Crowdfunding with a Match

3AP (3Arts Projects) is a unique crowdfunding platform with a built-in match that helps Chicago artists finance new creative work.
3Arts matches 1/3 of each project goal, charges no fees to artists, and offers mentoring and technical support.
3Arts will match your support!
  • Oasis

    • $5,001 raised of $5,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 100% funded

    This new evening-length dance work is inspired by a Middle Eastern love story and the juxtaposition of desert and oasis, with the real world meaning that the "real" and the "fantastic" exist in the same stream of thought.

    Read more about Oasis
  • 57th Street Mosaic Underpass Mural

    • $5,078 raised of $5,000 goal
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      • 3Arts matched
      • 102% funded

    This project will complete the second phase of a new public mural on Chicago's south side, engaging a nearby retirement community as well as elementary and high school students in the neighborhood. 

    Read more about 57th Street Mosaic Underpass Mural
    • $3,785 raised of $3,500 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 108% funded

    Aiming to help bridge the gap between the disabled and able-bodied, this fashion show and benefit will pair Chicago designers and models (disabled and able-bodied) to showcase garments that speak to the essence of the maker and wearer.

    Read more about Fashion Forward: Mixed-Ability Fashion Show
  • booker t. soltreyne

    • $3,026 raised of $3,000 goal
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      • 3Arts matched
      • 101% funded

    Combining song, poetry, and interviews about race and politics, "booker t. soltreyne" is a new CD and archival project that reflects on how old pedagogies and processes of racism still exist in the Obama Era. 

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    • $4,249 raised of $4,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 106% funded

    Applying creative solutions to community health problems, this project will engage citizens and policy leaders in creating games, socio-dramas, and other educational materials as part of a new lending library of tools to support good health and well-being.

    Read more about Creating Tools for Community Health
  • Purging - Stop Animation

    • $3,598 raised of $3,500 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 103% funded

    This project will help me collaborate with two visual artists to produce a companion stop-motion animation video for our new single "Purging." 

    Read more about Purging - Stop Animation
  • The Marshfield Project

    • $3,170 raised of $3,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 106% funded

    "The Marshfield Project" is an experimental site dedicated to exhibiting, collaborating, and exploring the art, ideas, and projects from creative individuals who are not artists but have a passion for the creative process. 

    Read more about The Marshfield Project
    • $3,345 raised of $2,400 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 139% funded

    North Branch Projects ia a community bookbinding space in Albany Park. With this campaign, I am raising funds to offer scholarships that will bring the fun and educational benefits of this art form to neighborhood schools. 

    Read more about Bookbinding Scholarships at North Branch Projects
  • Voyagers

    • $3,187 raised of $3,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 106% funded

    Commissioned by Harold Arts Residency, "Voyagers" will be a new large-scale sculpture involving the conversion and relocation of a 28-foot boat into an artist space and living quarters set amongst the towering trees of the residency property. 

    Read more about Voyagers
  • Rite of Trans-Mortality

    • $1,727 raised of $1,500 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 115% funded

    An ambitious multimedia installation, "Rite of Trans-Mortality" explores themes of life/death cycles and will be part of two new exhibition opportunities. 

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