Arts Midwest Invests $308,721 in

For more than 25 years, Arts Midwest has been a strong partner with the Illinois Arts Council. Together, we have provided enriching culture opportunities to Illinois artists, arts organizations, and audiences—fostering and sustaining vibrant, diverse communities throughout Illinois. Economically, we serve to leverage Illinois public funds to generate more private investment while providing broad public access to arts and cultural activities.

In FY13, Arts Midwest is reporting a 466% return on investment to the state of Illinois for services in the 2012– 2013 programming cycle. Through our performing, visual, and literary arts and leadership development programs, we have leveraged $66,200 in state dues to provide $308,721 in services.

We are thrilled to report that these programs and services reached urban and rural communities across the state.

Learn more by visiting www.artsmidwest.org.

Service at a Glance

■ Arts Midwest Touring Fund: awarded $62,821 to 24 performing arts organizations, and supported the touring of 17 Illinois ensembles, who earned $195,900 for their work ■ Arts Midwest World Fest: $50,000 in services per year for two years of artist residencies in Charleston ■ Arts Midwest Conference: provided business, learning, and networking opportunities to 101 individuals from 63 Illinois organizations in 2012 ■ The Big Read: supported four innovative reading engagements ■ The Sum of Many Parts: featuring the work of Illinois quiltmaker Edna J. Patterson-Petty in an exhibition touring across China ■ Leadership: continued professional development and networking opportunities for state arts agency staff and leaders Arts Midwest Touring Fund

Arts Midwest Touring Fund encourages performing arts touring by providing financial support to arts presenting organizations in the Midwest.

Arts Midwest Touring Fund provides fee support up to $4,000 to performing arts organizations to bring dance, theater, and music to audiences across Arts Midwest’s region. Each engagement includes in-depth educational activities and public performances, and aims to reach underserved audiences.

Through the FY13 Arts Midwest Touring Fund cycle (2012–2013 performance season), Arts Midwest awarded $62,821 to 24 performing arts organizations in Illinois. These activities included 76 public performances and 103 community and educational events.

Grantee City Artist Grant of Roosevelt University Chicago Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater $4,000

Aurora University Aurora Carrie Newcomer with Parker Palmer $3,000

Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts Bloomington Taylor 2 $3,125 University Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University DrumLine $3,400 Park Chicago Humanities Festival Chicago Paige Hernandez $2,400 Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Chicago Gallim Dance Company $4,000

Elgin Community College Elgin American Place Theatre $3,375

Fine Arts Series at Illinois College Jacksonville Cantus $1,500

Harris Theater for Music & Dance Chicago Sphinx Virtuosi $3,600 Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree Lebanon Dance Saint Louis $1,500 University Kirkland Fine Arts Center at Millikin University Decatur Spencer's Theatre of Illusion $2,100 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University Urbana Elizabeth Streb $4,000 of Illinois Links Hall Chicago Sharon Bridgforth $1,875 Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center Rockford Christopher O'Riley $1,600

Northlight Theatre Skokie David Lutken $4,000 Old Town School of Folk Music's Square Roots Festival Chicago Sidi Toure $600 Orpheum Theatre Galesburg The Acting Company $3,000 Paramount Arts Centre Aurora Theatreworks USA $840

Parkland Community College Champaign Accademia Amsterdam $3,856 Quad City Arts Rock Island Lula Washington Dance Theater $4,000

Raue Center For the Arts Crystal Lake Mad River Theatre Works $1,000 Sandwich Opera House Sandwich Bob and the Beachcombers $550

Sangamon Auditorium at the University of Illinois Springfield Savion Glover $4,000 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Dance Saint Louis $1,500

The Touring Fund also supported 20 projects featuring 17 Illinois ensembles touring to other Midwest states during 2012–2013. In total, the artists earned $195,900 by participating in Arts Midwest programming. Arts Midwest World Fest

Arts Midwest World Fest connects small and mid-sized Midwestern communities to world cultures through week-long residencies with global performers.

Arts Midwest World Fest’s mission is to instill appreciation for diversity “Participating school administrators and acceptance of other cultures. Over a two-year cycle, four global and teachers continually stressed that musical ensembles conduct week-long residencies in Midwestern the World Fest workshops offer a communities. Residencies include public concerts, K-12 school unique opportunity for their students, workshops, and community outreach activities such as family and adding that many would never have senior citizen workshops and master classes. The program is the opportunity to hear, let alone see, committed to reaching communities that lack access to high-quality this style of music performed live. It international arts and education programming. Arts Midwest invests was evident that many of these approximately $100,000 to bring this program to Illinois for the two-year communities are starved for this type of cultural program.” cycle, and local communities are only responsible for school busing, hall rental, and hospitality costs. -Dan Crews Patron Services Director The 2011–2013 Arts Midwest World Fest cycle featured Yamma Doudna Fine Arts Center Ensemble (Israel), Tarim: Uygur Song and Dance (People’s Republic Eastern Illinois University of China), Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers (Pakistan), and Cudamani (Indonesia).

The fall 2011 tour featured Yamma ensemble. During their week-long residency in Charleston, the artists conducted 10 educational and performance events and reached more than 2,536 residents, including more than 1,680 youth.

Location City Description Youth Adults Concert to welcome Yamma Ensemble Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston 50 436 to the community Workshop and general assembly for Oakland High School Oakland high school and junior high school 310 20 students Workshop and general assembly for Casey-Wesfield Jr. High School Casey 200 12 junior high students Workshop and general assembly for Georgetown High School Georgetown 314 16 high school students Workshop and general assembly for Lake Land College Mattoon 48 junior college audience Workshop and general assembly for Robinson High School Robinson Robinson High School and Nuttall 550 28 Middle School students Workshop and general assembly for Oblong High School Oblong high school and junior high school 225 14 students Lincoln Trail College Robinson Informal meet and greet 8 16 Workshop and master class with EIU Eastern Illinois University Charleston 40 music students Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston Public performance 23 226 The spring 2012 tour featured Tarim: Uygur Song and Dance. During their week-long stay in Charleston, the artists conducted 11 educational and performance events and reached more than 1,665 residents, including more than 850 youth.

Location City Description Youth Adults

Workshop and master class with EIU Eastern Illinois University Charleston 75 Music Students

Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston Asian Studies Colloquium 35

Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston Welcome reception for the ensemble 60

Workshop/General Assembly for junior Marshall Jr. High School Marshall 196 28 high students

Rotary Club International Charleston Special Guests at noon time lunch 45

Workshop/General Assembly for junior Kansas Jr. High and High School Kansas 124 14 high and high school students

Workshop/General Assembly at senior LifeSpan Center Charleston 5 115 center

Workshop/General Assembly for junior Lake Land College Mattoon 130 college audience

Workshop/General Assembly for K-12 Oakland High School Oakland 300 30 students

Workshop/General Assembly for junior Casey-Westfield Jr. High School Casey 200 16 high school

Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston Public Performance 32 260 The fall 2012 tour featured Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers. During their week-long stay in Charleston, the artists conducted 11 educational and performance events and reached 1,840 residents, including 1,420 youth.

Location City Description Youth Adults

Workshop with master class with EIU Eastern Illinois University Charleston 75 Music students

Eastern Illinois University Charleston Welcome reception and dinner 30

Workshop/General Assembly for 6th, 7th Mattoon Middle School Mattoon 450 25 and 8th grade students

Rotary Club International Charleston Special guests at lunch meeting 50

Workshop/General Assembly for junior Marshall Junior High School Marshall 300 25 high school students

Workshop/General Assembly for K-12 e Oakland School System Oakland 450 30 school district

Workshop/General Assembly for junior Casey-Westfield Jr. High School Casey 200 15 high students LifeSpan Center - Coles County Charleston Workshop at senior center 25 Council on Aging Lake Land College-Student Workshop/General Assembly for junior Mattoon 30 Activities college students Radio interview on public broadcasting WILL Radio Interview Urbana station

Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston Public Performance 20 115 The spring 2013 tour featured Çudamani. This residency included 12 educational and performance events and reached more than 3,000 residents, including more than 2,380 youth.

Location City Description Youth Adults

Workshop/General Assembly for entire school Oakland Schools Oakland 400 30 district (kindergarten thru 12th grade)

Eastern Illinois University-Doudna Workshop with EIU students and faculty (Non- Charleston 40 Fine Arts Center Western Music Classes) Welcoming reception and dinner. Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston Entertainment provided by EIU international 40 students Workshop/General Assembly for 6th, 7th and Mattoon Middle School Mattoon 850 25 8th graders

Rotary Club International Charleston special guests at noon time lunch meeting 50

Workshop/General Assembly for 6th, 7th and Marshall Junior High School Marshall 325 18 8th graders LifeSpan Center - Coles County Charleston Workshop at senior center 40 Council on Aging

Lake Land College Mattoon Workshop with community college students 110

Workshop/General Assembly for high school Robinson High School Robinson 525 25 age students Workshop/General Assembly for 7th and 8th Casey-Westfield Junior High School Casey 265 14 graders

WILL Radio Interview Urbana Radio interview on public broadcasting station

Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston Public Performance 20 225

Since the program’s inception in 2003, we have brought 20 engaging international ensembles to five communities across Illinois: Bloomington, Charleston, Elgin, Rock Island, and Springfield.

Learn more at www.artsmidwesworldfest.org. Arts Midwest Conference

The preeminent annual booking and education conference for the Midwest performing arts industry.

The only meeting of its kind in the Midwest, our Conference attracts top presenters from across the United States and around the world. The goals of the Arts Midwest Conference are to connect arts administrators, foster and sustain the dynamic performing arts industry, and promote the vibrant local arts scene in the Conference city.

In 2012, 905 arts professionals convened in Grand Rapids, from September 12– 15 to network, conduct business, engage in in-depth professional development sessions, experience live performance showcases, and gain new insights into the world of performing arts touring and presenting. Representatives from Illinois included 101 individuals from 63 different arts organizations.

The 2013 Arts Midwest Conference will take place September 9–12 in Austin, Texas, and we expect to serve a broad sector of Illinois artists, presenters and arts organizations at the event. Flamenco Vivo performs at the 2012 Conference. Photo by Joshua Feist.

2012 Attendees City Aloft Circus Arts Chicago

ARTRA Artists Management, Inc Chicago

Athenaeum Theatre Productions Chicago

Audience Architects Chicago

Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Chicago

Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts Bloomington

Bureau of Cultural Affairs - Western Illinois University Macomb

Caterpillar Inc Peoria

Caton Enterprises, Ltd. Huntley

Cerqua Rivera Dance Chicago

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago

Chicago Tap Theatre Chicago

Chinese Consulate General in Chicago Chicago

Clinard Dance Theatre Chicago

Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters Grayslake

College of Lake County Grayslake

Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest Chicago Dominican University River Forest Doudna Fine Arts Center Charleston

Edge Entertainment Limited Chicago

Elgin Community College Elgin

Fermilab Arts Series Batavia

Freedom Hall-Nathan Manilow Theatre Park Forest

Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Chicago

Goodman Artists Chicago

Governors State University University Park

Griffin Theatre Company Chicago

Hitsville Revue Chicago

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Chicago

Illinois Arts Council Chicago

Kirkland Fine Arts Center Decatur

MadKap Productions Inc Deerfield

Marion Cultural and Civic Center Marion

Marquis Arts Consultants Bloomington

Mayne Stage Chicago

McAninch Arts Center Glen Ellyn

McKendree University Lebanon

Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center Rockford

Mike Toomey's TV & Me New Lenox

Moen & Case LLP Chicago

MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies Oakbrook Terrace

Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills

Nice Dog, LLC Dunlap

North Central College Naperville

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Skokie

Quebec Delegation - Chicago Chicago

R&B Productions Inc Peoria

Rebecca Kling Chicago

Rialto Square Theatre Joliet

River North Chicago Dance Company Chicago

Rockford Coronado Concert Association Rockford Ron Hawking Voiceworks Inc Arlington Hts Siegel Artist Management, LLC Evanston

Space Evanston

The Jodi Beach Trio Rockford

The Orpheum Theatre Galesburg

The Virginia Theatre Group Champaign

The Windish Agency Chicago

Theater Wit Chicago

Third Coast Percussion Chicago

Thodos Dance Chicago Chicago

TR! Wilmette University of Chicago Presents Chicago

NEA Big Read

The Big Read is a literary initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.

Through this program, we bring partners across the country together to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. We were thrilled to present Dekalb Public Library in DeKalb, Quincy Public Library in Quincy, Galesburg Public Library in Galesburg, and Columbia College Chicago Library in Chicago with grants for the 2012–2013 The Big Read cycle.

The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers from 21st-Century America

An exhibition of American quilts commissioned by the U.S. Embassy-Beijing, touring through China in 2012–2014

Quiltmaking has always been an important tradition in America, and the many styles of American quilts reflect the diversity of the United States itself. The Sum of Many Parts features 25 contemporary quilters from the Midwest, the South, and Hawaii. Touring across China from 2012–2014, this exhibition highlights a range of quilting styles and techniques while providing an opportunity for Chinese audiences to connect with American culture through our shared love of textile arts.

Illinois is represented in the exhibition by Edna J. Patterson-Petty, of East St. Louis, whose work, Out of the Box, is currently on tour.

Out of the Box, by Edna J. Patterson-Petty. Photo by Mike Jensen.

Leadership

Twice annually, Arts Midwest convenes a summit of the state arts agency executive directors representing Illinois, , , Michigan, , , , , and . Through this effort, Tatiana Gant, executive director of the Illinois Arts Council, participates in leadership development and knowledge sharing with key professionals in the public art sector.

Illinois continues to be strongly represented on Arts Midwest’s Board of Directors and governance committees through Sylvia Kaufman of Chicago, Rhoda Pierce of Highland Park, Brian Tiemann of Evanston, and Helyn Goldenberg of Chicago.