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2024 Community Arts Access Grant Recipients Announced
Springfield Area Arts Council is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 COMMUNITY ARTS ACCESS grants to organizations in Sangamon and Menard counties. Community Arts Access grants are given […]
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ARTS GRANTS AVAILABLE
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Accolades for the Arts | Spring-Summer 2023
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25th Biennial Workers’ Art Exhibit Seeks Participation
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Illinois Poetry Out Loud on Outside the Loop Radio
Springfield Area Arts Council Executive Director, Sheila Walk, recently joined Poetry Out Loud Illinois champion, Yohanna Endashaw, and Susan Dickson of the Illinois Arts Council Agency to discuss the power of poetry […]
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The Springfield Area Arts Council announces winners of the Illinois State 2023 Poetry Ourselves Contest
Poetry Ourselves is offered as part of the Poetry Out National Recitation Contest for original student work for the 2023 National Finals. Each 2023 state champion will have the […]
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SPRINGFIELD AREA ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES STATE POETRY OUT LOUD WINNERS
I throw a book when a poem undoes me. I underline Clifton: today we are possible. I start from image. I begin with Phillis Wheatley. I begin with Phillis Wheatley. I […]
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Sixteen students from around Illinois will participate in state-wide poetry recitation contest.
“Poetry, like visual art, makes space to breathe, pause, and consider.” —Ama Codjoe, 2023 Guggenheim Poet-in-Residence Award-winning teenagers from around Illinois are set to compete in Springfield for a slot […]
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Poetry Out Loud Central Illinois Regional Contest
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning. Maya Angelou The Springfield Area […]
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“More Details Released About First Night Springfield” on WMAY.COM
by Newsroom | December 9, 2022 The Springfield Area Arts Council is releasing more details about the return of First Night Springfield on New Year’s Eve. The annual alcohol-free celebration […]
