Blanc Gallery, a Black-owned art gallery in Bronzeville, is committed to emerging and community-based artists. The grant will support the pilot of a Curatorial Cohort, enhancing program capacity while supporting local artists.
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Collaboraction uses theatre, film, and online interactive programs to cultivate positive social change. The grant will help develop a new programming model to make the space affordable to independent artists and small community organizations.
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Elastic Arts develops, hosts, and promotes creative, non-commercial performances and arts events. The grant will support a feasibility study to determine whether to stay in its current space or move.
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Floating Museum creates new models exploring relationships between art, community, and public institutions. The grant will support the development of a plan to ensure operational systems and structures align with organizational growth.
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Forward Momentum Chicago inspires possibilities through dance education programs. The grant will help develop a plan to ensure sustainability and meet increased programming demands.
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Jackalope Theatre Company aims to jump-start a more robust marketing initiative to increase audience participation, donor cultivation, community engagement, and national presence.
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Lawyers for the Creative Arts deploys pro bono lawyers to assist individual artists and arts organizations. The grant will support a major expansion of programs to assist arts nonprofits.
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Mezcla Media Collective provides resources to women and non-binary filmmakers of color. The grant will help consolidate two programs to meet participants' needs better and foster new partnerships.
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Midsommer Flight produces free performances of Shakespeare's plays. The grant will allow testing of new marketing and outreach strategies to reach targeted new audiences.
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Praize Productions provides arts programming rooted in social consciousness. The grant will help create a strategic plan leveraging recent organizational growth.
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Reading Between the Lines creates a space for incarcerated people to engage with arts. The grant will help expand its artistic portfolio and partnerships to better represent participants' cultural backgrounds.
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Rivendell Theatre Ensemble elevates women's lives through theatre. The grant supports the identification, exploration, and testing of fund development opportunities and strategies.
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