Waukegan Park District receives arts grant
The Illinois Arts Council has awarded the Waukegan Park District a grant of $18,700 from state funds for general operating support. The district has been a proud recipient of this grant in the past.
Funding support from the Illinois Arts Council enables the district to provide free and low-cost cultural arts programs and events for the Waukegan community.
The Waukegan Park District provides programming focused in arts, culture and history. Patrons of all ages enjoy taking lessons in music, dance and art at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts in Bowen Park.
The Waukegan History Museum, operated jointly with the Waukegan Historical Society, exhibits and preserves the rich history of Waukegan. The history outreach program, consisting of community and school presentations, as well as guided walking tours, reaches around 10,000 participants annually. History operations for the district and historical society are expanding to the historic Carnegie Library.
The Waukegan Park District provides annual cultural events throughout the year, including the Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine Arts & Music Festival, Oakwood Cemetery Walk, Joseph A. Favero Memorial "Do-It-Yourself" Messiah Concert, Young People's Family Concert, Day of the Dead, Movies in the Parks, and Arts Park.
The Waukegan Park District is also the parent organization of the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra and the Waukegan Concert Chorus, two long-standing cultural institutions.
The Waukegan Park District provides in-person programming for more than 18,000 cultural arts participants. Following the impact of facility closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual cultural arts programming created by the district has reached more than 60,000 people.
For more information, contact Ty at trohrer@waukeganparks.org.