On Thursday, August 6th, 2026 at the beautiful and revered Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Human Rhythm Project will honor Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Executive Director Jorge Pérez, Trinity Irish Dance Founding Artistic Director Mark

Howard, and legendary tap dancers Bruce Bradley and Buster Cooper (posthumously) with JUBA! Awards for Extraordinary Contributions to Performance and Arts Education. As we celebrate their accomplishments, we’ll be Tapping into the Future to raise $500,000 to continue improving and expanding CHRP’s community cultural center, the Mayfair Arts Center and its many programs for children, teens, adults and elders.

The MAC’s “re-opening” heralded the revitalization of a South Side institution as a growing center for arts education, creative expression and economic development. To support this expansion of our facility and programs, CHRP has launched the TAP into the Future Fund – a $1.75 mil comprehensive campaign to acquire, expand and operate the MAC. To date, we have

raised $1.25 mil toward this goal and we invite you to help us complete this campaign. In addition to the gala, naming opportunities are available for the MAC’s dance and music studios as well as a broad range of facility and community improvements. Please join us this year as we celebrate Jorge Pérez, Mark Howard, Bruce Bradley and Buster Cooper for their remarkable lives of creativity and service as we TAP INTO THE FUTURE!