The Reparations Committee and Evanston Arts Council selected four winners in the city’s first-ever youth art contest. The prompt for the contest was the question, “What comes to mind when you think of reparations?” The four winners are Maia Faith Hadaway, a UCLA student; Asiah Williams, an Evanston Township High School student; and Margo Stonebraker.
The Evanston Arts Council announced Friday that 23 local arts nonprofits would be awarded funding secured from the National Endowment for the Arts. EAC was one of three Illinois organizations to receive an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the NEA. This grant program, which will award a total of $135,000, is the largest one.
The Evanston Arts Council will fund 20 local artists, art organizations and community art groups, awarding $70,000 in grants. The Cultural Fund Grant recipients range from Claudia Renteria, who works with local organization Evanston Latinos to promote Latine artists, to Chicago chamber music group Crossing Borders Music. The grant, which was open for applications from.