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!
  • Oak Leaves

    • $6,745 raised of $6,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 112% funded

    STRETCH GOAL! Through the kindness and generosity of so many, I met my initial goal! With the time remaining, I'm extending to a stretch goal of $10,000. Additional funds will help me fabricate storage crates for the paintings while I …

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    • $34,387 raised of $30,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 115% funded

    STRETCH GOAL! Any additional contributions past $30,000 will fuel 3ER and 3-Opp, our responsive grants for artists in the 3Arts network facing unanticipated needs.

    Every contribution, from $5 and up, will collectively fund a $30,000 unrestricted award to honor …

    Read more about 2024 3Arts/MSUFCU Community Award
  • Ballet Unboxed

    • $8,034 raised of $6,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 134% funded

    Ballet Unboxed is a series of workshops and classes designed to welcome dialogue about and exchange ways of learning and experiencing Ballet. In collaboration with a cohort of dance educators, we hope to lead participants through transformative movement practices and …

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  • Instructions for Playing

    • $7,000 raised of $6,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 117% funded

    Instructions for Playing is a genre-bending concert program to be performed by Hot Second, a new duo consisting of myself (percussion) and Dylan Feldpausch (violin). The concert will feature two world premiere compositions, as well as existing classical works and …

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    • $7,215 raised of $6,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 120% funded

    After a successful development period for the new play entitled ZAC EFRON, I’m collaborating on a full production that will bring this new work to Chicago stages in Summer 2024. This play focuses on two queer Asian Americans, who …

    Read more about ZAC EFRON: The Full Production
  • Staring at the Dark

    • $9,348 raised of $6,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 156% funded

    Staring at the Dark is a socially engaged documentary film and community project about Black ancestral and contemporary landscapes in the age of environmental catastrophe. Incorporating oral histories, digital projections, and sculptural installations of rebuilt sites now lost, this project …

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  • Joy Ride: An Odyssey in Black

    • $6,525 raised of $6,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 109% funded

    Encouraged by the healing and regenerative power of art, I’m bringing a new public project called Joy Ride: An Odyssey in Black to the streets of Bronzeville on Chicago’s South Side. This project is inspired by West African traditions that …

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  • Underground Railroad to 79th

    • $4,130 raised of $4,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 103% funded

    As a culmination of various musical and liberational ideas I’ve been tapping into for the last decade, Underground Railroad to 79th will be a new full-length recording of original compositions that traces the rich lineage of great Black music from …

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  • Tangible Sound: Immersions

    • $10,755 raised of $6,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 179% funded

    Imagine being able to walk inside the thunderous sound of a taiko drum or feel enveloped by the sinuous sounds of a saxophone or cello or bass. What if your body became part of a visual mapping of colors and …

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  • All About Love

    • $2,155 raised of $2,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 108% funded

    All About Love is a collaborative event I’m developing with local street dancers and artists that aims to recognize and empower diverse identities in these art forms. By offering a feminism workshop, artist conversations, and a performance showcase, we will …

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