About

About

Vision-Mission

NON:op Arts and Humanities is a Chicago-based non-profit organization that creates experimental art experiences by and for all Chicagoans. NON:op engages diverse Chicago communities with participatory projects where people use the arts to create a more just society.

History

Founded in 2012 by composer Christophe Preissing, over the first few years NON:op acted primarily as a producer of works that ranged from non-traditional operas to installations. In 2017 NON:op began to produce socially oriented programs, integrating performances with workshops and panel discussions, and sought to diversify artist, audience, and collaborative base. With the pandemic and the Rodney King killing, NON:op entered a third phase, shifting its vision and strategy to a decentralized structure devoted to participatory projects and community partnerships. Currently NON:op is commissioning Black artists and musicians to create new work in response to SAY THEIR NAMES (STN), and is planning a second year of Listening Across Neighborhoods (LAN).

Funders and Partners

General
Bodies of Work: A Network of Disability Art and Culture
Chicago Loop Alliance
Evanston Art Center
Chicago Ceramic Center
Bridgeport Art Center
Rockwell on the River
Prairie Management
Thunder, Perfect Mind/SUS: The Long Thin Wire
Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Library Center
Chicago Public Library Maker Lab
EAR TAXI
FEED Salons
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center
middle brow beer
Revolution Brewing
Sketchbook Brewing
Solemn Oath Brewery
SAY THEIR NAMES
Southside Baha’i’ Race Discussion Group
University of Chicago’s Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Northeastern Illinois University
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Metropolitan Chicago Data-science Corps (MCDC)
Blood Lines
Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park
Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council
L’sGA
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
McLean County Museum of History
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Roosevelt University
Viral Silence
Experimental Sound Studio
Carbondale Community Arts/Artspace 304
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
Block Club 21 Community Garden
Monastral Records
Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church
Front Porch Arts Center
McLean County Museum of History
pt.fwd
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Isobel Audio
Hear Below/Aural Neighborhoods
Chicago Architecture Center / Open House Chicago
Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
School of the Art Institute
Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park
HPSCHD@50
Northwestern University
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Funders
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Robert H. and Terri L. Cohn Family Foundation
Dreihaus Foundation
Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois Humanities
Individual Donors
William Brooks
Wade Wilson
Scott Johnston
Carlie Venditti
Saba Ayman-Nolley
Paul Levy