Chicago Tribune: National Endowment for the Arts provides grants to some of...
Three of Chicago’s Cultural Treasures received grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Black Ensemble Theater was granted $15,000 for the Black Playwrights Festival; Sones de Mexico...
View ArticleWVON Morning Show with Rufus Williams: Interview with Coco Elysses...
On Tuesday, March 5, Rufus Williams, host of the Morning Show on WVON 1690AM, spoke with Coco Elysses from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and Molly Bartels Roth from...
View ArticleScore Values 670AM: Kenya Thomas (eta Creative Arts Foundation) and Vickie...
Kenya Thomas, executive director of eta Creative Arts Foundation and Vickie Lakes-Battle, executive director of IFF’s Chicago Metro Region, spoke about Chicago’s Cultural Treasures in an interview on...
View ArticlePrint Magazine: Shining a Spotlight on Chicago’s BIPOC Cultural Treasures
Print Magazine recently interviewed Tara Townsend, president of IFF’s Social Impact Accelerator, the department that oversees administration of Chicago’s Cultural Treasures. In the interview, Tara...
View ArticleAuthority Magazine: Jeffreen M Hayes of Threewalls On The Power of Authentic...
Dr. Jeffreen M. Hayes, executive director of Threewalls, was recently interviewed as part of Authority Magazine’s series on women’s leadership, “Leading with Heart.” In addition to speaking about her...
View ArticleBroadway World: Chicago Arts Organizations Receive $500,000 in Grants From...
Several of Chicago’s Cultural Treasures are among 27 Chicago small arts organizations with budgets under $1 million to receive Cash Reserve Challenge Grants from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley...
View ArticleIFF Announces Second Round of Funding, Additional $3 Million Awarded to...
CHICAGO (June 26, 2024) — Administered by IFF, Chicago’s Cultural Treasures (ChiTreasures) announced today a second round of grant funding, totaling $3 million, to be distributed to the 40 current...
View ArticleYour Path to Nonprofit Leadership: How A Funding Collaborative Can Empower...
Tara Townsend, president of IFF’s Social Impact Accelerator, and Carlos Hernandez, founder and executive director of the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, sat down with Patton McDowell for the podcast, “Your...
View ArticleBlack Entrepreneur Experience Podcast: Grantmaking to Preserve Cultural...
Vickie Lakes-Battle, executive director for IFF’s Chicago Metro region, and Dr. Jeffreen Hayes, executive director of Threewalls, recently discussed Chicago’s Cultural Treasures as a means of...
View ArticleWindy City Times: Ambitious arts initiative uncovers ‘treasures’ created by...
Ivan Vega, co-founding director of UrbanTheater, Joseph Pindelski, interim director of Joel Hall Dancers & Center, and Molly Bartels-Roth, manager of capacity building programs at IFF, recently...
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