Thank you to our 8th annual Elastic Arts Benefit sponsors:
Please join us for the 8th Annual Elastic Arts Benefit on May 16!
We need your support to remain a sustainable space for creative music, art, and performance. The event will highlight all of the wonderful human creativity that makes Elastic Arts so special. Our community is invited to our Logan Square space for the celebration, but we welcome anyone and everyone to join us virtually as we'll be streaming the benefit in entirety live through the streaming page on our website.
PERFORMANCES BY:
AACM Percussion Ensemble
Infrathin (Whitney Johnson & Lula Asplund), performing on our 16-channel CLEAT system
"Praiseworthy" (Elastic Arts Co-Founder Sam Lewis & Hunter Diamond), featuring puppetry, narration, reeds, and electronics
There will be food, drinks, silent auction, unique art installations, and more. Come have fun with us and support our organization in its 28th year of programming!
The 2026 Elastic Achievement Award will be presented to the legendary Chicago artist Renee C. Baker who is a conceptualist and recontextualist working across sound art, visual art, film, and duration.
We will introduce the 2026 cohort of the Elastic Arts Dark Matter Residency, and celebrate ‘Too Tender Headed,’ Harlem West’s first exhibition as 2026 Elastic Arts Visual Gallery Curator.
Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now! With an option to purchase a “party crawl” ticket to check out our friends at Ensemble Dal Niente as well.