The Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund, in partnership with the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, recently made over $13,000 in grants to nine local organizations for 2024 Spring and Summer projects.
Recipients include:
§ $3,000 to the Illinois Valley Orchestral Association (Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra) for stipends to musicians performing in two children’s concerts.
§ $3,000 to Peru Public Library for the summer reading program “Be Creative.”
§ $3,000 to the Ottawa Center for the Arts for brand development, logo, videography, and marketing.
§ $1,200 to Stage 212 for orchestral stipends for the Jan. 5-7 production of “Falsettos.”
§ $750 to the Ottawa Concert Association to provide free tickets for Illinois Valley Community College, high school, and music students.
§ $750 to Princeton Theater Group (Festival 56) to support the April 11-12 staging of “Girls Like Us.”
§ $550 to NCI Artworks for design, printing, and postage of promotional material for monthly exhibits.
§ $500 to the Somonauk Public Library for canvas painting classes.
§ $375 to Seneca Public Library for supplies for its afterschool art club.
The next session to submit a grant application to the Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund is February 1, 2024. For more information and access to the required application forms, click here.
