The Prairie Landscape

Grant Descriptions for: ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL AWARDS MAJOR GRANTS

Title
Grantee Organization
Award
Aaron Copland Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association $10,000
Afro-Mexican Studies Symposium Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum $10,000
An Illinois Chautauqua: Lifelong Learning Through the Arts University of Illinois at Urbanan/Champaign $10,000
And They Came to Chicago: The Italian American Legacy Italic Institute of America $10,000
Black Jewel of the Midwest Chicago Public Library $8,990
In Search of the Cahokian Gods and Heroes Fernwork Arts Incubator $10,000
Interpreting Illinois and Michigan Canal Regional History Lewis University $10,000
Jens Jensen Harmonious World Viva Lundin Productions $4,000
Learning Curves: Reflections on Education and Knowledge Neighborhood Writing Alliance $7,200
Mayor Washington in the House Free Street Programs, Inc. $10,000
Naomi Shihab Nye: Coexistence Bettendorf Public Library $3,950
New Directions in Adult Education Chicago History Museum $10,000
One Book, One Rockford Rockford Public Library $5,000
Palabra Pura Guild Complex $10,000
Percy Julian Project The DuSable Museum of African American History $10,000
Performers, Technology, and Meaning Saint Xavier University $6,330
Public Programs for the Ancient Americas Exhibition The Field Museum of Natural History $10,000
Raising Edo Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois $5,000
Skirting Convention WUIS & WIPA Public Radio $9,992
The Daniel Burnham Film Project The Archimedia Workshop NFP $10,000
The Vortex of Torture: Voices of Survivors Media Process Educational Films $4,000
Thread of Development Literacy and Creative Media Program Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School $8,264
Through My Eyes Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois $10,000
Young Playwright's Forum About Face Theatre $10,000