Live Performance: Julian Velasco at Elgin Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival
When: Friday, July 2 at 2 p.m.
Featuring: Julian Velasco, 2020 Fellow in Classical Music, Saxophone, sponsored by The TAWANI
Location: Venue at Goebbert’s (42W813 Reinking Rd)
Click HERE to learn more.

EVENT CO-CHAIRS

Mary and Lionel Go
Luminarts Board of Directors

ABOUT NEXT BEGINS NOW

Please join the Luminarts Cultural Foundation for its signature fall celebration, Next begins Now! This event will feature world-class performances, studio visits, and readings by Chicago’s exemplary young artists in Classical Music, Creative Writing, Jazz, Visual Arts, Dance, Fashion, and Architecture. It is scheduled to take place in-person at The Arts Club of Chicago with an elegant dinner and cocktails and will be broadcast simultaneously the night of the event. Proceeds from Next begins Now will support Luminarts’ mission of providing the resources needed for outstanding, emerging artists to launch a professional career in the arts.

For updates, please visit luminarts.org/nbn or contact Marlena Dzis, Development Director, at marley@luminarts.org or (312) 692-2379. Ticket information coming soon. To view sponsorship opportunities, please click HERE.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Presenting Sponsor

Innovation Sponsors

Mary and Lionel Go &

Creativity Sponsors

Myrna W. Kaplan

Dr. Sally Metzler and George Dunea, MD

Cherilyn G. Murer

William Richards &

Impact Sponsors

Chartwell Insurance

Scott Fortman – Gibbons, Fortman & Associates

Thompson Coburn LLP

Thank you to our Host Committee!*

Matt R. Olaveson, Chair

Mark and Lynne Arizmendi
Sarah de Blasio
Mike and Cheryl Del Campo
Mr. Michael J. Dompke
John and Connie Donnelly
Celine Fitzgerald
Mr. and Mrs. C. Luther Fors, II
Scott and Edie Fortman
David Helverson
L. Jessica Jagielnik
Karen and Bob Jones
Myrna W. Kaplan
Kylie A. Krizek
Susan Lape and Tim Bowling
Lindsay and Kyle Mackey
Dr. Sally Metzler and George Dunea, MD
Cherilyn G. Murer
Ken Norgan
Stephen J. Schlegel
Doug Walker
Rebecca Woan

*As of May 26, 2021

Click Here to View Last Year’s Presentation

The 2020 Next begins Now digital program may be found HERE.