$15,000 regranted to support 30 Illinois artists
This program is fully supported by a $15,000 grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, which is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Bureau Summer Studio
$500 for Bureau Valley Manlius Elementary art teacher to lead summer clay activities
Eureka Public Library
$1,000 for artist Jen Johnson to teach visual arts to middle school art classes
Future of Henry Events Committee
$1,000 for 7 musician fees at Henry’s “Brown Bag-It” summer concert series
Henry Senachwine Grade School & Junior High
$950 for storyteller Matt Wilhelm at the "Anti-Bully Assembly" theatrical performance
Lacon Area Community Center
$500 for two artists to teach students at Marshall County Area Children Art Classes
Lacon Public Library
$400 for storyteller Brain Fox Ellis to lead a summer reading program session
LW Achievers 4H Club
$1,275 for artist Jeremie Draper to teach Blown Glass to LowPoint Washburn 4H students
$1,000 for artist Abegail Alms to teach Leathersmithing to LowPoint Washburn 4H students
Malden CCSD #84
$1,000 for art teacher Mary Jane Thornton to teach at Malden’s CCSD #84 grade school
Marshall Putnam Stark Show Choir
$550 for choir director Robert Eckert for show choir productions
$550 for dance choreographer Christine Gaspardo for show choir productions
Princeton Theater Group
$1,000 for the Camp 56 Artistic Director Reid Tomasson
$1,000 for two Illinois actors to be apart of the Shakespeare in the Park
River Valley Players
$1,000 for two directors and the pianist salaries in Youth Theatre “Annie, Jr.” Summer Camp
$1,275 for four artists leading the Teen Summer Theatre Intensive “Six” Teen the Musical
Snyder Village
$1,000 for Dori Thompson to lead art therapy for senior residents with Alzheimers and dementia
Toulon Public Library
$1,000 to four artists during the four-week long "Level Up at Your Library" art program