3Arts

The recipients of this year’s 3Arts Next Level Visual Arts Awards and Next Level Teaching Arts Awards were just announced at our awards event! Congratulations to Next Level Visual Arts awardees Rozalinda Borcilă, Bethany Collins, and Riva Lehrer, and Next Level Teaching Arts awardees  William Estrada, Emily Hooper Lansana, and Andy Slater!   With support from an Anonymous Donor at the Chicago Community Foundation, the Next Level Visual Arts Awards honors three women visual artists in the Chicago metropolitan region who have received a previous 3Arts Award, Make a Wave award, or 3Arts/Bodies of Work Residency.   The Next Level Teaching Arts Awards honors teaching artists in the Chicago metropolitan region who have received a previous 3Arts Award in Teaching Arts or a 3Arts/Bodies of Work Residency and whose practice is in teaching arts. This program is supported in part by Good Chaos.   Both award categories include an unrestricted grant of $50,000. This program represents a unique concept in the grantmaking field in which past recipients receive a second award of a higher amount, reflecting the belief that artists thrive with continued investment at critical junctures in their careers and practices.

TODAY is the day! Join us at the Harris Theater for the 2024 3Arts Awards. You’re not going to want to miss out on the performances, community, and joy of celebrating artists at the heart of our city. Purchase your tickets: https://lnkd.in/gXhNqdfp If you would like to make a donation in support of artists in lieu of attending, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gzQqf9Ms All donations will be split with the Center for Native Futures.

For the love of artists. No one has promoted this more or embodies this more than Esther Grimm (she, her, hers). At tomorrow’s 3Arts celebration, we honor our city’s artists and also Esther’s legacy at the helm of 3Arts, shaping the vision to support artists of color, women artists and disabled artists by granting cash awards no strings attached. I’ve heard directly from the artists the impact these funds had in allowing them to make greater contributions in our city and region. Esther is a dear friend, mentor, visionary, fashionista, conspirator and a joy! Tomorrow night , we pay tribute to her contributions and the great work of art she created, 3arts, and celebrate our collective community, which includes us all! In looking for a picture, I came across this photo from last year which also includes Cat Tager, who I got to know when she was Board Chair and her incredible leadership skills, who is also an artist and also another lovely friend! I will bring some tissues tomorrow night and will also cheer in what has been created! Thank you, Esther! Three cheers for 3Arts! Event info: https://lnkd.in/gn4x8jmW

Thank you to all the artists, organizations, companies, and individuals who have supported the work of 3Arts and Chicagoland artists! This year we’re especially grateful for our Partners: Presenting Partner: Allstate
 Lead Partner: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Morningstar, Xfinity
 Corporate Friends: Perkins Coie, Seeger Weiss LLP, The Center for Advanced Emotional Intelligence, LCM Architects 3Arts Award Partners: The Chandler Family, The HMS Fund, The Laksmi Fund, Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin, The Reva & David Logan Foundation, Morrison-Shearer Foundation, The Estate of Alison Zehr
 Next Level Award Partners: An Anonymous Donor at the Chicago Community Foundation, Good Chaos, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 
Make a Wave Partner: Siragusa Family Foundation
 Community Award Partner: MSUFCU

It’s about that time! We are so excited to invite you to the 2024 3Arts Awards! This year’s 3Arts Awards will honor 26 artists with more than $600,000 in unrestricted awards. You’re not going to want to miss out on the performances, community, and joy of celebrating artists at the heart of our city. Purchase your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/gXhNqdfp

Throwing it back alllll the way to 2014! Pictured are the 2014 Awardees: Sophia Nahli Allison, Brandi Berry Benson, Irina Botea Bucan, Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi, Darrell Jones, Carlos Mejia, Erica Mott, Samuel G. Roberson, Calamity West, and Amanda Williams. Be a part of the joy at this year’s 3Arts Awards! Celebrate the new 3Arts awardees, Make a Wave awardees, and Next Level awardees on October 21. Purchase your tickets at 3arts.org/tickets.

Excited to celebrate the 2024 3Arts Awardees? We’re just getting started! Our 3Arts Award celebration on October 21 will announce ten Make a Wave Awardees who have been selected by past 3Arts Awardees to receive $2,000 surprise grants and our Next Level $50,000 award recipients, who are receiving a second award from our organization. Secure your seat at 3arts.org/tickets. We can’t wait to see you on October 21!

Lawyers for the Creative Arts just shared some great programs for the month of October! Don't miss out on opportunities to learn about financial wellness, copyright law, and so much more.

We couldn’t wait to share the news! Meet the ten new recipients of $30,000 unrestricted 3Arts Awards, who were selected through a nomination and jury panel process. Visit https://lnkd.in/ge2X56yN to learn more about them and their work. Come celebrate with us! The 3Arts Awards will be held on October 21, 2024 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. Purchase tickets at 3arts.org/tickets 3Arts extends special thanks to the 2024 Award Partners: Presenting Partner: Allstate Lead Partner: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Morningstar, Xfinity Corporate Friend: Perkins Coie, Seeger Weiss 3Arts Award Partners: The Chandler Family, The HMS Fund, Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin, The Reva & David Logan Foundation, Morrison-Shearer Foundation, The Estate of Alison Zehr Next Level Award Partners: An Anonymous Donor at the Chicago Community Foundation, Good Chaos, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Make a Wave Partner: Siragusa Family Foundation Community Award Partner: MSUFCU Alt text: Ten circular images arranged on a white background. Each photo features a 3Arts Awardee photoed in a "headshot" fashion.

The summer heat isn't just outside because these grants and opportunities are on fire! CALL FOR ARTISTS: Composer Showcase Application for Ear Taxi Festival (due 7/31) Ear Taxi Festival is seeking applicants for its Composer Showcase in preparation for next year’s festival in 2025. The festival will hold four Composer Showcase events. Five composers will be commissioned and paired with an ensemble for each event, with a total of twenty commissioned composers. Selected composers will be given a $350 stipend. To participate, composers are asked to submit a proposal for a NEW work they would like to write for one of the selected ensembles. Link to learn more and apply:  https://lnkd.in/gP_wkiD6 RESIDENCY: Artist as Instigator Residency at the National Public Housing Museum (due 7/21) The National Public Housing Museum invites applications for its “Artist as Instigator” program, which “supports artists, activists, and cultural workers in incubating new ideas and work focused on social justice, public policy, housing, and equity. This program is an ideal opportunity for people with a demonstrated history of socially engaged projects. Priority will be given to applicants who propose ideas that are close to or ready for the implementation phase and align with the museum's mission and vision.” If selected, the residency will run from Fall 2024 to Summer 2025. Residents receive a $10,000 honorarium plus a $10,000 budget for project expenses. Link to learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eY5zC-8Y   FUNDING: Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Composer Award (opens 8/1) This fall, musicians/composers based in the United States will be invited to apply for a $50,000 commission to composer a new orchestral work, 15-20 minutes in length, to be premiered by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra during the 2024-25 season. During the creation of the new work, the composer will have access to the complete archives of artists Joan Beauregard and John David Ellis and the option to visit and stay at the Foundation headquarters in Rockland, ME. Link to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gc2xtGAu