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Chicago's 3Arts Increases Award Amounts for their Artists

Submitted by SuJ'n on October 7, 2014

Three Cheers! 3Arts has announced an increase in the amount of the organization's awards for Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and artists with disabilities in the performing, teaching, and visual arts. 

We hear NO so much in this profession—no, no, no, no, no. There is no denying this yes. I have been resourced, financially and artistically, in such an amazingly generous way. There is no greater gift than that. - Kelli Simpkins, 2013 3Arts awardee

Annually, for the past six years, 3Arts presented artists working in dance, music, teaching arts, theater, and visual arts with $15,000 unrestricted awards. This year, at the October 6 3Arts Awards event, the amplified award amount of $25,000 was presented to the new cohort of ten awardees (pictured above) at a sold-out gathering at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. To meet the new awardees and learn more about 3Arts, visit 3arts.org.