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The Illinois Arts Council(IAC) is pleased to announce the release of the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) Creative Learning Grants for Schools(CLGS) guidelines and webinar. The goal of this grant is to enable schools to acquire supplies, materials, equipment, or services from Illinois artists or arts organizations that are needed to address student needs for arts learning opportunities in Illinois schools.
K-12 School districts, public schools, and charter schools are eligible to apply for up to $20,000 to support arts learning opportunities in dance, media arts, music, theatre, or visual arts.
The application will be available on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, and the deadline is Wednesday, February 18, 2206, at 11:59pm. The application must be submitted via IAC's Salesforce grant portal.
Each IAC regionhas its own allocation and will select recipients from the applications submitted in that region.
A prerecorded webinar is available on IAC's website. The IAC will also host four "Drop-In'' sessions to answer any questions you may have. Drop-in sessions are one-hour sessions that have no agenda. Participants may ask questions of the participating Program Staff and get answers in real time. Drop-ins do not require pre-registration. Simply click the link at the time of the meeting to join the call via WebEx. Visit the Creative Learning Grants for Schoolswebpage for details.
For more information, please contact your Regional Program Director.
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