Hyde Park Art Center announces the fourth phase of the Artists Run Chicago Fund, a regranting initiative providing unrestricted financial support for Chicago’s artist community. A total of 33 independent artist-run platforms are each awarded $8,000 in unrestricted funds. This year, Hyde Park Art Center partners with the Terra Foundation for America Art to award an additional $4,000 each to 15 of the 33 platforms to support distinct projects presented as part of Art Design Chicago.  

The Artist Run Chicago Fund aims to acknowledge the important contributions of artist-run platforms to the Chicago art community and strengthen artist-to-artist support networks, with an emphasis on platforms led by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), LGBTQIA, women artists and artists with disabilities. Grantees include artist-run galleries, community studios, festivals, art writing and programming platforms, furthering the grant’s goal of infusing Chicago’s visual art ecosystem with financial support to strengthen their diverse and experimental programs. 

The following Artists Run Chicago recipients were selected to receive an additional $4,000 to support the platform’s Art Design Chicago program/project: ¡Anímate! Studio, Blanc Gallery, CCAM: Center for Concrete and Abstract Machines, Compound Yellow, Contra Corriente 2024 + Porta(til) Design Project, in c/o: Black women (in care of Black women), Inga, Marimacha Monarca Press, Narrow Bridge Arts Space, POCAS (People of Color Artist Space), PRESS HERE: Center for Mad Culture, Roman Susan, Sin Cinta Previa, SpaceShift Collective, and The GREYSTONE Collective. 

Look for more information about these projects taking place around the city in 2024.

Learn more about the Artist Run Chicago Fund on the Hyde Park Art Center’s website.