$5,000
2021 • 3 months • Chicago Commitment
Elastic Arts is a performance venue and gallery in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. The organization presents concerts in jazz, experimental, electronic, hip-hop, contemporary classical, Latin, and world music. It also hosts literary readings, film screenings, visual art exhibitions, and offers citywide performances through its mobile music stage program called Culture Coach. With this award, Elastic Arts convenes a virtual reunion event to mark the one-year anniversary of its improvised music exchange between Mexico City and Chicago.
$50,000
2019 • 4 years 9 months • Chicago Commitment
Elastic Arts Foundation is a performance venue and gallery in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. The organization presents concerts in jazz, experimental, electronic, hip-hop, contemporary classical, Latin, and world music. It also hosts literary readings, film screenings, visual art exhibitions, and offers citywide performances through its mobile music stage program called Culture Coach. With this International Connections Fund award, Chicago-based Elastic Arts Foundation conducts an exchange with improvisational musicians from Mexico who draw upon the jazz tradition.