The Gentle Shepherd is the first Scottish “folk opera” ever written, published in 1725 by the poet Allan Ramsay. I first happened upon this work by accident while sifting through a bunch of Scottish folk music. As a baroque violinist …

With your support, I will produce the final phase of what the body knows: an in-depth choreographic project focused on the complex intersection and legacies of race and disability. The dances will unfold as a suite of solos and …

UPDATE: Thanks to your donations, we are thrilled to announce that William Estrada is the 2016 3Arts Community Awardee. 

It’s time for the 2016 3Arts Community Award, when we invite people from every corner of Chicago to join together …

Seen + Heard is a project that promotes and advocates for cultural works made by people ages 0-12. With your support, I will create the first and only living repository of children’s visual art, music, philosophy, science, theater, poetry, political …

Floating Museum is a mobile and adaptive exhibition structure that will move by land and water throughout the city of Chicago. Blending creative placemaking, activism, and the field of museum studies, the project will create a uniquely flexible platform for …

In the Company of Black is a photography publication that will bring together images of black people who represent everyday folks. For the past seven years, I have developed a body of work that focuses on portraits of extraordinarily, ordinary …

Openwork is a new performance piece that challenges the distinction between craft and art by magnifying the activity of knitting into a dance. An elaborate landscape is formed by dancers who use their limbs as knitting needles to create floor-to-ceiling …

Smart Ass Cripple: The Movie is a short biographical documentary about Mike Ervin, a playwright, disability rights activist, and writer of the blog “Smart Ass Cripple.” As a disabled artist myself, I have always appreciated Mike’s work and felt that …

Building a Wall Through My Father is a longterm, multifaceted project that centers on the construction/destruction of a 65 foot block wall across family property in Jamaica. The construction of the wall allows me to apprentice with my father, a …

As a teaching artist with nearly twenty years of experience working in schools and arts organizations, I am excited to create a “Mobile Street Art Cart” that will bring collaborative, community-relevant artmaking to the streets of Chicago. For the past …