be held in Spring 2022. During her residency, Nejla will develop A Dance For A Time …

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T. AYO ALSTON (2018 3Arts/Southwest Airlines Awardee), ANDREA CARLSON (2020 Make a Wave Artist), JENN FREEMAN “Po’Chop” (2017 Make a Wave Artist), NICOLE MARROQUIN (2017 Make a Wave Artist), and ANDY SLATER (2018 Bodies of Work Fellow)
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New video conversations with four artists from Chicago’s dance and theater communities added to online hub for disability art and culture

CHICAGO, IL (January 18, 2022)– 3Arts, the Chicago-based nonprofit organization, announced today the four dance and theater artists added …

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EMJOY GAVINO (2020 3Arts/Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin Awardee/2017 Make a Wave Awardee) and JENNIFER GLASSE (2021 3Arts/Make a Wave Artist) 

On its 20^th anniversary, The Gift Theatre announces new co-leadership. Co-founder and past awardee Michael …

KAREEM BANDEALY (2011 3Arts Awardee) and BETHANY THOMAS (2019 3Arts/RH, Restoration Hardware Awardee)

Now through December 31, Kareem and Bethany are featured cast members in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theater. In the production, Kareem plays Jacob Marley …

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 …

3Arts Goes “Next Level” with second year of $150,000 Next Level/Spare Room Awards to three visual artists

Visual artists Tirtza Even, Aram Han Sifuentes, and Candace Hunter each receive $50,000 as 2021 3Arts Next Level/Spare Room Awardees

CHICAGO, IL (November …

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DAMON LOCKS (2019 3Arts/Reva & David Logan Foundation Awardee),BEN LAMAR GAY (2019 3Arts/ Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin Awardee) &ARIF SMITH (2021 Make a Wave)

Damon, Ben, and Arif are new recipients of a Jazz Road …

3Arts awards nearly $1 million dollars in a single night to Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists, marking largest award year in organization’s history

Virtual awards event on November 1 is FREE for the public …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …