IAC Announces Third Round of FY2012 Grants
At the last tri-annual meeting of the Illinois Arts Council, the Council unanimously awarded 59 grants totaling over $2,000,000 in its third round of fiscal year 2012 grants. The grantees are listed in alphabetical order according to the counties and cities in which they are located.
Champaign County
Champaign
- WILL-AM University of Illinois/UC, $18,850 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- WILL-FM University of Illinois/UC, $18,850 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- WILL-TV University of Illinois/UC, $83,760 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Savoy
- Krzysztof C Latawiec, $3,000 for apprenticeship in Polish Highland music
Coles County
Charleston
- WEIU-TV Eastern Illinois University, $55,785 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Cook County
Chicago
- Anixter Center, $1,000 for a visual arts residency
- Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt Univ, $15,000 for Hands Together Heart To Art project support
- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Ed, $18,000 for Arts Assessment Workshop project support
- Chicago Children's Museum, $4,000 for Engaging Children In Art partnership support
- Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, $700 for Emerging Leaders Scholarship support
- Chicago Public Media Inc, $211,940 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- Company of Folk, $25,000 for traveling ethnic & folk art exhibit support
- Coonley Elem School, $1,000 for an ethnic & folk residency
- Garvy Elem School, $800 for a storytelling residency
- Illinois Arts Alliance, $22,500 for Arts Education Resource Tour project support
- The Illinois Humanities Council Inc, $35,000 for Arts & Foreign Language Alumni Institute support
- The Illinois Humanities Council Inc, $10,000 for Museum On Main St/Road Scholars project support
- Merideth Lacina, $700 for Emerging Leaders Scholarship support
- Latin United Comm Housing Assn, $10,000 for Borinquen Bella Mural Project support
- Carole Lanialoha Lee-Sumberg, $3,000 for apprenticeship in Hawaiian hula dance
- The National Public Housing Museum, $10,000 for Sound Soul & Syncopation Exhibit support
- Natya Dance Theatre, $5,000 for Pushed To The Edge collaborative project support
- Newberry Elem Math/Science Academy, $1,000 for a visual arts residency
- Pershing East Magnet School, $1,000 for an ethnic & folk arts residency
- Same Planet Different World, $5,000 for FlySpace marketing program project support
- WTTW Communications Inc, $631,585 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- WTTW Communications Inc, $77,730 for Arts Across Illinois project support
- WYCC Television, $127,895 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Chicago Heights
- High School Dist 206 Education Fndn, $1,000 for a visual arts residency
Lincolnwood
- Lincolnwood School District 74, $1,000 for a music residency
DeKalb County
DeKalb
- WNIJ-FM, $16,050 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- WNIU-FM, $16,050 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
DuPage County
Carpentersville
- Joe L Yazzie, $3,000 for apprenticeship in Navajo music
Glen Ellyn
- WDCB-FM, $20,425 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Hanover Park
- Mahendra V Desmukh, $3,000 for apprenticeship in Indian tabla music
Oak Brook
- Hema Rajagopalan, $3,000 for apprenticeship in Bharatanatyam dance
Jackson County
Carbondale
- Carbondale Community Arts, $20,000 for Carbondale arts assessment project support
- WSIU-FM, $15,830 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- WSIU-TV, $46,900 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- WUSI-TV, $46,900 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Macon County
Decatur
- Decatur Area Arts Council, $5,000 for Jewish Culture Arts & Tradition project support
McDonough County
Macomb
- Western Illinois University, $20,000 for WQPT Artists In Profile series support
- WIUM-FM Western Illinois University, $13,700 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
McHenry County
Woodstock
- Woodstock Folk Festival Inc, $700 for folk festival project support
McLean County
Bloomington
- Patrick J Gregory, $3,000 for apprenticeship in decoy carving
- McLean County Art Association, $15,000 for arts organization needs study collaboration support
Normal
- WGLT-FM Illinois State University, $16,780 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Peoria County
Peoria
- Illinois Valley Public Telecomm Corp, $20,000 for Illinois Art In The Works
- WCBU-FM, $13,325 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- WTVP-TV Illinois Val Pub Telecomm Corp, $54,950 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Rock Island County
Moline
- Friends of the Quad Cities, $15,000 for East West Riverfest marketing support
- WQPT-TV, $30,495 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Rock Island
- WVIK-FM, $10,581 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Sangamon County
Chatham
- West Central Il Educ Telecomm, $48,905 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
- West Central Il Educ Telecomm, $18,000 for Celebrating Arts Of Western/Central Illinois support
Springfield
- WUIS-FM, $15,725 for Public Radio & Television Operating Grant
Warren County
Monmouth
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Buchanan Center for the Arts, $30,250 for Local Arts Network Partnership program support
Will County
Naperville
- Illinois Storytelling Inc, $1,500 for Possibilities Program project support
Winnebago County
Rockford
- Rockford Area Arts Council, $20,000 for Arts Assessment In Rockford project support