CityArts gives $6.5 million in grants to support nonprofit arts in Chicago
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With funding of $6.5 million, Chicago’s 2022 CityArts Program has awarded 280 financial grants to Chicago nonprofit arts organizations, according to an announcement Monday from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).
The CityArts dollar amount has increased from $1.7 million in 2021, according the statement, “owing to the city’s significant new investments in arts and culture.” The grants included more than a dozen project grants aligned with 2022′s Year of Chicago Dance and also increase in size for 2022, from one-time grants topping out at $25,000 in 2021 to $10,000 to $50,000 grants renewable for one year. The CityArts grants went “to local arts organizations of all sizes and across all artistic disciplines.” Those awarded to organizations on the South and West Sides increased to 45% from 35% in 2021.
Awardees include:
Teatro Tariakuri, a theater and cultural center on the Southwest Side.
South Shore Drill Team, the organization for urban youth founded in 1980.
Ballet Folklorico de Chicago, for a project to model an event in the annual Arts in the Dark Parade in October after a Day of the Dead tradition in Mexico; also a grant to LUMA8 for the parade.
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, this year slated for Sept. 24-25.
A range of Chicago theaters including Porchlight, Pride Films and Plays, Free Street, Teatro Vista, Steep, TimeLine, Theatre Y and UrbanTheater Company.
Dance companies including Ensemble Español, Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, DanceWorks Chicago, Hubbard Street, Lucky Plush and Chicago Tap Theatre.
A full list of grantees is available at ChicagoCulturalGrants.org.
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