DCASE Opportunities
Calls for Artists and Creatives 
Fifth Star Awards_ Lead Sponsor_ Allstate Chicago_s Own Good Hands
Fifth Star Awards - Call for Youth "Rising Star" Nominations
Nomination Deadline extended to June 30
The City of Chicago is looking for its next Rising Star in the arts - to be honored at the 3rd Annual Fifth Star Awards, September 14 in Millennium Park. DCASE is looking for nominations of dynamic 14-19 year olds who are demonstrating potential and passion in the arts. (Last year's inaugural recipient was Abdullah Quick, a CPS graduate from King College Prep, who excels in photography and graphic design.) Candidates must be available to attend the event. Please send nominations (including name, age and brief bio) to [email protected].





Grant Opportunities 
2016 IncentOvate Program for Nonprofit Organizations 2016 IncentOvate Program for Nonprofit Organizations
Application opens June 20, 9am
Application Deadline: August 1, 5pm
(absolutely no late applications will be accepted)
Attention not-for-profit arts organizations with budgets over $2 million! DCASE is pleased to announce the third year of the IncentOvate Program. This grant program provides impactful, flexible funding to help foster innovation in the arts and culture sector ("incentivize innovation"), expands public access to arts and cultural offerings, increases neighborhood engagement and creates new public cultural experiences in Chicago. To check eligibility requirements, funding categories, grant amounts and grant calendar, please visit chicagoculturalgrants.org.
 
IncentOvate Success Story - Old Town School of Folk Music IncentOvate Success Story - Old Town School of Folk Music
Old Town School of Folk Music is one of two organizations to receive IncentOvate funding two years in a row. We're thrilled to share some details about their success! Complete case study (PDF) 

 

"The DCASE IncentOvate program offers organizations an incredible opportunity to stretch out their programmatic muscles and try something new. Old Town School's city-wide initiatives  

- Iron Heart and the 77 Beats - would never have been realized without the catalyzing impact of these grants."  

-Bau Graves, Executive Director, Old Town School of Folk Music

 

Events & Workshops for Artists and Creatives 
ChicagoMade
ChicagoMade Music Collective Networking Event
"Latin Music on the Rise: How It Is Becoming More Mainstream"

June 28, 6-8pm

Reverie, 441 N. Orleans St.
Join local music industry professionals and working musicians for a networking series at locations throughout the city. Television personality Nicole Suarez will lead a discussion with top marketing and music industry executives about the rise of Latino genres, and their evolution to become more mainstream and prominent in popular culture with panelists from Cardenas Marketing Network & Latin MIXX. The conversation is followed by a performance by Shaymari.

Spartan Workshop by the Spartan Theatre Company _Photo credit_ Jake_s Women by Amanda de la Guardia_
Spartan Workshop by the Spartan Theatre Company
Saturdays & Sundays, May 28-June 26
Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Theater
Spartan Theatre Company continues their tradition of developing exciting new works from up-and-coming local playwrights with their staged reading series to be presented at the historic Chicago Cultural Center. Five one-act scripts will be selected for development and presented over five weeks in May and June of 2016. Based on audience response, one of these scripts will be selected for a full production at the 2016 Chicago Fringe Festival.
 
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