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Yahoo
08-05-2025
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Grant supporting free classes at the Peoria Art Guild
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria Art Guild has received a grant from the Community Foundation of Central Illinois to launch 'Art Without Boundaries' next month, The art guild said that 'Art Without Boundaries' is an 'exciting new initiative providing free arts education to youth across Central Illinois.' The grant is worth nearly $9,000. 'Art Without Boundaries' will offer no-cost arts experiences, ensuring that all children under 18 have access to high-quality, diverse arts education. It will foster creativity, critical thinking, and mentorship by engaging young artists early and empowering them to inspire the next generation, the art guild said. Shannon Cox, the art guild's executive director, said the $8,980 grant will remove 'financial and geographic barriers' for youths and ensure all have 'the opportunity to create, learn, and grow through art.' 'We are thankful to the Community Foundation of Central Illinois for their support of this program,' she said. The art guild is also teaming up with CityLink to provide bus passes for students and parents traveling to our class locations, which will be held at some of the city's library branches. There will also be a groundbreaking for the art guild's classroom expansion at their Shoppes at Grand Prairie location on May 29. The new space, which opens on May 29 at 5:30 p.m., is in addition to the Peoria Art Guild's location Downtown. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Peoria Art Guild installs ‘yarn bombing' community street art project
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — People from across the nation participated in a local street art project through the Peoria Art Guild. Tuesday, members of the Peoria Art Guild began the installation of the 'yarn bombing' project at the Taylor Fawcett Totem sculpture. The sculpture is just one of many on Peoria's Sculpture Walk, which spans Washington Street. Nikki Wheeler, the director of education with the Peoria Art Guild, said the sculpture will be covered in yarn for the next few weeks if weather allows it. She said yarn bombing is a non-invasive form of street art that is meant to bring attention to an area or certain issues. For this project, the organization aimed to foster a sense of community. The Peoria Art Guild sent out requests for yarn squares on social media. Wheeler said the response was overwhelming; reaching far and wide. 'We received squares from as far away as Albuquerque, New Mexico, and New York,' she said. 'And people are just excited to have this sort of collaboration and take part in the community project.' Hundreds of people participated and sent tens of thousands of letters with their yarn squares. Wheeler was moved by the touching stories the organization received. One mother sent a square in memory of her daughter who lost her battle with mental health. Another participant sent a square as a personal scavenger hunt with their sister who lives in Peoria. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
