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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For several years I have been developing a series of artworks inspired by a remarkable collection of rare books at the Burgoa Library in Oaxaca, Mexico. What makes this collection surprising is that these books, over time, were marked by …
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Wants & Needs is a site-specific show that will blend audio and live performance in two storefront shops—District and Ponnopozz—located in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Working with the Living Room Playmakers writer’s collective, the performance will feature new …
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I am developing a new community arts project that aims to encourage and amplify critical reflection, creation, and action around environmental justice, beginning from residents’ lived experiences of local issues. Unearthing Layers, Connecting Stories: Reflections on Environmental Justice in Everyday …
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I am developing a new experimental dance piece called The Righteous Beauty of the Things Never Accounted For. This work explores Black Fugitivity, a concept that explores the ongoing and historical resistance to systems of oppression that Black people …
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Blending my art practice and lineage with Curanderismo, a traditional medicine system, I’m developing a project called Alivio y Asilo that introduces the curative properties of portraiture as a means of helping people move through trauma. This project focuses on …
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It has been a childhood dream to create and cultivate my own majorette squad while conjuring dreams for communal liberation and support. praise mother is a community initiative and dance theater project highlighting stories of relationships between Black matriarchs and …
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With this new and immersive art installation, I am celebrating the enormous vision of Speculative Fiction writer, Octavia E. Butler. Just as Octavia used writing to be able to see herself, her legacy in doing so has allowed so many …
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Become a champion of Chicago artists by supporting the 2023 3Arts Community Award campaign.
Every contribution, from $5 and up, will collectively fund a $30,000 unrestricted award to honor an outstanding artist whose presence and work uplift our community.Any …
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I’ve been selected to attend a 12-week residency program this summer at a ceramic center in the Netherlands and couldn’t be more thrilled. The medium of clay, with its impressionable surface, has recently allowed me to expand on my interest …
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GREENHOUSE is an album recording and placemaking collaboration that aims to inspire growth and healing. With their transparent frames letting light and nutrients in, greenhouses create an atmosphere for plants to bloom. I believe that people, in the same manner, …
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