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Home » Arts Alliance Illinois

Tag: Arts Alliance Illinois

Erin Harkey, a Black woman in a shiny purple top, stands in the lobby of the Chicago Cultural Center
Posted inOn Culture

Arts folk: what would you do with $20 million?

by Deanna Isaacs January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

How bad is COVID-19 damage to the arts sector? Arts Alliance Illinois says it’s been researching that question and will be releasing the results any day now. I didn’t have them by press time, but it’s safe to assume they’ll be brutal. The heads of both the AAI and Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and […]

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Will Silk Road still rise? Will we?

by Deanna Isaacs September 30, 2020August 18, 2021

Jamil Khoury and Malik Gillani have been facing more than COVID closure.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

At Theater on the Lake, a free Prologue to a free season

by Deanna Isaacs June 26, 2019August 18, 2021

Theater on the Lake kicks off its season with a free three-day seminar for the Chicago theater community.

Posted inBlogs

The first black leader of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, Heather Ireland Robinson, talks segregation and infrastructure

by Jordannah Elizabeth March 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Robinson embarks on her 20th year in Chicago arts administration by taking the reins of the Jazz Institute.

Posted inBlogs

Which mayoral candidate will be better for the arts?

by Deanna Isaacs April 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Rahm and Chuy answer art-related questions posed by Accelerate Culture.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

One year in, the Chicago Cultural Plan is already receiving plaudits

by Deanna Isaacs November 11, 2013August 19, 2021

What has the Chicago Cultural Plan actually done?

Posted inBlogs

Empty Ice Cream Suit? Sharp-dressed NEA chair Rocco Landesman in Chicago

by Deanna Isaacs June 4, 2010August 19, 2021

NEA chair charms in Chicago, but message is familiar.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Artists Coalition News

by Tony Adler January 27, 2010August 19, 2021

Chicago Artists Coalition hires a new executive director.

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