The Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund awarded grants to nine projects this spring including a combined $6,000 to theatre groups in LaSalle, Streator and Princeton. Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund Administrator Rene Parks Wendinger said a total of $11,760 was awarded.
- Somonauk Public Library, $750 for a youth-through-adult canvas painting class.
- Stage 212 in LaSalle, $1,500 for stipends for high school and college students working on the children’s theater production.
- Ottawa Concert Association, $1,500 for its Sept. 6 concert featuring 70s and 80s pop hit tribute band “The Sidekicks.”
- Community Players of Streator, $3,000 for costume and set design for the staging of the Broadway musical “Chicago” Aug. 10, 12-15.
- Princeton Theater Group, $1,500 for stipends for college student staff for the two-week summer theater arts camp for youth ages 8 to 12.
- Mendota Museum and Historical Society, $1,200 toward restoration of the Sweet Corn Festival public art installation. And,
- Ladd Public Library, $356 for its summer reading program with experiential incentives featuring “Build a Bear” and 3D lantern workshops for youth.
- NCI Artworks in Peru, $1,454 for a master class and $500 to support its gallery shows.
