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.
3Arts will match your support!
    • $6,000 raised of $6,000 goal
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    Woori Sori (Our Voice) is heading to Pilbong, South Korea, to explore Imsil Pilbong nongak, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and Korean folk drumming tradition deeply rooted in farming culture. Over seven days, we’ll participate in an intensive workshop, delving …

    Read more about Rooted in Rhythm: Woori Sori Explores Imsil Pilbong Nongak
    • $8,801 raised of $6,000 goal
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      • 147% funded

    STRETCH GOAL! Thank you to every LIVE.LOVE.NOW supporter so far! We’ve reached the first goal! With the time remaining, I’m excited to announce a new goal of $10,000. These additional funds will support travel to an end-of-life conference next year, support …

    Read more about LIVE. LOVE. NOW. A new solo show by Sandra Delgado
  • Working on Me Audiobook

    • $2,076 raised of $2,000 goal
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      • 104% funded

    To accompany Nikki Patin’s debut memoir, Working on Me, Patin will produce a beautifully recorded and engineered audiobook. As an accomplished vocalist and performer, Nikki will voice the audiobook herself, guiding listeners through the pages while evoking the …

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  • Taste the Wild Summer

    • $6,435 raised of $6,000 goal
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      • 107% funded

    STRETCH GOAL! Thank you so much to everyone in my community who contributed to this campaign!!! I can't believe we've made it this far! We reached our first milestone to cover the cost of promotional material with our initial goal of $6,000. With time …

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  • Camo Coat v2: The Garden Collection

    • $8,225 raised of $6,000 goal
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      • 137% funded

    Afrofuturity opens portals to ever-unfolding constellations of possibility in representation and empowerment. 2024 heralds the start of Octavia Butler’s prophetic sci-fi novel, Parable of the Sower, a text by which I’ve long been inspired in teaching and practice. In …

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    • $5,479 raised of $5,000 goal
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      • 110% funded

    A traditional play reading with actors stuck behind music stands hardly ever shows us enough. I am partnering with The Story Theatre to produce a fully lived-in staged reading of my play, Modern Women, with rehearsal time, blocking, costumes, …

    Read more about Modern Women: A Production Reading with The Story Theatre
  • Sunset 1919

    • $6,183 raised of $4,000 goal
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      • 155% funded

    Sunset 1919 is an annual community Art ritual. It is performed in honor of Eugene Williams, a Black teenager killed at the former 29th Street Beach—due north of the current 31st Street Beach—for crossing an imaginary racial line on the …

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  • Queens of Composition

    • $7,555 raised of $6,000 goal
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      • 126% funded

    As a vocalist and educator, I have dedicated much of my career to researching and performing works by Black American composers, particularly women who have made great contributions to Classical Music. With the Queens of Composition, I will produce …

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  • HALF

    • $7,075 raised of $6,000 goal
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      • 118% funded

    Inspired by a lack of representation about multicultural relationships and stories, I’m embarking on a new short film project called HALF. The story follows Sri, a queer Indonesian-Lebanese Muslim American who is often made to feel like the wrong …

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  • Oak Leaves

    • $6,745 raised of $6,000 goal
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      • 112% funded

    Oak Leaves represents my most ambitious work to date, painting a replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. This idea and project are monumental in scale, so I plan to begin by focusing on two iconic figures, The Libyan and Cumaean …

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