{"id":1148,"date":"2020-09-16T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2020-11-11T23:23:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T05:23:11","slug":"oct-2020-city-of-chicago-announces-performing-arts-venue-relief-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/past-events\/oct-2020-city-of-chicago-announces-performing-arts-venue-relief-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct 2020 – CITY OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES PERFORMING ARTS VENUE RELIEF GRANTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Grants Will Be Distributed to Theater, Dance and Music Venues That Have Experienced Devastating Losses of Income Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


 CHICAGO, IL \u2014 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announce the new Performing Arts Venue Relief Program to help performing arts venues which have lost significant revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications open Monday, October 5<\/strong>, and the program will provide $10,000 grants to up to 120 for-profit and nonprofit Chicago-based performing arts venues who have been closed to performances. The 2020 City of Chicago Performing Arts Venue Relief Grants Program was created, with support from the Walder Foundation and the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund and in partnership with Accion, to support this critical arts and culture sector with the challenges they face from the pandemic.

Eligible entities must be located in Chicago, have a PPA (Public Place of Amusement) or Music and Dance license, and primarily produce or present performing arts programming \u2013 including theatre, dance, performance art, and\/or live music or live mixing by DJs. Complete eligibility criteria and applications will be available at chicago.gov\/artsvenuerelief<\/a> <\/a>beginning on Monday, October 5. Completed applications must be received by October 23 for consideration and grants will be distributed on a lottery system<\/strong> to qualified recipients. Individuals, corporations, and charitable foundations interested in supporting Chicago\u2019s performing arts venues are encouraged to donate through the Arts for Illinois Relief <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fund at artsforillinois.org\/donate-and-apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grants Will Be Distributed to Theater, Dance and Music Venues That Have Experienced Devastating Losses of Income Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic  CHICAGO, IL \u2014 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announce the new Performing Arts Venue Relief Program to help performing arts venues which have lost significant revenue due to the COVID-19 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}