Governor Bruce Rauner and Chairman Shirley R. Madigan are pleased to announce fiscal year 2017 and 2018 grants awarded by the Illinois Arts Council Agency. At the December meeting of the Illinois Arts Council Agency Board, 642 grants, totaling $5,833,250, were unanimously approved. They are listed below in alphabetical order according to the counties and cities in which they are located. Adams County Quincy Midsummer Arts Faire NFP, $1,400, for general operating support Quincy Art Center, $10,400, for general operating support Quincy Art Center, $3,600, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Quincy Civic Music Assn, $4,600, for general operating support Quincy Community Theatre, $11,800, for general operating support Quincy Society of Fine Arts, $6,455, for Community Arts Access Program Quincy Society of Fine Arts, $6,455, for Community Arts Access Program Boone County Belvidere Boone County Arts Council, $1,600, for general operating support Bureau County Ottawa Illinois Valley Orchestral Assn, $2,200, for general operating support Princeton Prairie Arts Council, $1,600, for general operating support Princeton Theatre Group, $9,600, for general operating support Princeton Theatre Group, $6,000, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Carroll County Mount Carroll Timber Lake Playhouse, $6,000, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Champaign County Champaign 40 North/88 West Inc, $4,500, for Poetry Out Loud project support 40 North/88 West Inc, $3,000, for Poetry Out Loud project support 40 North/88 West Inc, $6,200, for general operating support Art Film Foundation, $5,900, for general operating support Central Illinois Children's Chorus, $2,800, for general operating support Champaign CU School Dist #4, $47,730, for Arts and Foreign Language Implementation Champaign Park District, $14,600, for general operating support Champaign Urbana Ballet, $11,800, for general operating support Champaign Urbana Ballet, $375, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, $11,800, for general operating support The Conservatory of Central Illinois, $8,200, for general operating support Developmental Services Ctr-Champaign Co, $2,400, for Prompting Theater operating support Parkland College, $4,970, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Parkland College, $6,200, for Art Gallery operating support University of Illinois/UC, $21,100, for Krannert Center operating support University of Illinois/UC, $5,900, for Japan House operating support University of Illinois/UC, $8,100, for Krannert Art Museum operating support University of Illinois/UC, $6,600, for Sinfonia da Camera operating support University of Illinois/UC, $16,200, for WILL Broadcasting operating support Mahomet The Chorale NFP, $2,400, for general operating support Sidney Creative Dramatics Workshop Incorporated, $1,400, for general operating support Urbana Celebration Co/Station Theatre, $3,000, for general operating support City of Urbana, $1,800, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project City of Urbana, $4,600, for Public Arts Program operating support Community Center for the Arts, $9,600, for general operating support Fay Glassman Performance, $600, for general operating support Urbana-Champaign Indep Media Ctr, $8,200, for general operating support Coles County Charleston Eastern Illinois University, $2,870, for a four weeks visual arts residency with Eli Craven Cook County Arlington Heights Performing Arts at Metropolis, $2,700, for performance of A Carpenters' Christmas Performing Arts at Metropolis, $16,200, for general operating support Township High School District 214, $3,360, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Bartlett Arts in Bartlett NFP, $3,000, for general operating support Arts in Bartlett NFP, $3,120, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project The Festival Chorus, $4,600, for general operating support Berwyn The 16th Street Theater NFP, $5,500, for general operating support Buffalo Grove Joyce Kilmer Elem School, $535, for a performance by Kidworks Touring Theatre Co. Chicago (Re)Discover Theatre, $500, for general operating support 137 Films nfp, $2,400, for general operating support 6018 North, $6,000, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project 6018North, $3,200, for general operating support About Face Thatre Collective, $16,200, for general operating support Access Contemporary Music, $5,900, for general operating support Access Living of Metro Chicago, $6,200, for Arts & Culture Project support Aerial Dance Chicago, $6,200, for general operating support Africa International House USA, $16,200, for general operating support African American Arts Alliance/Chicago, $7,400, for general operating support Akvavit Theatre, $1,200, for general operating support Albany Park Theater Project, $6,000, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Albany Park Theater Project, $16,200, for general operating support Valerie Alpert Dance Co, $1,200, for general operating support American Blues Theater, $8,800, for general operating support American Indian Center, $17,600, for general operating support American Indian Center, $2,000, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project American Theater Company, $16,200, for general operating support Apollo Chorus of Chicago, $11,800, for general operating support Arc Educational Foundation, $2,200, for general operating support The Art Institute of Chicago, $50,000, for general operating support Artemisia A Chicago Theatre NFP, $4,600, for general operating support Artistic Home Acting Ensemble, $3,100, for general operating support Artists Coop Residency/Exhibit Project, $5,200, for general operating support ArtReach at Lillstreet, $11,800, for general operating support ArtReach at Lillstreet, $5,940, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Arts & Business Council of Chicago, $16,200, for general operating support The Arts of Life Inc, $6,000, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project The Arts of Life Inc, $16,200, for general operating support Asian Improv aRts Midwest, $10,400, for general operating support AstonRep, $2,000, for general operating support Audience Architects NFP, $11,800, for general operating support Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt Univ, $10,000, for Hands Together Art to Art performing arts camp Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt Univ, $17,600, for general operating support Ballet Chicago Company, $5,060, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Ballet Chicago Company, $16,200, for general operating support Balzekas Museum/Lithuanian Culture, $11,800, for general operating support Barrel of Monkeys Productions, $11,800, for general operating support Bella Voce, $4,600, for general operating support Black Ensemble Theater Corp, $16,200, for general operating support Black Ensemble Theater Corp, $6,000, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Broken Nose Theatre, $500, for general operating support Bronzeville Children's Museum, $4,600, for general operating support Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago, $2,200, for After Supper Visions of My Life project support Cerqua Rivera Art Experience, $8,200, for general operating support Changing Worlds, $16,200, for general operating support Chicago acappella, $13,200, for general operating support Chicago Acting in Film Meetup NFP, $1,200, for general operating support Chicago Architecture Fndn, $14,600, for general operating support Chicago Architecture Fndn, $6,000, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Chicago Artists' Coalition, $17,600, for general operating support Chicago Arts Partnerships in Ed, $17,600, for general operating support The Chicago Ballet, $5,940, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Chicago Brass Band Assn, $2,800, for general operating support The Chicago Children's Choir, $17,600, for general operating support Chicago Children's Museum, $16,200, for general operating support Chicago Children's Theatre, $17,600, for general operating support Chicago Children's Theatre, $4,365, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Chicago Chorale, $2,300, for general operating support Chicago City Theatre Company, $4,400, for general operating support Chicago Community Chorus NFP, $2,800, for general operating support Chicago Composers Orchestra, $2,400, for general operating support Chicago Cultural Alliance, $11,000, for general operating support Chicago Dance Crash NFP, $7,400, for general operating support Chicago Dept of Cultural Aff/Spec Events, $138,650, for Community Arts Access Program Chicago Dept of Cultural Aff/Spec Events, $46,000, for general operating support Chicago Dept of Cultural Aff/Spec Events, $138,650, Individual Artists Program Chicago Dramatists, $10,400, for general operating support The Chicago Ensemble, $2,800, for general operating support Chicago Filmmakers, $17,600, for general operating support Chicago Fringe Festival Inc, $5,200, for general operating support Chicago History Museum, $16,200, for general operating support Chicago Human Rhythm Project, $16,200, for general operating support Chicago Humanities Festival, $14,600, for general operating support Chicago Independent Radio Project, $11,000, for general operating support Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, $17,600, for general operating support Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, $2,280, for a Youth Employment in the Arts project Chicago Kids Company, $10,400, for general operating support Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, $1,000, for general operating support Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra