The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) and lllinois Humanities (IH) [1] are pleased to present Illinois Arts & Humanities (AH!) Month, a statewide celebration encouraging all Illinoisans to establish, deepen, and expand our relationships with the arts and humanities.

Illinois Arts & Humanities Month marks the expansion of Illinois Arts Week, established in 1978 to focus attention on our state's vast cultural resources and to increase public awareness of the arts. In the years since Arts Week's inception, hundreds of communities and countless individuals throughout Illinois have come to appreciate and celebrate the animating force of the arts and creativity.

Whether exploring or expressing the human condition, Illinois AH! Month is a great time to create and share more of these AH! moments with people throughout our communities statewide. Use the navigation links on the left side of this page or click below to:

• Read the State of Illinois AH! Month Proclamation [2]
• Use the IL AH! Month Logo [3]
• Make Your Own AH! Month Proclamation [4]  
• Go Nationwide with National Arts & Humanities Month  [5]
• Tweet your AH! moments using hash tag #ILAH15
• Post your AH! moments on our Facebook pages www.facebook.com/illinoisartscouncilagency [6] and www.facebook.com/ILhumanities [7]
• Host a Creative Conversation [8] using One State Videos [9]

• Organize a visioning and planning conversation using the New Community Visions workbook and toolkit [10]