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The Mud Theatre Project and Melissa Amelia Pavlik received Illinois Humanities Grants to support their unique work in promoting the arts as an opportunity to build community and trust, inside and out. Learn more about their work.
October is National Arts and Humanities month. Celebrate the arts and humanities in Illinois.
Founded in 1934, the Peoria Historical Society received an Illinois Humanities grant to recreate a demolished neighborhood in their area called Southtown. Learn more about this project, the organization, and its executive director, Elizabeth Klise.
Illinois Humanities received more than 950 poems from young people all across the state. Two awardees and one honorable mention per school grade were honored at the awards ceremony on September 14, 2024, at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago...
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