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