ILLINOIS POET LAUREATE ANGELA JACKSON TO BE IN RESIDENCE WITH…
Illinois’ fifth Poet Laureate will promote poetry at state and national levels, will bring additional…
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Illinois Humanities Announces $50K in Community Grants
Among projects funded are a digital creative writing curriculum, a video on how statewide museums…
Grantee Partner Spotlight: About Face Theatre
Three Questions: Q&A with Mikael Burke, associate artistic director, About Face Theatre Founded in 1995…
Grantee Partner Spotlight: Farwell House
Three Questions: Q&A with Jason and Christy Ackman, co-directors, the Farwell House Farwell House, founded…
Humanities Are Vital: Gabe Lyon, Illinois Humanities Executive Director, 2020…
We hope you enjoy this end-of-year message from Executive Director Gabe Lyon—and on behalf of…
The Questions We Have and the Questions We Need
November 23, 2020 Dear Friends, As the holdiay season begins, we are at an intersection…
Grantee Partner Spotlight: Chicago Race Riot 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR1919)
Three Questions: Q&A with the co-directors of the Chicago Race Riot 1919 Commemoration Project, Peter…
Revive the humanities to ease our nation’s racial, class and…
We need another Works Project Administration to support more theater, public art, poetry, historic preservation…
The Odyssey That Is Our Lives: A Conversation with Nicole…
For over twenty years, Illinois Humanities has been proud to offer The Odyssey Project, a…
Grantee Partner Spotlight: Guild Literary Complex
Illinois Humanities-Funded Project: “Press Room” Location: Chicago, IL Organization: Founded in 1989, Guild Literary Complex…