{"article":{"id":3466,"title":"2024's 3Arts Awards Announced","excerpt":"","body":"<html><head></head><body><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/rg1v9liodzjh3zhuuz2b.png\"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p>CHICAGO, IL (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) – <strong>3Arts</strong>,<strong> </strong>the Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization, announces the recipients of this year’s <strong>3Arts Awards</strong>, with over half a million dollars distributed to local artists. The 2024 recipients of the unrestricted $30,000 grants are dance artists <strong>Imania Fatima Detry </strong>and<strong> Robby Lee Williams; </strong>musicians <strong>Emily Beisel</strong> and <strong>Wanees Zarour</strong>;<strong> </strong>teaching artists <strong>Rich Robbins </strong>and <strong>Stephanie Manriquez; </strong>theater artists <strong>Shariba Rivers </strong>and <strong>Levi Wilkins; </strong>and visual artists <strong>Cecilia Beaven Gallegos </strong>and <strong>Farah Salem</strong>.<strong> </strong>The organization will honor the ten new recipients on Monday, October 21 at 5:30pm at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E Randolph Street. Tickets to the 2024 3Arts Awards Celebration<i><strong> </strong></i>include a welcome reception, awards program, and a jubilant after-party. Tickets cost $150-$300 and are available at <a href=\"file:///C:/Users/SaraSlawnik/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/EUGDXMS0/3arts.org\">3arts.org</a>/tickets. Funds raised during the event will be split between 3Arts and Chicago nonprofit Center for Native Futures.&nbsp;</p><p>This year’s awards celebration features boundary-breaking performances<strong> </strong>by three past 3Arts awardees, including <strong>Rika Lin</strong> (2023 awardee) presenting <i>Feedback</i>, an experimental dance work that bends conceptions of gender and genre with collaborator Takashi Shallow; <strong>Donnetta “LilBit” Jackson</strong> (2023 awardee) performing an excerpt from <i>A M.A.D.D. Mixtape</i>, a piece choreographed by Jackson that explores the African diasporic roots of tap and footwork with dancers from <strong>M.A.D.D Rhythms</strong>; and singer-songwriter <strong>Nashon Holloway</strong> (2022 awardee)<strong> </strong>performing the world premiere of <i>Go Awf</i>, an original new song from her forthcoming album. The awards are hosted by <strong>Co-Chairs Michelle T. Boone, Candace Hunter, </strong>and<strong> Whitney Hill </strong>and an event committee of arts and civic leaders.</p><p>“It has always been a great honor for me to work on behalf of artists and the powerful ways they transform our city and our lives. They truly and truthfully help us reach for the stars and dream our futures into being,” said <strong>3Arts Executive Director Esther Grimm</strong>. She added, “It was so heartening to welcome a record crowd to the 3Arts Awards Celebration last year when we summoned the most exuberant applause for Chicago artists in our organization’s history. I hope we can rally even more applause on October 21 by breaking our audience record when we celebrate a whopping 26 new awardees and the immense creative vitality of our region. Artists deserve our cheers, our support, and, above all else, our gratitude.”</p><p>In its 17-year history, 3Arts has distributed more than $8.1 million in grants to more than 2,300 Chicagoland artists. 3Arts awardees include 68% women artists, 73% artists of color, and 22% Deaf or disabled artists.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>VISUAL ARTS</strong></p><p><strong>Cecilia Beaven (she/her)</strong> is a Chicago-based visual artist from Mexico City. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the School of Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from ENPEG La Esmeralda. Her multidisciplinary artwork has been showcased in solo exhibitions in Mexico City, Houston, and Chicago, and in group shows internationally. Beaven has painted murals in various cities such as Hiketa, Paris, Houston, Chicago, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Pachuca, Tepoztlan, and Tijuana, where she painted a segment of the border wall between Mexico and the U.S. Beaven is the current 2024 Chicago Artists Coalition Resident, and has also received awards including the Radicle Studio Residency at Hyde Park Art Center, the Leroy Neiman Foundation Fellowship at Ox-Bow School of Art, and a Fulbright Scholarship. In 2022 she was named one of the “100 Most Creative Mexicans in the World” by <i>Forbes Mexico</i>, and in 2023, <i>Newcity </i>included her in the Art 50 – Chicago’s Artists' Artists list.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Farah Salem (she/her) </strong>is a Kuwaiti-Iraqi interdisciplinary artist and art therapist based in Chicago. Salem’s studio practice is rooted in photography, and expands through video, performance, fiber-materials, and installation. Her practice examines themes of agency, making the invisible visible, and potential erosion of socio-cultural conditioning distorting our shared realities. Salem holds a Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling from School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her artwork has been featured at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), EXPO CHICAGO, American University Museum (Washington D.C.), United Photo Industries/Photoville (New York), Patel Brown (Toronto), Engage (Chicago), Bolivia Biennial, Paris Contemporary Art Fair, Sharjah Art Foundation (UAE), and Contemporary Art Platform (Kuwait). Salem completed the Radicle Studio Residency at Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), Hatch Residency at Chicago Artist Coalition, ACRE Artist Residency (Steuben), Per|Form at Contemporary Art Platform (Kuwait) and Journey to Turkey Residency with Crossway Foundation (UK).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>NEXT LEVEL AWARDS AND MAKE A WAVE AWARDS</strong></p><p>In addition to the ten $30,000 3Arts Awards, six $50,000 Next Level Awards and ten $2,000 Make a Wave Awards&nbsp;will be announced at the awards event on October 21, bringing the total funds distributed to $620,000.</p><p><i>Next Level </i>Awards are $50,000 unrestricted cash awards given to past 3Arts awardees to help fuel the next stages of their careers.&nbsp;</p><p><i>Make a Wave</i> is a groundbreaking artist-to-artist grant program in which past 3Arts Awards recipients select another ten Chicago artists to receive surprise cash awards, sending a “wave” of support through Chicago’s cultural communities. <i>Make a Wave </i>artists receive $2,000 each, thanks to the generous partnership of the Siragusa Family Foundation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For more information about 3Arts and to view all the awardees, please visit <a href=\"http://www.3arts.org/\">www.3arts.org</a>.</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>ABOUT 3ARTS</strong></p><p>Founded in 1912, with a history centered on women artists, 3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in the Chicago metropolitan area, including women artists, artists of color, and Deaf or disabled artists. By providing unrestricted awards, project funding, residencies, professional development, and promotion, 3Arts helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers over time.</p><p>3Arts extends special thanks to the 2024 Award Partners: The Chandler Family, The HMS Fund, Stan Lipkin &amp; Evelyn Appell Lipkin, The Reva &amp; David Logan Foundation, Michigan State Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU), the Morrison-Shearer Foundation, and the estate of Alison Zehr. One of the ten 3Arts Awards, the 2024 3Arts/MSUFCU Community Award, is named in honor of the 110 community donors who contributed to a crowdfunding campaign to fund the award. 3Arts also recognizes support for the Next Level Awards from an anonymous donor at The Chicago Community Foundation, Good Chaos, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as well as Make a Wave Partner: The Siragusa Family Foundation. 3Arts gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our sponsors: Presenting Partner, Allstate Insurance Company and Lead Sponsors, Blue Cross &amp; Blue Shield of Illinois, Morningstar, and Xfinity.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></body></html>","published_at":"2024-09-09 16:00:00","state":"published","slug":"2024-s-3arts-awards-announced","type":"NewsPost","meta_description":"","text":null,"created_at":"2024-09-10 02:40:21","updated_at":"2024-09-10 02:40:21","category_id":1,"highlighted":true,"searchable":"'/tickets':141B '000':45B,780B,785B,792B,814B,820B,882B '100':580B '110':1036B '150':134B '17':403B '1912':912B '2':418B,791B,881B '2022':234B,573B '2023':177B,199B,592B '2024':1A,10B,39B,116B,536B,983B,1026B '205':109B '21':97B,367B,806B '22':433B '26':378B '30':44B,779B '300':135B,419B '30pm':100B 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Holocaust exhibition and adds a new reflection gallery. The reopening is timed to coincide with Veterans Day. Active military personnel, veterans and their families will receive free admission that day.</p><p><br></p><p>The project includes a redesigned Lillian &amp; Larry Goodman Auditorium and Gallery, an enlarged lobby in the Shapiro Family Foundation Welcome Center, and a refreshed Resilience Hall with an expanded stage for presentations and public programs.</p><p><br></p><p>Updates to the Zev &amp; Shifra Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition include additional material on the roots of antisemitism, the story of Chicago resident Leo Edelman, and the experiences of other groups targeted by the Nazis. A new reflection gallery, accessible from the exhibition, offers visitors a quiet space during and after their visit.</p><p><br></p><p>“Every visitor’s experience now begins differently and runs deeper,” said Kelley Szany, the Museum’s senior vice president of education and exhibitions. “The new welcome center sets the tone from the moment people arrive, the enhanced core Holocaust exhibition brings the history and the voices of survivors into sharper focus, and our new auditorium gives us a place to gather, listen, and talk about what it means for our communities today.”</p><p><br></p><p>Existing attractions, including the virtual reality theater, the interactive Survivor Stories Experience holographic theater, the Take A Stand Center and the Voices of Genocide Exhibition, will remain part of the Museum’s offerings.</p><p><br></p><p>Following the reopening,&nbsp;<em>Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare</em>&nbsp;will open November 15 in the special exhibition gallery. Created by and on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee, the exhibition examines the intersections of politics, antisemitism, freedom of speech and national security during the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. It will remain on view through March 2027.</p><p><br></p><p>The Museum’s satellite location in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, <span style=\"color: rgb(13, 13, 13);\">Experience360, </span>will remain open through December 31, 2026. The downtown space opened during the Skokie renovation to provide continued access to the Museum’s immersive exhibitions.</p><p><br></p><p>For information and ticket reservations, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ilholocaustmuseum.org</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Image: Museum exterior. 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Partners include the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation, Adler University, CAI Designs, Chicago Public Art Group, Chicago Sculpture Exhibit and Diasporal Rhythms.</p><p><br></p><p>Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Hunt developed an internationally recognized practice while continuing to live and work in his hometown. His welded metal sculptures brought together abstract forms, references to the natural world and an enduring interest in freedom and social justice.</p><p><br></p><p>Hunt identified attending Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955 as a turning point in his artistic life. Till had lived just two blocks from Hunt’s home. Decades later, Hunt’s public commissions would honor figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Jesse Owens and Ida B. Wells, while also addressing the Middle Passage and the Great Migration.</p><p>In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Hunt to the National Council on the Arts, where he became its first African American member. In 1971, at age 35, he became the first African American sculptor to receive a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. His career encompassed more than 150 solo exhibitions and more than 160 public art installations.</p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791479104/lltcodkx39gd8sbhtus1.png\"></p><p><em style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Richard Hunt with artist Chris Devins, who recently completed a mural honoring the sculptor in Hyde Park. Photo courtesy of Chris Devins.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Recent projects in Chicago offer new ways to encounter Hunt’s work and history. This fall, the Logan Center opened the Hunt, a café honoring the artist. Created and designed by Little Black Pearl founder and executive director Monica Haslip, the space incorporates two Hunt sculptures, African art, archival materials and photographs by Sandro Miller.</p><p>In Hyde Park, artist Chris Devins and historian Michelle Duster have brought a mural of Hunt to 1515–19 E. 54th Street. The portrait is based on photographs Devins took in Hunt’s studio before the sculptor’s death.</p><p><br></p><p>“Richard Hunt was a giant in the arts world and people need to see what he looked like and be inspired by his legacy,” Devins said.</p><p><br></p><p>Pigment International’s dedication also reflects its own relationship with Hunt. 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