bending the boundaries of artistic expression

The Borderbend Arts Collective is a 501(c)(3) organization; our mission is to promote the arts by giving artists opportunities to collaborate and show their work to a variety of audiences. Annual Borderbend programs include the Chicago Calling Arts Festival and Mingus Awareness Project. Borderbend partners with other organizations to enrich and extend the reach of its program which have involved artists, organizations, and communities from the U.S. and beyond. 

You can contact us by email info@borderbend.org and phone (312) 380-9223.

Please consider supporting the Borderbend Arts Collective. Your kind donation will help us to continue our ongoing cultural programming. Because Borderbend is a 501(c)(3) organization, your donation is tax deductible.  

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Click here to find out more about where in the world individuals and organizations that have worked with the Borderbend Arts Collective are from. 

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news & upcoming programs

Thanks to everyone who supported the Seventh Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival -- the artists, partnering organizations & audiences! Click here to find out more about the festival -- including audio, photos and video content. 

Artist and curator Meg Duguid was recently interviewed by Borderbend intern Ellyn Leahy. Click here to read the interview! 

Charles Mingus at 90 -- a multimedia celebration of Mingus' life and work happened throughout 2012. 

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