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For the Love of Artists: 3Arts Awards Ceremony
The nonprofit organization, 3Arts, welcomes the Chicago community back for the first in-person 3Arts Awards ceremony in three years with For the Love of Artists, a celebration featuring dynamic performances by Chicago artists (and former 3Arts awardees) and the announcement of the recipients of more than half a million dollars in unrestricted grants to artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts. The celebration will bring together energy-filled performances by Grammy Award-winning opera singer Will Liverman (on break from his starring role in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at The Metropolitan Opera); critically acclaimed choreographer Stephanie Martinez (founder of PARA.MAR Dance Theatre); and a grand finale led by Chicago’s inaugural poet laureate avery r. young joined by an “all-star band” of past 3Arts awardees JoVia Armstrong, Meagan McNeal, Bethany Thomas, Caitlin Edwards, Sam Thousand, and more. The awards are hosted by 3Arts Executive Director and arts leader Esther Grimm, along with Co-Chairs Juana Guzman, Will Liverman, Nalani McClendon, and Jason Quiara.
3Arts Awards: For the Love of Artists honors ten new 3Arts Awards recipients with $30,000 grants and five $50,000 Next Level Awards recipients, along with ten $2,000 Make a Wave recipients who were selected by last year’s 3Arts awardees. To warmly welcome these artists into the 3Arts network, the organization will offer 200 Artist Passes to past awardees to attend the event.
The 3Arts Awards: For the Love of Artists celebration takes place at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance (205 E Randolph) on Monday, November 13, at 5:30pm. Tickets for the event, which includes a cocktail reception, the awards program, and a bountiful post-party with DJ Sadie Woods, are $130-$300 and are available at 3arts.org/tickets.
3Arts has distributed over $6.6 million in grants in its 16-year history to more than 2,000 Chicagoland artists. 3Arts awardees reflect 68% women artists, 73% artists of color, and 21% Deaf and disabled artists.
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