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Bustling Spaces supports artists, community groups and creative businesses to manifest their vision, access resources, and tell their stories.
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The Collective Catalyst Cohort is excited to launch its We Are One Collective Campaign! Through this initiative, we aim to raise $20,000 for all 5 organizations in the cohort while also elevating the concept of joint fundraising as a practice. Together we can: • Amplify the work of arts and cultural organizations in Chicago • Help to expand the capacity of local artists and community-driven organizations committed to their craft • Make arts education and creative spaces accessible to all in Chicago • Empower the next generation of visionaries Support the missions of 5 incredible, community-driven organizations while strengthening Chicago’s creative ecosystem. Help us raise $20,000 by December 31. Donate today at https://www.bustlingspaces.com/we-are-one-2026 by @bustlingspacesllc
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📢 NEWSLETTER ALERT + ICYMI: NEW BLOG! 📝  PHEW! A TIME HAS BEEN HAD, Y'ALL! 🎊 🛣 📊 Coming off the heels of the South Side Creative Roadshow events co-hosted by Creative Measures at @chi_brations presents...The PORTAL, @beverlyartcenter and @blancgallerychicago , we're really fired up to dig deeper into @artsallianceil 's Creative Economy data and advocate for more funding and resources for the Arts & Culture Sector.   🤔 What are the different ways this can look?  💰 In case you missed it, staff member Paige Brown wrote a guest blog entry last week about how she got into grant writing in the Arts, and how the work inspired her to think about collective thriving and arts funding.  Next week, we're putting our thoughts into practice with our We Are One fundraising campaign, with a goal to raise $20,000 with our Collective Catalyst Cohort by the end of the year.  ✅️ Stay tuned for ways to give, support, and share around this initiative!  For right now - sound off on the blog or the comments here - how can we fund arts & culture in our communities collectively? ******** Also in today's newsletter: 💲 - 90-day outlook for selected Grants, Residencies, & Open Calls  💻 -  Grant Club Returns on Thursday, November 5th! Registration open now, link in bio 🎨 - Check out @chicagodcase and @@chicagobacp 's Creative Worker Right's campaign, with new resources, webinars, and events designed to help creative workers and employers   🚏- Don't miss the last Creative Roadshow stop in Chicago at @timelinetheatre on October 16th! Check out Vol. 73 and sign up at our website for opportunities directly in your inbox! #bustlingspaces #ArtistsSupportingArtists #ArtsFunding #GrantWatch by @bustlingspacesllc
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🎉 MAZEL TOV! $391,500 IN GRANT AWARDS! 🎉 Big wins deserve big celebrations! 🥳 Over the past six months, Bustling Spaces clients have collectively secured $391,500 in grant funding, supporting creative programming, special projects, capacity building, and general operations! These awards represent more than dollars. They represent opportunities for artists and creative entrepreneurs to strengthen their work, expand their impact, and continue building thriving creative communities. 🧡 👏🏽 A huge congratulations to our clients! We are proud to play a role in your journeys and celebrate every milestone along the way. If you’ve received a grant award with support from Bustling Spaces, we’d love to hear about it! ✨ LET’S KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING! Our WE ARE ONE (WAO) Campaign is still going strong! We’re coming together to mobilize resources, strengthen our creative ecosystem, and invest in the people and organizations shaping our communities. 💛 Your contribution can help move this work forward. Every donation, big or small, is an investment in collective growth and lasting impact. 🔗 DONATE TODAY: Link in our bio Together, we celebrate the wins. Together, we build what’s next. We Are One! 🧡 #MazelTov #WeAreOne #WAOCampaign #CreativeEconomy CreativeEntrepreneurs #GrantFunding CommunityInvestment SupportTheArts by @bustlingspacesllc
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🚨 ARTISTS, YOUR NEXT BIG OPPORTUNITY MIGHT BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK! 🎨💰 Your creativity deserves more than applause. It deserves investment, resources, and room to grow. Whether you’re making music, developing a new performance, building your artistic practice, or looking for that next career-changing opportunity, we’ve rounded up 6 opportunities worth your attention this week! And here’s the thing: TWO deadlines are TOMORROW! ⏰ ✨ CREATIVE TALENT IS EVERYWHERE. OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE TOO. At Bustling Spaces, we believe artists deserve access to the resources that help turn creative potential into sustainable careers. That’s why we’re keeping these opportunities on your radar. 📌 SAVE this post so those deadlines don’t sneak up on you. 📲 SHARE it with an artist, musician, or creative who’s ready for their next opportunity. 💬 TAG someone who needs to see this! 🔎 Explore more opportunities through Bustling Spaces. Full application URLs are listed; copy them into your browser to learn more. Don’t just create. Keep growing. Keep applying. Keep building. 🚀 #bustlingspaces #grantwatch #artistgrants #creativeopportunities #chicagoartists 🎨 01 | ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL – CREATIVE ACCELERATOR FUND @illinoisartscouncil 💰 $10,000 AWARD 📅 DEADLINE: OCTOBER 14 What could $10,000 do for your creative practice? This fund invests directly in Illinois artists with an active and sustained artistic practice. No specific project required. Just an opportunity to invest in your continued growth as an artist. 🔗 https://arts.illinois.gov/granting-opportunities/grants-programs/creative-accelerator-fund.html #grants #chicagogrants #illinoisartscouncil 🏙️ 02 | SAIC – ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT HOMAN SQUARE @saic_communityengagement @saicdesignhomansquare 📅 DEADLINE: OCTOBER 14 Art has the power to bring communities together. This residency gives artists the opportunity to create, collaborate, and engage with Chicago’s West Side communities through socially engaged artistic work. A chance to develop your practice while making meaningful community connections. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/saicathomansquare #grants #chicagogrants #saic #artistinresidence 🎶 03 | JOHN P taken in Chicago, Illinois by @bustlingspacesllc
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Creative Measures is joining @ArtsAllianceIllinois at their Bronzeville stop on their Illinois Creative Future Roadshow! 🚗 Join the roadshow at Blanc Gallery at Parkway Social on Wednesday, October 7th from 4:00 - 6:00 PM for a hands-on, engaging working session where artists, creative workers, and community members are encouraged to share their ideas on building an action plan for Illinois’ creative future. Don’t miss out on this important conversation to shape the future of arts and culture in Bronzeville! Register today at: https://artsalliance.tfaforms.net/95 taken in Bronzeville, Chicago by @bustlingspacesllc
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📢 📢 HEY THERE, DENIZENS OF THE ARTIVERSE: Quick question: What are your thoughts about collective fundraising for Arts & Culture? Wanna think it through with us? 👞 We're getting ready to take a major step forward in our efforts to commit to supporting small arts & culture orgs, and we want you to journey with us as we do. 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾 In a couple of weeks, we'll be launching our $20K "We Are One" collective fundraising campaign to support the amazing members of our pilot Collective Catalyst Cohort: @zitlalicreative , @isproacademy , @chi_brations , @the.blkroom, and the @chicagowindycityramblers. 📢 IN ADDITION - we want to help elevate the conversation around collective fundraising for Arts & Culture sector-wide. What are you trying? What have you learned? What are your questions? Sound off in the comments below or on our blog! Beyond meeting and surpassing our fundraising goal, our hope is that this initiative will provide a platform for discussion for innovative ways to fund our futures together: to improve, ripple outward, and provide a springboard for other collectives who are committing to themselves and one another to protect the vital institutions, programs, and artists that serve their communities. We rise, or fall, together - we have the power to decide which outcome we want to see. 📝 Take a look at our latest blog entry, “All Together Now - Towards a Collective Fundraising Ethos," and let us know how you envision us collectively fundraising for our future in the Arts & Culture Sector. by @bustlingspacesllc
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🚗 The Illinois Creative Future Roadshow is making two more South Side stops, and the first one is TOMORROW! 📍 BEVERLY — TOMORROW 🗓 Friday, October 2 ⏰ 12–2 PM 📌 Beverly Arts Center 2407 W 111th St., Chicago, IL Join @ArtsAllianceIllinois and Creative Measures (partnership of @maekeenroom and Bustling Spaces) artists, creative workers, and community members for a hands-on working session focused on building an action plan for Illinois’ creative future. This is an opportunity to share your ideas, make your voice heard, and help shape the future of arts and culture on Chicago’s South Side. Can’t make Beverly? Join us at our next stop: 📍 BRONZEVILLE 🗓 Wednesday, October 7 ⏰ 4–6 PM 📌 Blanc Gallery at Parkway Social 4455 S King Dr., Chicago, IL Whether you join us in Beverly or Bronzeville, we want YOU to be part of the conversation. ✨ 🎟️ Register for Beverly: tinyurl.com/AAIChi6 🎟️ Register for Bronzeville: tinyurl.com/AAIChi7 Come share your perspective and help us imagine what Illinois’ creative future can look like. #IllinoisCreativeFuture #CreativeFutureRoadshow #ChicagoArts #BeverlyChicago #BronzevilleChicago SouthSideChicago ArtsAndCulture CreativeCommunity 📍 BEVERLY — TOMORROW 🗓 Friday, October 2 ⏰ 12–2 PM 📌 Beverly Arts Center 2407 W 111th St., Chicago, IL 🎟️ Register for Beverly: tinyurl.com/AAIChi6 📍 BRONZEVILLE 🗓 Wednesday, October 7 ⏰ 4–6 PM 📌 Blanc Gallery at Parkway Social 4455 S King Dr., Chicago, IL 🎟️ Register for Bronzeville: tinyurl.com/AAIChi7 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @bustlingspacesllc
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Creative Measures is joining @ArtsAllianceIllinois at their Beverly (South Side) stop on their Illinois Creative Future Roadshow! 🚗 Join us at Beverly Arts Center (2407 W 111th St., Chicago, IL) on Friday, October 2 from 12-2 PM for a hands-on, engaging working session where artists, creative workers, and community members are encouraged to share their ideas on building an action plan for Illinois’ creative future. Don’t miss out on this important conversation to shape the future of arts and culture in the South Side! Register today at: https://artsalliance.tfaforms.net/93 @beverlyartcenter by @bustlingspacesllc
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THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE! Our collective work today will empower the future of Chicago’s artist landscape. Join the movement and learn more at THE PORTAL! Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Experimental Station - 6100 S Blackstone Ave 7-10p, open to the public #everythingisfrequency taken in Experimental Station by @bustlingspacesllc
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We’re excited to partner with @ArtsAllianceIllinois to host a Woodlawn stop on their Illinois Creative Future Roadshow! 🚗 Join us at Experimental Station tomorrow, September 29 from 7pm - 10pm for a hands-on, engaging working session where artists, creative workers, and community members are encouraged to share their ideas on building an action plan for Illinois’ creative future. Don’t miss out on this important conversation to shape the future of arts and culture in Woodlawn! Register today at: https://artsalliance.tfaforms.net/92 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @bustlingspacesllc
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📢 NEWSLETTER ALERT + COHORT SPOTLIGHT: @samthousand of ChiBrations! ✨️ 🫧 We're grateful to wrap up our Collective Catalyst Cohort newsletter spotlights with one of Bustling Spaces' first partners--Sam,000! 🎺 The horn, the voice, and the overall sound are undeniable-- but so is Sam's commitment to uplifting the creative sector. In order to provide a foundation to support creative initiatives on a broader scale, Sam founded @chi_brations, an artist-led media platform that celebrates and centralizes performing artists of Greater Chicago. 📲 Through the ChiBrations app, artists and curators from all across the city are able to amplify their open mics, jams, workshops and more, building their audience and artist base. Through activations like THE PORTAL, artists and community workers come together to learn, innovate, share resources, dream bigger, and (of course), jam! ▶️ Don't miss the next PORTAL this coming Tuesday, September 29th, focusing on the economic impact of creative workers on the South Side, hosted by Creative Measures, a joint venture between @maekeen room and your friends at Bustling Spaces! Want to find out more? Follow @chi_brations, visit the site at chibrations.app, and download the app for iOS or Android! ********* 💵 Need more funding guidance? ⬆️ 🔗 Check the link in our bio for our full grants and opportunities newsletter with our 90-day outlook for grants, grant tips, and more! #BustlingSpaces #ArtsFunding #WeHeartYourArt by @bustlingspacesllc
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THE PORTAL is back for another month of good vibes, artist resources, and community building. Theme: SOUTH SIDE CREATIVE FUTURES Experimental Station - 6100 S Blackstone Ave 7-10p | open to the public Featuring: @bustlingspacesllc & @maekeenroom @goodlookinoutchi @samthousand House Band: @vee_armstrong_ Community Art Wall: @letjosh.cook & @ilacreativestudio Vending: @twistedrosemetal & @twenty.thou Gaming: @iplaygameshq Artist Resources: @artsallianceil THE PORTAL is in partnership with @expstation and supported by @fieldfoundation and @illinoisartscouncil taken in Experimental Station by @bustlingspacesllc
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