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We have compiled several open source resources for artists, arts organizations, and creative businesses. We hope you find them useful!
Let us know if there are other resources we should make available for artists, arts organizations and creative businesses.
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Honey Pot Performance's Chicago Black Social Culture Map. An interactive map documenting lost spaces for cultural activity in Black Chicago.
Chicago Racial Covenants Map: A block-by-block documentation of the history of racial covenants in Chicago
Field Foundation Heat Maps: A series of maps that visualize various forms of inequity in Chicago.SSASS Congregations 2023 Map: An interactive map of the congregations that are participating in the South Side Artists in Sacred Spaces program.
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Field Guide to Public Support for Art Spaces in Chicago by Henry Wishcamper. A resource guide for government funding for arts spaces.
7 Visions for Arts Activation of City Owned Vacant Land in Chicago by Henry Wishcamper. A series of provocations for how artistic activations of city-owned vacant land can create opportunities for hyperlocal economic, cultural and community development while paving the way for the land to be restored to community ownership and productive use.
We Will Chicago Arts & Culture Pillar Report: The city of Chicago’s 2023 city wide plan.Final Impact Reportfor Together We Heal Creative Place Program - December 2024
A 10-Step Plan to Create Better Nonprofit Budgets- Our colleagues at IFF created this helpful resource for non-profit budgets.LISC Chicago Quality of Life Plans: Since 1990 LISC Chicago, a non-profit planning agency, has been working with community leaders and residents in Chicago neighborhoods to create Quality of Life Plans(QLPs). These QLPs become a blueprint for the community’s vision for their neighborhood’s future.
Together We Heal - Our colleagues at Greater Good Studio compiled a final impact of DCASE's Together We Heal Creative Place program and the 47 creative placemaking programs it supported.
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Arts Alliance Illinois' 2023 - 2025 Policy Agenda:
In 2022, Arts Alliance Illinois held a series of listening sessions with practitioners across the state. Bustling Spaces helped Arts Alliance compile all of the input from participants and synthesize it to inform their 2023 - 2025 Policy Agenda. -
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Today, It’s Just Breakfast is expanding its reach and impact with new offerings like Breakfast Beyond, Workshops, and their new blog, The Weekly Scramble. They’re actively seeking donors, sponsors, and partners who align with their mission, as well as spaces in Chicago that would like to collaborate. And yes, there’s always room at the table for creatives and entrepreneurs in search of their tribe.
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