15th Annual 3Arts Awards Celebration grants nearly half a million dollars to Chicago artists

15th Annual 3Arts Awards Celebration grants nearly half a million dollars to Chicago artists

CHICAGO, Ill. -- 3Arts, the Chicago-
based nonprofit grantmaking organization, honors the milestone 15th anniversary of the 3Arts Awards with nearly half a
million dollars in unrestricted grants to Chicago artists. The 15th annual 3Arts Awards Celebration takes place Monday, November 7 via livestream on YouTube where the organization will honor ten new 3Arts Awards recipients with $30,000 cash grants, announce $50,000 Next Level/Spare Room awardees, and award ten additional artists with $2,000 cash grants through
Make a Wave. The online event is free to the public and features commissioned performances by 3Arts artists, including Aram Han Sifuentes, Bethany  Thomas, Robby Lee Williams, and Santiago X. Registration is required at https://3arts.org/event/.

In its 15-year history, 3Arts has supported more than 1,800 artists across all program areas, representing approximately
70% women artists, 70% artists of color, and 20% Deaf and disabled artists working in the six-county metropolitan area, and
distributed $5.8 million in direct grants. Through cash awards, project funding, residency fellowships, professional development,
and promotion, 3Arts cultivates and sustains the vibrancy of Chicago’s art community by allowing artists to take risks,
experiment, and build momentum in their careers.

The 2022 recipients of 3Arts Awards are:
Dance artists Winifred Haun and
Sarita Smith Childs; musicians Akenya and
Nashon Holloway; teaching artists Peregrine
Bermas and Simone Reynolds; theater
artists Miranda Gonzalez and Omar Abbas
Salem; and visual artists Rozalinda Borcilă
and zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal.
3Arts will additionally celebrate the
recipients of Make a Wave, a groundbreaking
artist-to-artist grant program in which
past 3Arts Awards recipients select another
ten Chicago artists to receive surprise
cash awards, sending a “wave” of support
through Chicago’s cultural communities.
Make a Wave artists receive $2,000 per
artist, thanks to the generous partnership of
the Siragusa Family Foundation. The 2022
recipients of Make A Wave grants are Zahra
Glenda Baker (vocalist, storyteller, and
teaching artist); Maggie Brown (vocalist
and teaching artist); Stephanie “Stef Skills”
Garland (street art muralist and educator);
Leah Ra’Chel Gipson (interdisciplinary
artist and scholar); Terry Guest (playwright,
actor, and director); Malik Johnson aka
99TheProducer (cellist, composer, and producer);
Ivan Lozano (visual artist and podcaster);
Elisabeth YJ Seonwoo aka Kerberus
(dancer); Andrea Yarbrough (maker, curator,
and educator); and Wai Yim (actor, director,
choreographer, and playwright).

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