Illinois Humanities

Rebecca Amato is the Director of Teaching and Learning for Illinois Humanities and Alexandra Sossa is from the Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project. Illinois Humanities received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest to present The NEA Big Read: Reconsidering the American Dream. This is a series of free book groups, free public events, and hands-on workshops that explore and challenge our understanding of the "American Dream." Amato and Sossa spoke to Community Voices about the books featured in the Big Read, the changing ideology surrounding the "American Dream", and the event coming to Springfield on Feb. 22. They also spoke about different challenges and inequities immigrants and farmers face in Illinois.

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is the Executive Director of Illinois Humanities, a program devoted to keeping and spreading the deep cultures of Illinois. She sat down with co-host Logan Bricker to speak about "Spark! Places of Innovation," a traveling exhibition that seeks to help reveal and spread the various cultures and histories of rural communities in Illinois.

Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION is a new digital exhibition and activation kit by Illinois Humanities. The exhibit features new multidisciplinary works created by Illinois artists, humanists, and collectives which address mass incarceration. Bea Bonner talks to Envisioning Justice Fellow Meredith Nnoka and artist Antonio Burton aka Toni Picasso about the program and their contributions.

Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION is a new digital exhibition and activation kit by Illinois Humanities. The exhibit features new multidisciplinary works created by Illinois artists, humanists, and collectives which address mass incarceration. Bea Bonner talks to Envisioning Justice Fellow Meredith Nnoka and artist Antonio Burton aka Toni Picasso about the program and their contributions.

Illinois Humanities is a nonprofit organization that supports the humanities and cultural opportunities in Illinois. Executive Director Gabrielle Lyon and Director of Grants Programs Mark Hallett spoke with Community Voices about the organization.

Illinois is often talked about as Chicago and the rest of the state.Illinois Humanities, a nonprofit focused on arts and culture, is hosting the final…

A fiddling duo is playing Civil War era tunes on the Old State Capitol plaza in downtown Springfield. Near them is a log cabin on wheels (well,…