With much sadness, I share that Debbie Vasquez passed away on Friday, March 1st. Although Debbie hasn’t been a member of the Arts of Life community for several years, for those of us who had the pleasure of her friendship, Deb left a special mark that won’t be forgotten. Debbie and her family took a […]
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Arts of Life is proud to partner with a remarkable new partner, The Smith-Tieken Foundation, on a shared goal to “ease human suffering.” With a landmark investment of $200,000, Arts of Life will launch an art archiving and preservation program. We will archive every piece of art made in our program, migrate our archive to
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As we transition into the new year, we want to pause and reflect on 2023. It was an extraordinary year, even by Arts of Life standards. Our artists reached numerous career milestones. Our Partners joined us in dreaming big, making major investments in our current and future artists. We continued to think ever more progressively
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Building on the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) work of previous years, this year, Arts of Life looked inward at how we can continue to support our team’s diversity and bring more people into this critical work. As committed as we have been to IDEA, we were still falling short of permeating the whole
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Arts of Life is the proud recipient of a $120,000 grant to support Chicago programming from The Coleman Foundation. Arts of Life is being recognized for its work as an independent community day service to support adult artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Chicago. These funds will enable artists in the Chicago Studio to
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Arts of Life is thrilled to have been selected for a $50,000 general operating grant from the Ruth Foundation for the Arts. This grant is a part of the Ruth Foundation for the Arts (Ruth Arts)’s Core Grant Program. Each year, a relevant theme frames the grant questions. In 2022, the program was shaped by three
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Do you have a friend or family who works for the federal government? Please consider letting them know why you think Arts of Life is a great nonprofit to support through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Each year federal employees and retirees make a commitment to the nonprofit sector through this charitable giving drive. Launched by
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Arts of Life is pleased to celebrate visual arts organizations across the city from September 29–October 1, 2023, during the inaugural Chicago Exhibition Weekend (CXW). Co-presented by EXPO CHICAGO and Gertie, CXW encourages everyone from seasoned collectors to art enthusiasts to explore over 50 galleries, institutions, and artist-run spaces spanning neighborhoods from Streeterville to West Town, Englewood, and
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Laurie Williams is a trailblazer. She’s a supporter of Arts of Life, and the founder of the Collaborative Community Housing Initiative (CCHI) – a movement working to reshape the landscape of housing for people with disabilities on the North Shore. The idea for CCHI began halfway across the globe at Kishorit, a vibrant Kibbutz community in Israel
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A major milestone in Arts of Life’s history arrived as 2020 came to a close. From November 12 to December 30, our artists’ work was projected on Art on the MART – the world’s largest permanent digital art projection. City Circle Heart Our projection – City Circle Heart knitted together colorful, abstract images by five studio artists
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This program is partially funded by support from the following organizations (Full Community Partners list here):
