$16,500 in grants was re-granted
This program is partially supported by a $15,000 grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Cash match contributors included: Adams Consulting, Blaine Adams, C.P.A., Katherine and Jim Weber. Therefore, a total of $16,500 in grants were awarded to the following 15 recipients in rural Bureau, Marshall, Stark, and Woodford counties.
Eureka Public Library
$1,000 for grant one, artist fees for the middle school visual and writing arts program $1,000 for grant two, towards artist fees at the Bob Ross painting classes
Future of Henry Events Committee
$1,500 towards musician fees for “Brown Bag-It” summer series
Henry Senachwine Grade School & Junior High
$981.25 for the "Super U! Challenge Assembly" theatrical performance by Midwest School Shows
Lacon Area Community Center
$1,000 for the Marshall County Area Art & Photography Show
LW Achievers 4H Club
$1,000 for Jacob Grant's pottery instruction to LowPoint Washburn 4H students
Malden CCSD #84
$1,168.75 for Mary Jane Peterson-Thornton art teacher fees at k-12 school
Mark Bills Middle School PPSD #150
$850 for the "From J Draper Glass to Chihuly" project
Marshall Putnam Stark Show Choir
$1,500 grant one, for the choreographer for show choir productions
$1,500 grant two, for the music teacher for show choir productions
Princeton Theater Group Board
$1,000 for the Camp 56 Artistic Director
River Valley Players
$1,000 for grant one, Youth Theatre Summer Camp
$1,000 for grant two, Performing Arts Theatre Workshop
Snyder Village
$1,000 for Dori Thompson to lead Mneme therapy for senior residents with Alzheimers and dementia
Toulon Public Library
$1,000 for artist fees during the 4 week long "Read, Renew, and Repeat" program