3Arts

3Arts 3Arts is a nonprofit supporting artists in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in Chicago.

TODAY is the last day to support the Community Award! The growing circle of support around this year’s Community Award c...
05/29/2026

TODAY is the last day to support the Community Award! The growing circle of support around this year’s Community Award campaign continues to grow!

Every gift continues to make a difference. While we’ve reached our goal, the campaign remains open until midnight tonight.

Any additional gifts will help extend the impact of this collective effort by supporting our responsive grant programs aimed to help artists navigate moments of crisis (3ER) or seize opportunities that can advance their careers (3-Opp).

Chicago is defined by the artists who live and work here. They are the heartbeat of our neighborhoods, shaping ideas into physical existence. Thanks to the generosity of the Community Award supporters, we will once again be able to honor and invest in an artist whose work strengthens our communities and enriches our city.

And thanks to the generous support of MSU Federal Credit Union, gifts to this year’s campaign were matched dollar-for-dollar up to $15,000, doubling the impact of contributions made along the way!

05/20/2026

Musician and Storyteller Shanta Nurullah is launching Reactivate OM MISSION!, a blend of theatre and storytelling that explores le***an history, Chicago history and the love story of two Black women, Shanta and her wife, Zahra Baker. Presented at the Den Theatre last summer, Shanta is seeking funds to restage the work, but on the South Side, where a large LGBTQ+ community doesn’t often see themselves represented artistically.

Contributions to this 3AP campaign with compensate the production’s director and technicians, pay for the venue rental, and marketing costs.

05/15/2026

A Collective Act of Support: The 2026 3Arts/MSUFCU Community Award Campaign is Here!

Chicago is defined by the artists who live and work here. They are the heartbeat of our neighborhoods, shaping ideas into physical existence. Each year, we invite you to join us in honoring one extraordinary artist with a $30,000 unrestricted 3Arts Award. Your contributions—from $5 and up—make this possible. Every gift counts. Donate via the link in our bio. ♥️

05/14/2026

Contact Zones Collective, composed of artists Nu A.M., Rozalinda Borcilǎ, and Lyn Rye, is seeking support for Contact Zones: Wake for Water, Earth, Metal. Contact Zones is a project of artistic and political engagement with sites that are being demolished for redevelopment. The Collective considers how the loss of beloved places can be met with creative practices of memory-making, collective grieving, and uplifting through the creation of a sound archive and original music.

Funds collected through this 3AP campaign will support the continued sound archiving, an album of original music with a website and booklet, and community events with sound-making, memory work, and skill shares from interconnected struggles against environmental racism and so-called development.

05/05/2026

Meet 2025 3Arts / Reva and David Logan Foundation Music Awardee Ariella Granados! Ariella (she/they), AKA Sparklmami, is a multidisciplinary artist that transcends mediums to build a world untethered to conventional structures. Having grown up singing in church, Sparklmami uses instinctual improvisation reminiscent of Brazilian jazz, experimental soul, Mexican bolero, and funk to express the sentient nature of being. Learn more about Ariella and their work by visiting their 3Arts artist profile (link in bio).

Chicago is defined by the artists who live and work here. They are the heartbeat of our neighborhoods, shaping ideas int...
04/28/2026

Chicago is defined by the artists who live and work here. They are the heartbeat of our neighborhoods, shaping ideas into physical existence. Each spring we invite you to join us in honoring one extraordinary artist with a $30,000 unrestricted 3Arts Award. Your contributions—from $5 and up—make this possible. Every gift counts.

Every year, ten local artists receive $30,000 no-strings-attached 3Arts Awards to support their artistic practices and careers. For over a decade, one of these awards, known as the Community Award, has been funded by people across Chicago (and beyond) joining together to honor an outstanding artist whose presence and work uplift our community. Donate today via the link in our bio!

“This residency gave me a lot of permission that I didn’t feel like I had been able to give myself or get from other ins...
04/24/2026

“This residency gave me a lot of permission that I didn’t feel like I had been able to give myself or get from other institutions in the past and it was very freeing and very opening.”
- Terri Lynne Hudson 

You’re invited to watch, read, or listen to the newest artist conversations in our Disability Culture Leadership Initiative (DCLI), an online platform that elevates the work of Deaf and disabled artists. 

Our DCLI web platform now features fourteen video conversations with artists on a range of topics, with accompanying transcripts that make the content more accessible and better optimized for search engines. The artists featured in these conversations are alumni in the 3Arts/Bodies of Work Residency Program. Visit the link in our bio for more information!

Image: Artwork by Cam Collins

Meet 2024 Make a Wave awardee Shalaka Kulkarni! Shalaka Kulkarni (she/her) is an interdisciplinary dance artist who brid...
04/22/2026

Meet 2024 Make a Wave awardee Shalaka Kulkarni! Shalaka Kulkarni (she/her) is an interdisciplinary dance artist who bridges the ancient and contemporary. Her work revolves around the ideas of female identity, questioning societal norms, celebrating gender fluidity, and empowering marginal voices. Visit the link in our bio for more information about Make a Wave awardees!

04/10/2026

Opportunity for Teaching Artists:
/ Young Cultural Stewards
Chicago Park District /
ArtSeed is hiring teaching artists rooted in Chicago neighborhoods

Type: Part-time, contract
Pay rate: $35/hour
Hours: 24-28 hrs per week
Contract Dates: June 2nd -July 31
Total Contract Amount: $8,400
Apply By: April 12, 2026
Expected interview dates: April 16 - April 22

ArtSeed Teaching Artists work in pairs to co-create curriculum and co-facilitate community-based arts and nature programming in Chicago Park District parks for day camp youth ages 5-15.

Their programming is focused on the themes of environmental justice and nature-based arts and play.

ArtSeed teaching artists will participate in 2.5 weeks of training from June 2nd - June 18th and will facilitate ArtSeed programming from June 22nd - July 31st. They are looking for teaching artists who have backgrounds in community-based arts practices, environmental justice, popular education, and nature-based healing modalities.

SEE FULL POSITION DESCRIPTION IN APPLICATION BEFORE APPLYING.

Follow the link for more information and to apply: www.docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWtM6qn8_4UMika54TPXM2bSlq805vFcRzA1RZL7Hsif6unQ/viewform
IG users: Please visit Young Cultural Stewards linktree via their IG bio

Email [email protected] regarding any questions with the position.

04/09/2026

Meet 2025 3Arts / Artspace Southern Illinois Awardee Fern Logan! Fern (she/her) is a Photographer and Mixed Media Artist, and is currently the Professor Emerita of Cinema & Photography at Southern Illinois University. Learn more about Fern and her work by visiting her 3Arts artist profile (link in bio).

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3Arts C/o Impact House 200 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL
60606

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+13124439621

Website

https://linktr.ee/3artschicago

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