Arts Midwest Invests $308,721 in Illinois
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 Auditorium Theatre 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, Michigan 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, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. 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.