2011
Chicago Sinfonietta
A $5,000 grant for partial support of Project Inclusion Ensembles (PIE) to underwrite minority musicians’ performance fees as they take part in a professional development program designed to support underrepresented musicians and train them to perform free concerts in and around the Chicago area. PIE musicians work in small ensembles for anywhere from one to two years.
International Contemporary Ensemble
An $8,000 grant for lead support of the development and premiere performance of a new composition by Chicago composer Marcos Balter at the Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the national ICELab series. (ICELab supports emerging composers through collaborative work development with ICE musicians, promotion, and performance of new compositions.)
Links Hall
A $3,000 grant to support the To Art and Profit festival, specifically the honoraria for lead artists Abra Johnson and Meida McNeal and commissions for 18 other artists involved in the three-month-long festival in spring 2011.
Threewalls
A $7,000 grant for lead support of a new initiative based on the community supported agriculture movement, called Community Supported Art Chicago (CSA). In the spring of 2011, nine local artists will be commissioned to make work that will be offered for $300 shares to the public, resulting in boxes of art being delivered to subscribers for three months.
2010
Ragdale Foundation
A $22,800 grant supports two-week residencies and $700 stipends for six artists—specifically women, people of color, and people with disabilities working in music, theater, and the visual arts.
Eta Creative Arts Foundation
A $6,600 grant to support the artistic fees of three women directors featured in a series of productions at one of Chicago's leading African American cultural performing arts institutions.
Erasing the Distance
A $6,000 grant providing partial support of the salary of the executive director, who serves in a dual capacity as artist and administrator for this theater company focused on community productions about mental illness.
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
A $5,000 grant to support the fees of the artistic personnel at a company that gives voice to theatre?s forgotten majority by providing an artistic home for women actors, directors, and designers, while serving as a leader in new play development for women playwrights.
20% Theatre Company Chicago
A $5,000 grant to support the production of The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek at this company dedicated to women artists and gender equity in the theater.
Threewalls
A $7,000 grant for a series of solo exhibitions for Chicago artists, including technical support, installation support, promotion, and stipends for the artists.
Victory Gardens Theater
A $9,000 grant supports performance opportunities through the Access Project, a series of productions and programs that involve people with disabilities in all aspects of the theater experience.
Woman Made Gallery
A $10,000 grant to support an exhibition of Mexican-American women artists from Chicago that relates to the citywide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution.
2009
Ragdale Foundation
A $22,800 grant supports two-week residencies and stipends for six Chicago artists.
Goodman Theatre
A $10,000 grant supports “Taking the Stage: A Celebration of Women Making Theater,” a symposium that examines the position of women in contemporary theater.
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
A $12,000 grant supports general operations for Rivendell, a company that gives voice to theatre’s forgotten majority by providing an artistic home for women actors, directors, and designers while serving as a leader in new play development for women playwrights.
The Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media
A $10,000 grant supports two fellowships for women artists working in music and the visual arts.
Victory Gardens Theater
A $7,000 grant supports performance opportunities through the Access Project, a series of performances and programs that involve people with disabilities in all aspects of production. The Access Project includes five Crip Slam Sundaysperformances and Love Person, a Victory Gardens mainstage production featuring deaf characters, deaf actors, and use of American Sign Language throughout, May 15-June 14, 2009.
Hyde Park Art Center
A $10,000 grant supports the organization’s 70th Anniversary Celebration, 70 Days for 70 Years, a series of celebratory events showcasing Chicago artists through free exhibitions, publications, and educational and networking programs.
2008
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
A $35,000 grant for presenting sponsorship of Chicago Artist Month, an annual celebration of the city’s diverse visual arts community that takes place during the month of October.
Ragdale Foundation
A $30,000 grant to establish the 3Arts Residency Fellowships, two-week residencies for six Chicago artists.
