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Illinois Arts Council, 115 S. LaSalle Street , Ste. 2202, Chicago, IL (2025)

07/04/2025

In observance of Independence Day, the IAC will be closed Friday, July 7, 2025.
The IAC office will reopen on Monday, July 7, 2025.

07/03/2025

Many thanks to Illinois Representative Sharon Chung, 91st District, for this lovely 60th year birthday message! We appreciate you so much and your support of the arts in Illinois!

07/03/2025

Opportunity for All:
Illinois Humanities /
All people who call Illinois home—in every part of the state and of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds—will have the opportunity to see themselves in the complex history of the nation’s 250th anniversary and to imagine together the future for Illinois we want to transpire over the next 250 years.

The Illinois America 250 Commission has identified four priorities that will ensure all Illinoisans can commemorate this anniversary in their own unique way:
• Engaging Youth
• Promoting Local Commemorations
• Uplifting Local Stories and Places
• Recognizing Service

At IL250.org, individuals and organizations can sign up to become a promotional partner, establish an IL250 community, submit events to the local and national calendar, and access resources. Stay tuned for more information and program announcements from Illinois Humanities.

For more information, follow the link: www.il250.org
Questions? Email: [email protected].

07/03/2025

Reposting Opportunity for Native Performing Artists:
2026 Native Performing Arts Fellowship Application
Ends on Wed, Jul 16, 2025, at 6pm MST

Grant amount: $10,000
Fellowship window: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026.

The Native Performing Arts (NPA) Fellowship is a year-long program that helps Native Artists create, practice and perform within the Performing Arts (theater, music, dance, live performance, etc.). The program provides them with network-building, professional development training and funding to work toward building a sustainable career within the Performing Arts landscape.

The NPA Fellowship offers a one-year $10,000 grant to Native performing artists. The program's purpose is to develop independent, satisfied, and credible Native performing artists, who are generous in spirit and dedicated to cultivating ways that grow their artistic knowledge and skills within their performance craft. Applications are open to Native performing artists at all stages of their career.

The NPA Fellowship is not a project based grant. Proposed budgets should be grounded in needs to further artistic growth or/and achieve artistic career goals rather than providing financial support toward a new or existing creative project. Developing or completing a solo creative project can be a component of your proposal, but should not be the primary goal or outcome of your fellowship year.

Contact Natalie Benally, Program Manager of Performing Arts, with any questions: [email protected]

For more details, follow the link: https://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/programs/fellowships

07/02/2025

In partnership with the Illinois Arts Council, Company of Folk will be offering a series of free, in-person workshops this week to help artists across Illinois apply for the Illinois Arts Council’s new Creative Projects Grant. These workshops are ideal for artists of all backgrounds and disciplines—including music, dance, visual art, film, and folk/traditional arts—and are especially helpful for first-time applicants.

The Creative Projects Grant offers up to $12,000 to support a single arts project or professional development opportunity. At each workshop, attendees will learn about the grant, understand eligibility requirements, and navigate the online application system.

Workshop Schedule:
Alton, IL – Thursday, July 3, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: Jacoby Arts Center, 208 State St, Alton, IL 62002

Jacksonville, IL – Saturday, July 5 · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Jacksonville Public Library, 201 W College Ave, Jacksonville, IL 62650

Champaign, IL – Saturday, July 5 · 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Champaign Public Library, 200 W Green St, Champaign, IL 61820

To RSVP or ask questions, email: [email protected].

07/02/2025

The IAC Muse Newsletter
Illinois Artist Spotlight: Scott Wolniak, FY25 Creative Accelerator Grant Recipient

Scott Wolniak, is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and occasional curator. The primary focus of his work is the creation of experimental pattern-based paintings. Since 2018, Wolniak has been developing a methodology for creating paintings at wide-ranging scales through layers of abstract drawing, additive textures, color staining, and rhythmic mark-making. Based on motifs of the natural world, as well as tropes of consciousness, the paintings are intended to function as immersive energy fields that invite slow looking. He is represented by Goldfinch Gallery, with whom he has had three solo exhibitions since 2020.

Since the mid-90's, Scott has been active in the Chicago art scene, consistently exhibiting as well as organizing and curating shows. He ran the influential alternative project space, Suitable, in his Humboldt Park garage between 1999 and 2004 and has recently curated shows at the Hyde Park Art Center and the Logan Center for the Arts. His work belongs to numerous permanent collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Cleve Carney Art Museum. He has been teaching in the University of Chicago’s Department of Visual Arts since 2007 and is currently working on a book about the practice and philosophy of drawing.

Says Scott, "Receiving the Creative Accelerator award means so much to me—as an affirmation of my many years making work and for the financial freedom it provides for new and ongoing projects. Immediately, this supports my practice with supplies and studio rent. It also gives me the ability to embark on a couple of long-term back-burner projects, including a video piece and a drawing book. I’m incredibly grateful for the recognition and financial support from the Illinois Arts Council, especially at this time when so many funding streams are being cut."

If you want to receive more stories like this, consider signing up for our Muse Newsletter! Visit our homepage and look for CONNECT WITH US!

07/02/2025

REPOSTING Opportunity for Artists:
Thursday Night Out Art Market, August 7, 2025

The Oak Park Area Arts Council/, in partnership with and Downtown Oak Park/, is searching for in a Thursday Night Out Art Market on August 7th. Artists who are interested in participating as a vendor during the market should complete the linked form below.

Event details are:
Thursday, August 7th (4pm-9:30pm)
This is an open call for all artist who live in Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, or Chicagoland area. They are looking for artists to sell wall art decor such as:
- Paintings
- Drawings
- Photographs
- Prints of their paintings, drawings, or photographs
- Tapestries or hangable textiles

Artists will be responsible for tracking and accepting payments on their own.
Artists must be older than 21.

Questions? Email [email protected]

For more information, follow the links:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvU8GobbQScTG7tYBVKWIXkdKgIW-r_CRQfHtMZ0REEzMUpQ/viewform

https://oakparkareaartscouncil.org/

07/02/2025

REPOSTING Opportunity for Artists:
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS - The Rekia Boyd Monument Project

is proud to partner with to support the building of an enduring monument in Chicago’s Douglass Park in honor of Rekia Boyd and Black Girlhood.
�A Long Walk Home (ALWH) is an arts organization that empowers young people to end violence against girls and women. The Rekia Boyd Monument Project follows a decade of public art activations in and around Douglass Park by ALWH’s Girl/Friends Leadership Institute.

Together, A Long Walk Home and Monument Lab pose a central question: How do we build a monument that commemorates Rekia Boyd’s legacy and celebrates Black girlhood?��
As a first step, interested artists are invited to apply through the online form by Thursday, July 31, 2025, 5pm EST (4pm CST).

Additional application support is available throughout the open call period by emailing: [email protected]

To learn more and to apply, follow the link: www.alongwalkhome.org/

07/02/2025

REPOSTING Opportunity for Artists:
PROJECT ROOM OPEN CALL - DUE JULY 28, 2025
- Miami, FL

Locust Projects invites local, national, and international artists to apply for the opportunity to access the space and resources to create ambitious, large-scale new work in our 625 sq ft PROJECT ROOM.

- $5000 max Production Budget (may include but is not limited to: production/fabrication, equipment rental, materials, professional/technical support, installation/construction labor, assistants, shipping, de-installation) Final budget determined based upon dates, proposal scope and scale of project, feasibility.

- $3100 Artist Fee. Artists may use the Artist Fee at their discretion.

- Basic infrastructure provided by Locust Projects includes access to use existing tool and av equipment inventory, up to 24 hours preparator labor/assistance for install/de-install, signage, installation documentation, and promotional support

- Accommodations, travel and per diem are provided to out of town artists. Includes $50 per diem stipend for out-of-town artists up to 21 days and stipend towards roundtrip, coach-class flights or car rental equivalent, and ground transport to and from airport with receipts available to artists that live 150 miles away from Miami (above and beyond travel expenses are applied to production budget).

Please direct questions to [email protected]

Follow the link for more open call details, including floor plan and images PDF: https://www.locustprojects.org/for-artists/submissions/exhibition-open-call-project-room.html

07/01/2025

DEADLINE REMINDER!
REPOSTINGOpportunity for Artists:
Applications Now Open! Arts Midwest /
The Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities is a $3,000 award that recognizes disabled visual artists, celebrates their efforts, and encourages their future work.

They invite mid-career 2D and 3D visual artists with disabilities to apply for this award. Each awardee will receive a $3,000 check award. There are no requirements for how awarded funds are used, though awardees are encouraged to use it toward growing their art career. Awardees’ submitted work will be featured on the Arts Midwest website.

From 2023–2025, this award will recognize 27 individuals (9 per year) in the Arts Midwest region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Native Nations that share this geography to apply.

The deadline is July 10, 2025.

Follow the link for more details:
https://artsmidwest.org/get-support/midwest-award-for-artists-with-disabilities/

07/01/2025

Calling Storytellers, Historians, Artists, & Changemakers:
Illinois Humanities /
Apply to Become a Road Scholar

Applications for the 2026-2027 Road Scholars Speakers Bureau will be accepted from 9:00 a.m. CST on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 2025, and reviewed by a committee of Illinois Humanities staff, host organization representatives, and former Road Scholars speakers

The Illinois Humanities’ Road Scholars Speakers Bureau invites Illinois-based writers, storytellers, historians, humanities scholars, folklorists, musicians, and living history actors, among others, to share their expertise and enthusiasm with people throughout Illinois.

The program supports local nonprofit organizations – including libraries, museums, arts councils, historical societies, civic groups, and many others – by presenting high-quality cultural programs at no cost to attendees or host organizations. In doing so, the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau meets Illinoisians where they are to ensure that we can all experience the power of the humanities.

The Illinois Humanities is looking for passionate individuals to join our 2026-2027 cohort and travel across Illinois, sharing their expertise in literature, philosophy, theater, local history, film, music, politics, and more.

Please visit their webpage to review their Call for Speakers and details about the application process: https://ilhumanities.org/apply-to-be-a-road-scholar?bblinkid=285335087&bbemailid=59121796&bbejrid=-1052189273

It is encourage to watch this short video that shares more about the program and tips for how to strengthen your application: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bBYaHMT2M0

07/01/2025

Illinois Arts Council FY26 Creative Projects Grant Guidelines & Application IS NOW OPEN!
The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) is pleased to announce the release of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Creative Projects Grant (CPG) guidelines. The goal of CPG is to provide up to $12,000 to support art projects for Illinois artists, eligible not-for-profit organizations, municipal entities, or colleges and universities.

CPG projects must culminate with a public release or presentation of the work accomplished during the grant period.

Applications are now available in IAC’s Salesforce grant portal beginning Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Visit the Creative Projects Grant webpage for details; for IG users copy & paste the link into your browser:
arts.illinois.gov/granting-opportunities/grants-programs/creative-projects-grant.html

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