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.

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 newly enacted Comprehensive Plan.

Welcome to Wrexham: Inspiration for US Arts Institutions from a Small Welsh Football Club by Henry Wishcamper. The Hulu docuseries "Welcome to Wrexham" offers inspiration and concrete ideas for non-profit American arts institutions struggling to fulfill their mission and produce top-quality art in the face of the one-two punch of the ongoing Covid crisis and the decades long decline of season subscription sales.

From Crisis to Uncertainty: 2023 State of the Illinois Arts Sector Report by Arts Alliance Illinois. Featuring takeaways from over a dozen statewide listening sessions the Alliance hosted in late 2022 and early 2023, this report is a compilation of the concerns, ideas, and calls to action of creative professionals across Illinois.

Final Impact Report for Together We Heal Creative Place Program - December 2024

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.

ROLLING GRANTS

• AlphaWood Foundation Chicago - Empowering Communities of Colour

• Chicago Community Trust - Flexible Funding ($100,000)

• Chicago Community Trust - Open Call for Ideas - Catalyzing Neighborhood Growth ($250,000)

• Chicago Community Trust - Predevelopment Fund ($150,000)

• Women's Net - Amber Grant & Non-Profit ($10,000)

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