Crowdfunding with a Match

3AP (3Arts Projects) is a unique crowdfunding platform with a built-in match that helps Chicago artists finance new creative work.
3Arts matches 1/3 of each project goal, charges no fees to artists, and offers mentoring and technical support.
3Arts will match your support!
  • Bread & Butter

    • $4,239 raised of $4,000 goal
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      • 3Arts matched
      • 106% funded

    This collaborative venture aims to produce a weekend of live dance performance examining the sustainability of the Chicago arts community.

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  • Chicago Dream House

    • $3,600 raised of $3,500 goal
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      • 3Arts matched
      • 103% funded

    "Chicago Dream House" is a unique blend of art and social engagement in Albany Park, one of the most diverse communities in the nation, and one that is still scarred by the effects of housing foreclosures. 

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    • $5,245 raised of $5,000 goal
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      • 3Arts matched
      • 105% funded

    A new version of a tragic love story, "The Magic Carpet" is a new theatre production set along the Moroccan-Algerian border and centering on contemporary border conflicts through the lens of star-crossed lovers. This is a new work produced by Borderline …

    Read more about The Magic Carpet: A story with music
  • Veterans Reinventing Joy

    • $3,025 raised of $3,000 goal
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      • 3Arts matched
      • 101% funded

    For veterans returning home with a disability, it is often difficult to see the possibilities beyond the limitations. With this project, I want to help veterans with disabillities rediscover their joy and potential. 

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  • cresset: vibrant, rusting

    • $5,850 raised of $5,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 117% funded

    cresset: vibrant, rusting is a visceral experience of the possibility of composting death toward life and the embracing of decay’s beauty.

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    • $4,255 raised of $4,200 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 101% funded

    Inspired by early work by the WPA, "The Living News Project" is a new journalistic theater piece investigating homelessness in Chicago.

    Read more about The Living News Project SHELTER/CHICAGO
  • Haiku Festival

    • $5,307 raised of $5,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 106% funded

    Honoring the 10th anniversary of the Haiku Festival, which teaches poetry and promotes literacy for Chicago schoolchildren, this project will raise funds for a celebratory event featuring guest poet Sonia Sanchez.

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  • Songs My Mother Loves

    • $6,720 raised of $5,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 134% funded

    Celebrating the role of music in my life and my mother's creative influence, "Songs My Mother Loves" will be a new CD recording of favorite jazz compositions as a way of paying tribute and giving thanks. 

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  • Oasis

    • $5,001 raised of $5,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 100% funded

    This new evening-length dance work is inspired by a Middle Eastern love story and the juxtaposition of desert and oasis, with the real world meaning that the "real" and the "fantastic" exist in the same stream of thought.

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  • 57th Street Mosaic Underpass Mural

    • $5,078 raised of $5,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 102% funded

    This project will complete the second phase of a new public mural on Chicago's south side, engaging a nearby retirement community as well as elementary and high school students in the neighborhood. 

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