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.
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Ever since I was a young girl, I have been an avid fan of the Nancy Drew character and book series, which was first published in 1930. A role model who challenged many gender stereotypes of her time, Nancy was …
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- $3,235 raised of $3,000 goal
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Braids is a new series of photographic portraits and video, portraying the profound beauty and nuanced artistry of hair braiding. Originally conceived in 2002, Braids will finally be produced this fall with the support of this 3AP campaign. Over the …
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- $5,367 raised of $5,000 goal
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Reality Is Not Good Enough is a video and photography series that turns reality TV on its head, especially the shows featuring a mostly African-American female cast. Beyond a parody, this will be an artistic inquiry into the tropes of …
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- $25,750 raised of $25,000 goal
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For the first time ever, the 3Arts Board of Directors is launching a 3AP campaign to raise funds to support a 2015 3Arts Community Award. We invite YOU, the Chicago community, to join us and show your support …
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- $4,618 raised of $4,300 goal
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Here and Now is a new series of abstract paintings I am creating as part of a solo exhibition at the Dulgar Gallery at South Suburban College in South Holland, IL. I have been developing this work for the past …
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- $5,085 raised of $5,000 goal
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The New American Timpani is a project to fund the composition, recording, and performance of three new works featuring timpani. These new works, composed by me, will be recorded and performed by percussionists of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at …
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- $5,140 raised of $5,000 goal
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This June, I am organizing a week–long visit in Chicago by one of the world’s great Butoh masters, Tadashi Endo. Performing for the first time in the U.S., Tadashi Endo will present IKIRU-Réquiem para Pina Bausch at the Old Town …
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- $6,650 raised of $5,000 goal
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“Gestures of Hybridity” is a series of large drawings that are a hybrid of visual forms and sound. People of any age, gender, or culture are invited to “play” the drawings by following along the graphite paths, which alters the …
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- $5,239 raised of $5,000 goal
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Closed for Good is a documentary that tells the intimate story of two families and the impact of their neighborhood school closing. The shuttering of 49 Chicago Public Schools in 2013 (the largest collective school closing in history), rocked many …
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- $5,824 raised of $5,000 goal
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A box of lesbians. That’s how I think of the trove of over 2000 snapshots that are the heart of my new film, Lives:Visible. The photographs were taken by two lesbians - Norma and Virginia - who lived together …
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