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

  • 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

 

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