Podcasts about 3arts

In this episode of "Gathering Ground," host Mary Morten sits down with two influential figures in the arts: Esther Grimm, Executive Advisor and former Executive Director of 3Arts, and Avery R. Young, Chicago's Poet Laureate. Together, they discuss the power of mentorship, the evolving role of social media in the arts, and the lasting impact of creative expression in shaping our world.Esther reflects on her two decades at 3Arts, advocating for underrepresented artists and transitioning into a new phase of creative exploration. Avery shares his journey as a poet, educator, and mentor, emphasizing the importance of storytelling, artistic resilience, and community engagement.Episode Highlights:- Esther Grimm's reflections on leading 3Arts and her transition into new creative pursuits- Avery R. Young's journey as a poet and mentor, and his commitment to community storytelling- The evolving role of social media in promoting artists and connecting communitiesLinks and Resources:- Learn more about 3Arts: www.3arts.org- Follow Avery R. Young: www.averyryoung.comIf you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to “Gathering Ground” and leave us a review! Follow Morten Group, LLC on Instagram @mortengroup for more updates.

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek takes you with to the Newberry Library to check out a new exhibition on Chicago's indigenous history. The Dueling Critics, Kelly Kleiman and Jonathan Abarbanel, join me to review the midwest premiere of Sarah Ruhl's BECKY NURSE OF SALEM. Later in the show, Gary catches up with Chicago-based actor Shariba Rivers, they talk about her unlikely path to becoming a professional actor and the 3Arts Award she just won. And Gary chats with playwright Terry Guest about his world premiere children's musical, MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD.

This week, we celebrate the legacy of Lorraine Hansberry with J. Nicole Brooks, Natalie Y. Moore, and Ericka Ratcliff. This conversation originally took place August 22, 2024 and was recorded live at the American Writers Museum.This program is presented in partnership with the Lorraine Hansberry Initiative, which was created by The Lillys (conceived by Lynn Nottage and Julia Jordan) to honor Lorraine Hansberry's legacy through the tour and permanent placement of a figurative sculpture of the playwright, while investing in those following in her footsteps through the creation of a fellowship which supports the living expenses of women and non-binary writers of color during their pursuit of graduate degrees.AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOMEAbout the panelists:J. NICOLE BROOKS is an actor, author and director. Selected acting credits include Lottery Day (Goodman Theatre, New Stages Festival), Beyond Caring, Death Tax, and RACE (Lookingglass Theatre Company), Immediate Family (Center Theatre Group) and House Home (Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, China). Directing credits include Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting, Thaddeus & Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure and Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts Have Eaten. Brooks is author of HeLa, Fedra Queen of Haiti, Black Diamond, and 3 Weeks With Her Honor Jane Byrne. Television credits including recurring roles on Showtime's The Chi and Comedy Central's South Side. She is a multi-award winning artist honored by 3Arts, TCG Fox Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Black Ensemble Theatre Playwright of the Year, LA Ovation and Black Theatre Alliance. She is an ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company.NATALIE Y. MOORE is an award-winning journalist based in Chicago, whose reporting tackles race, housing, economic development, food injustice and violence. Natalie's acclaimed book The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation received the 2016 Chicago Review of Books award for nonfiction and was Buzzfeed's best nonfiction book of 2016. She is the author of the play The Billboard, set in Chicago. She is also co-author of The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of an American Gang and Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation.ERICKA RATCLIFF works to amplify the mission of Congo Square by celebrating the complexities of Black life and culture on stage. She is a member of The Chicago Women In Philanthropy, Women's Leadership Mentoring Program (WLMP), the 2023 Points of Light Conference Host Committee, and artEquity's BIPOC Leadership Circle. Ericka is a nominee for Broadway World Chicago's 2022 Regional Awards for “Best Direction of a Play” for her work on What To Send Up When It Goes Down and was recently featured in NewCity Magazine for her accomplished work in theatre. She is an artistic associate with Lookingglass Theater and was a recipient of the Chicago 3Arts Make A Wave Award in 2017.

This week, author and theater critic Patti Hartigan discusses her recent book August Wilson: A Life, the first authoritative biography of iconic playwright August Wilson. Hartigan is joined by actor and playwright J. Nicole Brooks. This conversation originally took place October 30, 2023 and was recorded live via Zoom. This episode is presented alongside our special exhibit Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice, currently on display at the American Writers Museum. AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOME More about August Wilson: A Life August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade. No other American playwright has completed such an ambitious oeuvre. Two of the plays became successful films, Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis; and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. Fences and The Piano Lesson won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Fences won the Tony Award for Best Play, and years after Wilson's death in 2005, Jitney earned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Through his brilliant use of vernacular speech, Wilson developed unforgettable characters who epitomized the trials and triumphs of the African American experience. He said that he didn't research his plays but wrote from "the blood's memory," a sense of racial history that he believed African Americans shared. Author and theater critic Patti Hartigan traced his ancestry back to slavery, and his plays echo with uncanny similarities to the history of his ancestors. She interviewed Wilson many times before his death and traces his life from his childhood in Pittsburgh (where nine of the plays take place) to Broadway. She also interviewed scores of friends, theater colleagues and family members, and conducted extensive research to tell the story of a writer who left an indelible imprint on American theater and opened the door for future playwrights of color. PATTI HARTIGAN is an award-winning theater critic and arts reporter who spent many years on the staff of The Boston Globe. She divides her time between the Boston area and Charlottesville, VA. J. NICOLE BROOKS is an actor, author and director. Selected acting credits include Lottery Day (Goodman Theatre, New Stages Festival), Beyond Caring, Death Tax, and RACE (Lookingglass Theatre Company), Immediate Family (Center Theatre Group) and House Home (Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, China). Directing credits include Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting, Thaddeus & Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure and Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts Have Eaten. Brooks is author of HeLa, Fedra Queen of Haiti, Black Diamond, and 3 Weeks With Her Honor Jane Byrne. Television credits including recurring roles on Showtime's The Chi and Comedy Central's South Side. She is a mutli-award winning artist honored by 3Arts, TCG Fox Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Black Ensemble Theatre Playwright of the Year, LA Ovation and Black Theatre Alliance. She is an ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company.

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek talks to one of the authors of a new book that looks back at HBO's 50-year history and the cable channel's impact on pop culture. The Dueling Critics, Kerry Reid and Jonathan Abarbanel, stop by to talk about Chicago Shakespeare's new verison of MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Later in the show, Gary catches up with the playwright behind a world premiere play that shines a light on the creation of the iconic Batman character. And Gary checks in with the executive director of 3Arts to talk about the organization's ongoing efforts to help underrepresented artists.

Welcome to musicians Tip Jar, where we talk about musicians and money. Where we show that the root of all evil is not money but actually that A-hole that stole gear out of your buddies van while she was loading out from her gig last night. I'm your host, Chris Webb, Joined by my co-host and the Kevin Costner to this podcast's Whitney Huston, Dave Tamkin. As predictable as a Hollywood movie ending, when someone thinks “musician” as a career choice they think; hard life, temporary, dreamer, low-income...As artists we think; all or nothing, complete sacrifice, poor until rich, make or break and often end up accepting a low-income career mindset. Well, we are here to change that, the shift must start with the way we think as musicians and money. Money doesn't think. What gives money meaning and emotion is humanity, it's us. So whatever type of money movie you have been watching, grab some popcorn as we discuss the plot holes, right after this.3Arts works to sustain and promote artists in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area. Their focus on women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists stems from the need for a diversity of voices and visions to be supported if Chicago is to prosper and inspire. Emergency Resources at 3arts.orgways to connect with us:Musicians Tip Jar.comMusicians Tip Jar@gmailIntro & Outro Music Donated by: The Magi https://www.themagimusic.com Intro Read by: David “DJ” Lee of The Magi https://soundcloud.com/rockababyrock Pictures by: Kit Chalberg https://kitchalberg.com/

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek checks in with the executive director of 3Arts to learn about the organization's efforts to support artists with disabilities. WDCB's Leslie Keros has a special story about a jazz musician's 20 year effort to study trailblazing pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams. The Dueling Critics, Kerry Reid and Jonathan Abarbanel, will join me to talk about Goodman Theatre's world premiere, GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (which stars Glen Ellyn native Sean Hayes). And later Gary spotlight's a company that programs secret concerts all over Chicago and other cities.

This week on Backstage Chicago, we visit the MOMENTA dance space in Oak Park and talk to the folks from 3Arts. Esther Grimm (3Arts Executive Director), Robby Lee Williams (dance artist), and Brian Balcom (theater artist) share how this nonprofit has made all the difference for deaf and disabled performers in Chicago. For more information visit: 3Arts.org Thanks for listening to the first season of Backstage Chicago!

Virtual and augmented reality are the wave of the future. How are these nascent technologies being integrated into performance, immersive experiences and artistic practice? Learn more from contemporary theater and dance artists working at the forefront of these technologies.Meet Our GuestsJo Cattell (Playwright/Director) is a leading voice in the convergence of live theatre and immersive technologies. Her work has appeared at Sundance Film Festival, the BBC, Sky Television, Cirque du Soleil, and multiple US and London theatre's. Cattell is a member of the LightPoets digital and immersive theatre collective, whose immersive graphic novel, PARTICLE, is being developed for live performance and as an AR mobile game. She is also under commission with San Francisco State University's Fabula(b) to adapt Shakespeare's KING LEAR into an AR immersive theatrical experience. She is a 3Arts awardee, a Joan Mitchell Center Fellow, a 2021 Illinois Artist Fellow and a Perkins Coie awardee. Cattell was the Maggio Directing Fellow at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, with whom she is currently collaborating with the world-renowned Electronic Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois to create HUMMINGBIRD, an immersive theatrical experience with VR.http://thefarsightedmonkey.com/Christopher Knowlton, Ph.D., is a freelance movement artist and independent choreographer based in Chicago. He has worked as a collaborative performer with many artists, including ATOM-r, Erica Mott, Sildance/Acrodanza, Same Planet Performance Project, Khecari, Synapse Arts and UChicago STAGE Lab, among others. His own work spans multiple performative, interactive and immersive forms that explore the intersections of art, science, dance and technology. His work has been featured locally and internationally, including in Science Magazine's Dance Your Ph.D. Competition, TEDxWindyCity in Chicago, DANSCIENCE Festival in Canberra, Brisbane and Sydney, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, the Movement Computing Conference, the International Society of Biomechanics and the Field Museum in Chicago. Chris is currently a Chicago Dancemakers Forum 2020 Lab Artist. In addition to performing and choreographing, Chris is a biomechanical research scientist and manages the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Rush University Medical Center.The Pivot Arts Podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Julieanne Ehre with additional editing and sound engineering by Hannah Foerschler and original music composed by Andrew Hansen. The podcast is a program of Pivot Arts, an adventurous performance organization based in Chicago. You can learn more about us at pivotarts.org or follow us @PivotArts. The Pivot Arts Podcast is sponsored by FLATS, a Chicago-based apartment community. 

As predictable as a Hollywood movie ending, when someone thinks “musician” as a career choice they think; hard life, temporary, dreamer, low-income...As artists we think; all or nothing, complete sacrifice, poor until rich, make or break and often end up accepting a low-income career mindset. Well, we are here to change that, the shift must start with the way we think as musicians and money. Money doesn't think. What gives money meaning and emotion is humanity, it's us. So whatever type of money movie you have been watching, grab some popcorn as we discuss the plot holes, right after this.Dedicated to ArtistsNothing of significance can be accomplished without imagination, without stretching and flexing our minds, without dreaming.They consider it their civic duty and a privilege to champion local artists and invest in the essential creative process that drives their art forth and touches all of us, in every corner of our community. That creative energy is the foundation on which the future will be built.3Arts works to sustain and promote artists in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area. Their focus on women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists stems from the need for a diversity of voices and visions to be supported if Chicago is to prosper and inspire. Emergency Resources at 3arts.org Quotes of the week:“Wealth is a mindset. It's all about how you think. Money is literally attracted to you or repelled from you.”David Schirmer “Whether you think you can or think you can't, your right” -Henry Ford Topics:1 Money mindset - what is your relationship with money? 2 Best practices - what does a healthy relationship mean/look like?3 How to reprogram - righting the shipConnect with us at: https://www.musicianstipjar.com/ or send an email to musicianstipjar@gmail.com Intro & Outro Music Donated by: The Magi https://www.themagimusic.com Intro Read by: David “DJ” Lee of The Magi https://soundcloud.com/rockababyrock Picture by: Kit Chalberg https://kitchalberg.com/Mastered by: Zoe Moffhttps://ww.zoemoff.wixsite.com/zoemoffhttps://www.musicianstipjar.com/

David Leggett is a visual artist who lives in Los Angeles. He received his BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design (2003), and a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2007). He also was an artist in residence at the University of Chicago, Arts and Public Life (2014-15). His work tackles many themes head on; hip-hop, art history, popular culture, sexuality, the racial divide, and the self are all reoccurring subjects. He takes many of my cues from standup comedians, which he listens to while in the studio. He runs a daily drawing blog Coco River Fudge Street that started in 2010. He has shown his work throughout the United States and internationally, including an upcoming solo show at Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago (2016). He received the visual artist award from 3Arts in 2009.

In this Filmmaker Series episode we cover attaching name talent to get funding, working with casting directors, and directing actors on set for both film & TV. From September 10, 2020. Guests: Kendra Castleberry is a Head CD at Castleberry/Murphy Casting. A TV, film and theatre enthusiast from a very young age, Kendra studied directing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before making the move to Los Angeles. Past casting credits include Facebook Watch's Limetown, ABC's Take Two, CBS's Zoo, NBC's Grimm, ABC's Castle, CW's Star-Crossed, as well as numerous other series, pilots and TV movies. Kendra also has a passion for charity work; she is a big fundraiser for AIDS Walk Los Angeles and volunteers frequently around town. A proud member of the Casting Society of America, Kendra is a co-chair of the CSA Equity in Entertainment Committee. Rachel Feldman is a director and writer. This past season Rachel directed multiple episodes of BLUE BLOODS, CRIMINAL MINDS, THE ROOKIE and the pilot and first season of THE BAXTERS. She's in late development to direct LILLY, her feature screenplay, winner of The Athena List and The Ravenal Grant, based on the life of Fair Pay Icon Lilly Ledbetter. Her screenplay KINKS won the 2020 ScreenCraft and WGA Drama Queens Best Pilot Award. You can follow Rachel on Twitter @WomenCallAction Will Raee is an independent filmmaker and seasoned show producer. A native Californian, Will was born in Los Angeles, to Iranian parents who immigrated to America in 1960. Will's career has spanned a wide variety of genres and mediums. One of his first career moves was to start Rock Docs which begun him producing, and directing, music videos. During this time, he wrote and produced the critically acclaimed Marilyn Manson documentary Demystifying the Devil. Will soon produced SyFy Channel's Alien God's and helped launch, and Produced, the highly successful first season of the A&E Television's series Criss Angel MindFreak. After Mindfreak, Will jumped into the feature world and produced the motion pictures Honor, and The Exorcist Chronicles. On April 1st, 2007, Will joined forces with actor comedian Will Sasso to form Lord Mucker Entertainment, a company designed to create informal comedic feature films and television specials. They successfully produced their first comedic film For Christ Sake in July 2007. In 2008 Will became the producer and director for the Spike TV pilot 1000 Ways to Die. In 2016, Will wrote and directed the dark comedy Austin Found. The film starred Linda Cardellini, Craig Robinson, Skeet Ulrich, Kristen Schaal, Patrick Warburton, and Jaime Pressly. It was chosen as the closing night picture at Dances with Films and premiered at the Chinese Theater. Will also directed the child soldier themed short film Faith & Dreams, which won the IndieWire competition Shadows and Acts. From there he developed the script and feature film Girl Soldier, with Uma Thurman. Additionally, Will is developing a one-hour dramatic series with 3ARTS and BET, currently in pilot stage. Host: Jenn Page, Director / Producer Thank you to our sponsors Blackmagic Design & Sigma! To learn more about Blackmagic Collective and everything we offer and sign up for FREE visit http://blackmagiccollective.com Podcast Producer: Kayla Marie Coates, Actress / Filmmaker --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackmagic-collective/message

(S4, EP 10) Filipino-American casting director / actor / theatre veteran Emjoy Gavino joined me as a guest for this week's episode. Emjoy is also the founder of The Chicago Inclusion Project, a start-up organization seeking to facilitate inclusive experiences and hiring practices throughout Chicago theatre. We spoke on racial, gender, and other forms of discrimination in the theatre scene, and how this affects many Asian American actors. We talk about why #representationmatters doesn't go far enough, and how BIPOC communities can continue to dismantle white supremacy and patriarchal toxicity in the theatre spaces. For more on The Chicago Inclusion Project, visit them at www.thechicagoinclusionproject.org. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bio: Emjoy Gavino has been a casting director for American Theatre Company, the Hypocrites, Theatre on the Lake, Victory Gardens Theatre and The Gift Theatre where she is also an associate artistic director. Chicago Acting Credits include Animal Farm, You Got Older, The Drunken City (Steppenwolf Theatre) Do You Feel Anger (A Red Orchid); Kentucky (The Gift); Vietgone (Writers); Bull in a China Shop (AboutFace); You on the Moors Now (The Hypocrites); Realish Housewives (Second City); Failure: A Love Story (Victory Gardens); Electra (Court); Working (Broadway Playhouse); Act(s) of God (Lookingglass); …Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol (The Neo-Futurists). Regional acting Credits: Repertory Actors Theatre, ACT, Village Theatre, Studio Theatre. Television: The Exorcist, Mob Doctor, Chicago Fire/Med. Emjoy is a 3Arts Make a Wave grantee, a 2020 3Arts awardee, and the founder of The Chicago Inclusion Project -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 4 is sponsored by Red Scarf Revolution (RSR). RSR aims to bring awareness to the tragedies, atrocities and cultural destruction the Cambodian people endured from 1975 to 1979 under the Khmer Rouge regime and how that period impacts us today. With that awareness, Red Scarf Revolution advocates the silenced art, music, culture, and language, with designs that incite the resiliency of the Cambodian people. Visit them at www.redscarfrevolution.com to check out their merch line and to learn more about their work, or follow their Instagram at red_scarf_revolution or on their Facebook. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/banhmichronicles/support

In this episode of "Dom's Club," host Dominique Mobley sits down with talented and prolific writer Rembert Browne and his manager, Jermaine Johnson. Episode 9 / Season 2Rembert wrote the Marvel comic Black Panther: World of Wakanda #6. Rembert also scored an exclusive interview with President Obama on Air Force 1 and was selected as a 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Member. He has written for such outlets as The New York Times, Vulture, The Ringer, New York Magazine, Bon Appétit, The FADER, and Interview Magazine.Jermaine is a manager at 3ARTs, where he manages top-level talent, including Rembert and writer Attica Locke (When They See Us, Little Fires Everywhere). Jermaine was featured in Next Gen 2020: The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Rising Executives 35 and Under and was selected as a winner of the inaugural Shadow and Act RISING Awards in 2019. During this amazing interview we learn...How observing one of the producers of Silicon Valley shaped Jermaine’s interest in becoming a manager to top writers, directors, and other storytellers;How being an only-child led to Rembert’s career in journalism;What Jermaine looks for when deciding to represent talent;The importance of experiencing life as a writer and storyteller, to make sure you always have something to say;Jermaine’s mission to ensure that his clients of color know what they’re worth – and recognize when they’re not being paid an appropriate amount;Why Jermaine believes young talent of color should not just be ‘happy to be here’;How there will always be an opportunity to tell the story you want to tell – and why you shouldn’t force it;Why success online does not always mean success in your wallet;The importance of having people around you throughout the creative process and your career journey;Why Rembert believes that you should always check in to see how broke you are – even when you’re broke;Why the Black community needs to get more comfortable talking about money and about how to handle finances;and more! https://DominiqueMobley.comhttp://Twitter.com/Dom_Mobley http://Instagram.com/Dom_Mobley Dom's Club: Film, TV, Comedy & Books. Dominique Mobley with guests Rembert Browne and Jermaine Johnson. Episode 9.

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek talks to R.J. Cutler, the director of the much anticipated new documentary about the life and career of John Belushi. Later, Gary checks in with the executive director of Three Arts to talk about the organization's annual grant awards. The Dueling Critics, Kerry Reid and Jonathan Abarbanel, stop by to discuss a new streaming production titled RUN THE BEAST DOWN. And Gary talks to Entertainment Weekly editor-at-large James Hibberd about his new book that chronicles the history of the massively popular TV series, GAME OF THRONES.

 Interdisciplinary artist avery r. young is a 3Arts Award winning teaching artist, composer and producer with work that spans the genres of music, performance, visual arts and literature.  Examining and celebrating Black American history and culture, his work also focuses in the areas of social justice, equity, queer identity, misogyny, and body consciousness. As a writer, this Cave Canem alum has work featured in The Breakbeat Poets, Coon Bidness, to be left with the body, and Make Magazine. He has also written curriculum and essays on arts education that appear in the Teaching Artist Journal and A.I.M. Print. Dubbed “sunday mornin jook joint,” his performance and work in sound design merges spiritual and secular aesthetics with dramatic and comedic sensibilities. He has performed at the Hip Hop Theater Festival, Wordstock, and Lollapalooza. He has recorded with house producers Anthony Nicholson and Charlie Dark, and is featured on recordings such as New World Reveal-A-Solution, Audio Truism, Catfish Haven’s Devastator, and New Skool Poetiks. His new full-length release, booker t. soltreyne: a race rekkid, features songs and other sound designed created during his artist residency with the University of Chicago's Arts + Public Life initiative.  It was during this residency that he worked on sound design and poems called "cullud sign(s)." Through voice, sound, visual art, and performance, young is constantly exploring the forms and spaces in which poetry can exist. Most recently, he is the vocalist on flutist Nicole Mitchell’s Mandorla Awakening (FPE Records) and his poetry is featured in photographer and fellow 3Arts awardee Cecil McDonald Jr.’s debut book, In the Company of Black (Candor Arts). Young’s first book neckbone (Northwestern University Press) is out on the shelves now. He is currently one of four directors for the Floating Museum and touring with his band, avery r. young & de deacon board. New album Tubman. is available via all major musical outlets.

This episode is not about puns. It is about punishment.

In this podcast, Grantmakers in the Arts gives you a front row seat into the Support for Individual Artist (SfIA) Committee. Never heard of the committee? Now is your chance to learn about it from the GIA Support for Individual Artist co-chairs, Adrianna Gallego, chief operating officer, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, and Eleanor Savage, program director, Jerome Foundation. They will discuss the committee’s latest data project, upcoming programming, and share what you can expect in the coming year. Continue reading for a few sentiments from exiting committee members. “In 2007 I was drafting a new mission and designing the inaugural programs for 3Arts, and I remember hunting and pecking on the Internet to try to find organizations that directly funded artists and from which I could draw inspiration. It wasn’t an easy task, to say the least. After locating a few of these rare birds, I was subsequently invited to join the SfIA committee and there, lo and behold, I discovered a determined group of iconoclasts who were advocating for the expansion of artist support. The committee was (and still is) an infusion of fuel for me and, of course, for 3Arts. By 2012, hooked on sharing ideas, practices, and dreams, I became a committee co-chair. As I exit stage left, I am enduringly inspired by the committee and our growing field and grateful that I won’t have to conduct random Internet searches to know where to find a hub of leaders who truly and deeply understand the value of supporting individual artists.” Esther Grimm, 3Arts “I first learned about the important work of the Support for Individual Artists committee when I attended my first GIA conference in Chicago in 2010 (the committee had a different name then). At that conference, GIA (through the leadership of the then SFIA committee members) shared a draft position paper on the value and importance of supporting individual artists. I was fortunate that my employer at Rasmuson Foundation was already established as a committed funder for individual artists, but this draft paper and stated commitment by the broader arts funding field was deeply influential on me. It provided a defining moment and clarity to reinforce the values I already held in my role in arts philanthropy, and as a strong case to engage others who expressed interest in the direct support of artists, but who may have been unsure how to pursue those interests further. Through subsequent years SFIA served as an anchor to consistently and unabashedly stake a claim in directing support to artists and to build a broader and even more just community to share in that claim and commitment. I consider myself extremely fortunate for the privilege of serving the arts funding field through my participation with the committee, and proud of what has been accomplished since my first encounter with this incredible group of colleagues, and the many connections made with artists throughout. I hope GIA will be able to carry on this ongoing commitment in perpetuity.” Jayson Smart, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies “This group was a vital part of me being effective and thoughtful about the work I was doing locally. In my time since moving to a more national role, this group has maintained an on the ground practitioner connection that is so valuable. I appreciated the candid and honest conversations that were had for the way they made me feel not so alone and, on some days, finding that much needed validation that I wasn’t crazy for thinking of doing the work in the way I was doing it.” Ruby Harper, Americans for the Arts

Lisa Lee! Chicago social justice visionary, former Director of Jane Addam's Hull-House and current Director of the University of Illinois Chicago's School of Art and Art History! Hell yes. Recorded at the Oakland Museum at Open Engagement 2016. Here is the UIC bio... Lisa Yun Lee is the Director of the School of Art & Art History, a visiting curator at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and a member of the Art History, Museum and Exhibition Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lisa is also the co-founder of The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council, an organization dedicated to creating spaces for dialogue and dissent and for reinvigorating civil society. She has published a book on Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor Adorno titled, Dialectics of the Body: Corporeality in the Philosophy of Theodor Adorno (Routledge, 2004), and researches and writes about museums and diversity, cultural and environmental sustainability, and spaces for fostering radically democratic practices. Lisa received her BA in Religion from Bryn Mawr College, and a PhD in German Studies from Duke University. She is the Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at UIC, and she serves on the national boards of the American Alliance of Museums, Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life, the Ms. Magazine Adviory Board, and the boards of Rebuild Foundation, the National Public Housing Museum, Young Chicago Authors, 3Arts, and the International Contemporary Ensemble.