ACRE Supported by A Road Together (ART) Initiative

The 2024 A Road Together (ART) initiative awarded 51 Chicago-based arts and culture nonprofits $1.6 million in general operating funds. The grants support arts and culture organizations, including arts-centered social service groups, that are vital to Chicago’s identity and contribute to a more vibrant, equitable, and sustainable arts ecosystem.

This is the second year of a five-year, $15 million partnership between The Field Foundation of Illinois and MacArthur. The 25 organizations that will receive three-year grants were selected by a panel of artist and cultural leaders in Chicago, and the 26 organizations receiving one-year grants were selected by Field staff with the same criteria.

“Art has the power to connect people, create empathy, and advance a more equitable and inclusive Chicago.”

“Art has the power to connect people, create empathy, and advance a more equitable and inclusive Chicago,” said MacArthur Foundation’s Sandra Aponte, Program Officer, Chicago Commitment. “Through this $15 million investment in Chicago’s small and mid-sized arts and cultural organizations, we look forward to continuing to collaborate with the Field Foundation to support Chicago’s creative communities and address complex disparities in our city.”

Three-Year ART Grantees

18th Street Casa de Cultura
826CHI
A Long Walk Home
American Indian Association of Illinois
American Indian Center of Chicago
Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project
Chicago Artists Coalition
Chicago Dancemakers Forum
D-Composed Gives
Definition Theatre Company
Elastic Arts Foundation
Enrich Chicago
Green Star Movement
Haitian American Museum of Chicago
Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Mezcla Media Collective
Muddy Waters MOJO Museum
National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial
Open Center for the Arts
Rome in a Day
The Simple Good
The WasteShed
Uprising Theater

One-Year ART Grantees

2nd Story
Africa International House USA
Asian Improv aRts Midwest
Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center
Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation
Collaboraction Theatre Company
Diasporal Rhythms
Equity Arts
Firebird Community Arts
Guild Literary Complex
HAIBAYO Cares
Honey Pot Performance
ILA Creative Studio
Lighthouse Foundation
NAJWA Dance Corps
National Museum of Gospel Music
Natya Dance Theatre
NON:op Open Opera Works
Pegasus Theatre Chicago
Red Clay Dance Company
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
South Chicago Dance Theatre
Teatro Tariakuri
The Miracle Center
Third Coast Percussion
UrbanTheater Company