Arts of Life to Receive $165,000 through the DCASE Arts Recovery Program

Arts of Life is proud to receive a two-year $165,000 grant through DCASE’s Chicago Arts Recovery Program. The grant will bolster our Chicago staff’s capacity, sustain our new program models, and engage more artists with I/DD while meeting them on their own terms.

The Chicago Arts Recovery Program is providing a total of $10 million in project grant funding to aid local arts organizations still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. It supports marketing and audience development, facilities, technology, planning, and workforce development for nonprofit arts organizations. Supported by federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, this program provides arts organizations with resources to examine and address ongoing challenges brought on or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants awarded range from $50,000 – $235,000 and include participation in learning cohorts.

“Nonprofit arts organizations are essential to the fabric of our city,” said Mayor Lori Lightfoot. “The 2023 Cultural Grants program supports the nonprofits that empower artists and creative workers and ensure their continued recovery from the pandemic. This latest program builds upon our ongoing commitment to revitalize and strengthen the city’s diverse arts community.”

To Read More About DCASE’s Chicago Arts Recovery Program, click here.

We congratulate our fellow grantees:

Facility Access and Management

• Arts Illinois Alliance
• Asian Improv aRts: Midwest
• Beverly Arts Center
• Black Alphabet
• Chicago Balinese Gamelan
• Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
• Chicago West Community Music Center
• Collaboraction Theatre
• Firebird Community Arts
• High Concept Labs
• Kuumba Lynx
• OPEN Center for the Arts
• Uprising Theater

Marketing and Audience Development

• A.B.L.E. – Artists Breaking Limits & Expecta?ons
• African American Arts Alliance
• American Indian Center
• Black Ensemble Theater Corporation
• Chicago a cappella
• Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project
• The Chicago Philharmonic Society
• Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
• Hyde Park Art Center
• The Illinois Humani?es Council
• Making A Difference Dancing Rhythms Organization
• Mezcla Media Collective
• Natya Dance Theatre
• The Old Town School of Folk Music
• Rough House Theater Company
• Ruth Page Center for the Arts

Strategic and Operational Planning

• The Artists’ Coopera?ve Residency and Exhibitions Project (ACRE)
• Arts + Public Life, University of Chicago
• Chicago Dancemakers Forum
• Chicago Dancers United
• Chicago Media Project
• The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
• Design Museum of Chicago
• Ensemble Dal Niente
• Filament Theatre
• Links Hall Incorporated
• MUSIC, Inc.
• The Neo-Futurists
• New Music Chicago
• Opera-Matic
• Prop Thtr
• Roman Susan Art Foundation
• Spudnik Press Cooperative
• Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Teatro Tariakuri
• TimeLine Theatre Company

Technology

• International Museum of Surgical Science
• NON:op Open Opera Works
• True Star Foundation, Inc.

Workforce Supports

• Aguijon Theater Company
• Albany Park Theater Project
• Arts & Business Council of Chicago
• Arts of Life, Inc.
• Awakenings Art
• The Ballet Chicago Company
• Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre & Praize Productions Inc.
• Chicago Artists Coalition
• Chicago Dramatists
• Chicago Industrial Arts and Design Center
• Chicago Multicultural Dance Center
• Chicago Tap Theatre
• Experimental Sound Studio
• First Floor Theater
• The Gift Theatre
• Heritage Museum of Asian Art
• John Walt Founda?on Inc
• Kartemquin Educational Films
• Snow City Arts Foundation
• South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT)
• Teatro Vista Productions
• Third Coast International Audio Festival
• West Point Fellowship, Inc.