Artist Corps – Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Artist Corps – Hyde Park Jazz Festival

ARTIST CORPS PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CHICAGO MUSICIAN FELLOWS TO CURATE AND PRODUCE PERFORMANCES IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

The Artist Corps Fellowship program is an initiative that expands the power and potential of community and artist-driven programs in neighborhoods. Artists-in-neighborhoods programs facilitate storytelling and community building; provide opportunities for healing and resilience; and create connections to advocacy, mutual aid, neighborhood health, and equity initiatives. Central to the mission of the Artist Corps program is bringing rich, engaging, artistic experiences to people where they live, particularly in communities without equitable access to cultural programming.

Artist Corps provides financial support for artists creating in and for their communities, provides opportunities for mentorship in producing and programming, and helps generate collaboration with other neighborhood initiatives focused on elements of community health. With the logistical and financial support of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Artist Corps Fellows produce a series of free performances in neighborhood settings across the south/west sides of Chicago between June and September 2023. Concerts are presented on driveways, in parkways and gardens, at community centers, and elsewhere. The concerts are curated/produced by three Artist Corps Fellows chosen for their artistic excellence and commitment to community-building. We are proud to work with these exceptionally creative, generous, and powerful artists. This program is supported in part by the Walder Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts.

View the lineup here.