2005 Report 
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Name Organization City
Dado Emerald City Theatre Chicago
Rasheedah Abdul-Musawwir Calumet City Cultural Center Calumet City
Andrea Adams South Shore Cultural Center Chicago
Ellyzabeth Adler Adler Danz Theatre Project Chicago
Julie Adrianopoli Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Chicago
Ellen Alberding The Joyce Foundation Chicago
Angela Allyn City of Evanston, Cultural Arts Division Evanston
Armando M Almendarez Chicago Public Schools Chicago
Robert Alpaugh Victory Gardens Chicago
Jennifer Amdur Spitz Chicago
Leonard Anderson Little Theatre In The Square Sullivan
Mary Andrus Hull House Chicago
Thomas Appleton Springfield Center for the Arts Springfield
Claire Armstrong Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Chicago
Jennifer Armstrong 40 North/88 West Champaign
Jon Eric Arndt Chicago Public Art Group Chicago
Sara Arvas McCord Gallery & Cultural Center Palos Park
Tom Arvetis Vittum Theater Chicago
John Avila Edelman Chicago
Jahi Bakari The Bakari Institute St. Louis
Emma Balazs Chicago
Tiffany Baty Illinois State Univeristy Bloomington
Lois A Baum Shaw Chicago Theater Company Chicago
Betsy Beams Theatre Building Chicago Chicago
Elizabeth Bellaver P-Arts (People for the Arts) St. Charles
Lauren Bergquist Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Chicago
Anne Bert Gorton Community Center Lake Forest
Michelle Bibbs Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Valerie Black-Mallon The Goodman Theatre Chicago
Tracy Blackburn 3Arts Chicago
Dayna Block Open Studio Project, Inc. Evanston
Kelly Bollinger Marwen Chicago
Jacquelyn Bonavia Art Resources in Teaching Chicago
Mike Booker Young Chicago Authors Chicago
Michelle Boone The Joyce Foundation Chicago
Sarah R Bowers Barrington Area Arts Evanston
Carolyn Brode Gorton Community Center Lake Forest
Gwethalyn Bronner James Lumber Center for Performing Arts Grayslake
Nora Brooks Blakely Chocolate Chip Theatre Company Chicago
Abena Joan Brown eta Creative Arts Foundation Chicago
Rebecca E Bruns Krannert Center, U of I Urbana
Phyllis Brzowska Luna Negra Dance Theater Chicago
Margaret Buchen Illinois Artisans Program Chicago
Walter D Buford Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Genevieve Burns Blackman Kallick Chicago
Julie Burros Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Katherine Bus Business Development for the Arts, Inc. Oak Park
Anne Bustamante Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Rosa Cabrara Field Museum Chicago
Darrell Calvin Pella Opera House Theatre Center Pella
Emily Canham Columbia College Chicago Chicago
Catherine Carabetta Donors Forum Chicago
Deborah Card Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago
Karen Cardarelli Emerald City Theatre Co. Chicago
Janet Carl Smith Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Stella Carnahan Decatur Area Arts Council Decatur
Karen Carolin Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Laura Cavanaugh Fox Valley Arts Council Oswego
Allan Chambers Theatre Building Chicago Chicago
Amanda Church Quest Theater Ensemble Chicago
Suzanne Connor Arts & Business Council of Chicago Chicago
Antonia Contro Marwen Chicago
Shannon Coogan Beacon Street Chicago
Nancy A Cortes Chicago Park District Chicago
Jeremy Coulter Publications Unit, Illinois State University Normal
Tony Courier Shaw Chicago Theater Company Chicago
Ann Covode Kids Global Network Evanston
Lucas A Cowan Millennium Park & Dept. of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Deborah Crable WYCC-TV20 Chicago
Marv Cutler Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Chicago
Martha Dahlberg Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center Rockford
T. Daniel T. Daniel Productions, NPP Chicago
Gillian Darlow Redmoon Theater Chicago
Velda Davino Italian American Human Relations Foundation Chicago
Amira Davis African American Cultural Arts Program Champaign
Kassie Davis The Chicago Community Trust
Emilie DeAngelis Art Institute of Chicago Chicago
Ashley Dearborn Music Club/Wright College Chicago
Maria DeCaprio-Sunta Palos Fine Arts Association Palos Park
Greg DiDomenico Hinsdale Center for the Arts Hinsdale
Dominic DiFrisco Dominic DiFrisco & Assoc. Ltd. Chicago
Michael DiFuccia Buchanan Center for the Arts Monmouth
Toni Diprizio Blackman Kallick Chicago
Elizabeth Donius IFP/Chicago Chicago
Dawn M Donnellan Oak Park Avenue Mainstreet Association Tinley Park
Barbara Dove Gallery 510 Decatur
James Duke Street-Level Youth Media Chicago
Rob Dwyer Quincy Society of Fine Arts Quincy
Abby Eddy Illinois Symphony Orchestra Springfield
Mary Erbach Arts in Bartlett Bartlett
Robert Ericksen Sun Foundation Washburn
Melanie Feerst Evanston Art Center Evanston
Jorge Felix Institute for Puerto Rican Arts & Culture Chicago
Andy Finch Americans for the Arts Washington
Perry Fisher Park Ridge Cultural Arts Council Park Ridge
Dany Fleming Shanti Foundation for Peace Evanston
Lucinda Flodin Prairie Center Arts Foundation Schaumburg
Maria Flores Mueseum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Laura Forbes Vittum Theater Northwestern Chicago
Margaret D Fouche Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Bridget Fraser Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center Rockford
Ann Frescura Springfield Area Arts Council Springfield
Richard Friedman Art Resources in Teaching Chicago
Susan Fuller-Goodwin Ludlow Grade School Ludlow
Megan Geigner Wright College Chicago
Elizabeth Gelman The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn Oak Lawn
Connie Gibbons Intuit: Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Chicago
Rhonda Goldstein Power to Lead: From Choice to Commitment Evanston
Betsy Gomberg Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Chicago
Joan Gray Muntu Dance Theatre Chicago
Cecilia Green Arts in Bartlett Bartlett
Sue Greenberg Volunteer Lawyers/Accountants St. Louis
Harmon Greenblatt Decatur Area Arts Council Decatur
Esther Grimm The Three Arts Club Chicago
Joan Gunzberg Arts and Business Council Chicago
Nancy Villafranca Guzman Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum Chicago
Mike Haeflinger Young Chicago Authors Chicago
Yazoo Hall Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Vickie Hanners-Gatchel Indigo Community Art Education Foundation St. Charles
Charles B Harris American Book Review Bloomington
Ted Harris Open Studio Project Evanston
Wendy Harris Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company Champaign
Monica Haslip Little Black Pearl Workshop Chicago
Dan Haughey Illinois Theatre Association Chicago
Julie Havel Mueseum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Regina Henson Centralia Cultural Society Centralia
Eliud Hernandez Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Erin Hersher Art Institute of Chicago Chicago
Karen Hewitt Krannert Art Museum Champaign
Melissa Hilton The Field Museum Chicago
Jim Hirsch Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago
Barbara Hirschfeld Jump Rhythm Jazz Project Evanston
Chiumei Ho Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
Marissa Hockfield Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Ben Hodge Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Evanston
Jane Hoffman Kellogg School of Mngt - Center for NP Mngt Evanston
Judi Holdorf Quad City Arts Rock Island
Elizabeth Hollenbeck South Chicago Art Center Chicago
June Holmes Krannert Center for The Perfoming Arts Urbana
Allison Holton Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Chicago
Diane Honeyman Prop Theater Group Chicago
Cheri Hunt Indigo Community Art St. Charles
Glenda Huntsman Quad City Arts Rock Island
Anna Husain Barrington Area Arts Council Barrington
Julie Hutchison Rush Hour Concerts at St. James Cathedral Chicago
Ayesha Jaco Najwa Dance Corps Chicago
Maria Jaskot-Inclan Wright College Chicago
Eunice C Joffe Arts Connect Highland Park
Byron Johns Deeply Rooted Productions Chicago
Doug Johnson McLean County Arts Center Normal
Lelde Kalmite Evanston Art Center Evanston
Halena Kays Barrel of Monkeys Chicago
Janeane Keller Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Urbana
Jerome Kenney Park Ridge Cultural Arts Council Park Ridge
Ann Kepley Elgin Children's Chorus Elgin
Marin Kirby Court Theatre Chicago
Katie Klemme Pegasus Players Chicago
Kristie Koehler Barrel of Monkeys Chicago
Barbara Koenen Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Tamara Kubacki Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Unitey Kull Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Jennifer Kunsch Fox Valley Arts Council/ Oswego School Dist. Naperville
Cynthia Kwasinski Stage Wright/Wright College Chicago
Libby Lai-Bun Chiu Urban Gateways: Center for Arts Education Chicago
Sarah Laing Open Studio Project Evanston
Robin LaSota Roselle
Manweh Lee Street-Level Youth Media Chicago
Shawn Lent Chicago
Lindy Lewis Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Chicago
Andrew Liebergen Chicago
Andrea Lily Northwest Area Arts Council Huntly
Liz Livingston Howard Kellogg's Center for Nonprofit Management Evanston
Michael Loftus Naperville Men's Glee Club Lisle
Kate Lorenz Hyde Park Arts Center
Lisa Lorenz Quad City Arts Rock Island
Jennifer Malloy Chicago
Teresa Manzardo Italian American Human Relations Foundation Chicago
Bruce Marquis Bloomington Cutlural District Bloomington
Ed Martenson National Arts Strategies Taos, NM
Hector R Matos Wright College Chicago
Chris Matthews Music Theatre Workshop Chicago
Eric May Beacon Street Chicago
Carla Mayer Chicago Park District Chicago
Daniel Y Mayer Parkway III Consulting Seattle
Joan Mazzonelli Theatre Building Chicago Chicago
Julia F McBride Community Collaborations Chicago
Carolyn McGath Freeport Arts Center Lake Carroll
Kate McGovern Athenaeum Theatre Chicago
Catherine Meredith Reading in Motion Chicago
Maryann Miceli Illinois Artisans Shop Chicago
Mary Ann Michnau Bicentennial Art Center Paris
Janice Miller Community Arts Council of Kankakee County Bradley
Nick Minas Duncan YMCA Chernin Center for the Arts Chicago
Josh Mintz John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chicago
Nancy W Moore Evanston
Robert Morgan Evanston
Kit Morice Tarble Arts Center Charleston
Peggy Mueller Chicago Community Trust Chicago
Romie Munoz Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Ann Murray International Music Foundation Chicago
Sharon Nesbit-Davis Rockford
Lee Ann Norman Chicago
Diana Nucera Street-Level Youth Media Chicago
Anne E O'Keefe Rockford Area Arts Council Rockford
Nina O'Neil The Artistic Home Chicago
John Obligato Lookingglass Theatre Co. Chicago
Joe Ondria Edelman Chicago
Jane E Pacey Centralia Cultural Society Centralia
Jean Parisi Pros Arts Studio Chicago
Rose Parisi Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Julie Parson-Nesbitt Young Chicago Authors Chicago
Julia Perkins MBMD Strategic Consultants Chicago
Virginia Peschke IAAF Woodstock
Corinne M Pierog First Night Evanston Evanston
Charity Piet Oak Park Area Arts Council
June Podagrosi Child's Play Touring Theatre Chicago
Jon Pounds Chicago Public Art Group Chicago
Cynthia Quick Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Nick Rabkin Center for Arts Policy Chicago
Ben Rachlis Chicago Philharmonic Evanston
John Ragir Live Bait Theater Chicago
Ann Rasmus Krannert Art Museum Champaign
William Rattner Lawyers for the Creative Arts Chicago
Phillippe Ravanas Columbia College Chicago Chicago
Tara Reeser Unit for Contemporary Literature Normal
Elliot Regenstein Office of the Governor Blagojevich Chicago
J. Dennis Rich Arts Mangement Dept, Columbia College  Chicago
Ann Ridge Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Collette Rinn Lincoln-Way Community H.S. Art Dept. New Lenox
Bryant Robinson Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
David Roche Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago
Lori Roderick Quad City Arts Rock Island
Lois Roewade Evanston Arts Council Evanston
Rhoda Rosen Spertus Inst of Jewish Studies Chicago
Mike Ross Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Urbana
Mary Rothenberg Oak Park Avenue Mainstreet Association Tinley Park
Heather Rowe Americans for the Arts Washington, DC
Alan Salzenstein DePaul University School of Music Chicago
Jacqueline Samuel Chicago
Dan Santo Edelman Chicago
Lisa Savage American Book Review, Illinois State Univ. Normal
Kathy Scambiatterra The Artistic Home Chicago
Roell Schmidt Chicago Chamber Musicians Chicago
Mary Fay Schoonover Freeport Arts Center Freeport
Melanie Scofield Scofield Communications Chicago
Kyle Scott Publications Unit, Illinois State University Normal
Terry A Scrogum Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Anton Seals 1st Congressional District Chicago
Alex Shapiro Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Karen Shifo Boone County Arts Council Belvidere
Eva Silverman Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Lisa May Simpson Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Chicago
Mark Slakvin Music Center Performing Arts Center LA County Los Angeles, CA
Martha Slaughter Hinsdale Center for the Arts Hinsdale
Louise Smith Jane Addams Hull House Center for Arts & Culture Chicago Chicago
Wallace Smith Illinois Theatre Association Chicago
Debra Snider Henderson, NV
Jon Sokolski One Main Development LLC Champaign
Fred Solari Athenaeum Chicago
Sarah Solotaroff Chicago Community Trust Chicago
Marcy Specry Intuit: Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art Chicago
Donald E Sprague Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Charles Stark Lincoln-Way Area Chorale New Lenox
Christina Steelman WIU College of Fine Arts & Communications Macomb
Deborah Steinkopf Literature for All of Us Evanston
Nancy Stemper Carbondale Community Arts, Inc Carbondale
Sabba S Syal IAAF Chicago
Paul Sznewajs Snow City Arts Foundation Chicago
Claudine Taaffe Street-Level Youth Media Chicago
George Tarasuk Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Russell Taylor National Arts Strategies Washington, DC
Sue Ann Taylor Tinley Park Arts Council Chicago
Nancy Teng Chinese Fine Arts Society Hinsdale
Encarnacion Teruel Illinois Arts Council Chicago
Rodney Terwilliger Free Street Programs Chicago
Zoe Thiel Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Chicago
Sven Thirion Tinley Park Arts Council Tinley Park
Phillip Thomas Woods Fund of Chicago Chicago
Jennifer Thornton Split Pillow NFP Chicago
Karen J Todd archi-treasures association Chicago
Thomas Tresser Creative America Project Chicago
Gladys Vaccarezz Blaine Elementary School Chicago
Alene Valkanas Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Chicago
Thom Van Ermen Theatre Building Chicago Chicago
Pepe Vargas International Latino Cultural Center Chicago
Joanne Vena Columbia College Chicago
Alison C Vesely First Folio Shakespeare Festival Clarendon Hills
Jennifer Viets Arts Connect Chicago
Nicole Vilendrer Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Chicago
Tomas Vitek Illinios Philharmonic Orchestra Park Forest
Christie Vohs Mostly Music at Northeastern Illinois University Chicago
Susan Wahlmann Quad City Arts Rock Island
Anne Walker Legacies of Hope East St. Louis
Shelia Walker Wilkins Najwa Dance Corps Chicago
Joyce K Walschlager Cultural Arts Connection/Ela Lake Zurich
Brenda Webb Chicago Filmmakers Chicago
Cynthia Weglarz McCord Gallery & Cultural Center Palos Park
Holly Wehmeyer Fox Valley Arts Council Naperville
Christine Weisenburger Stage Wright/Wright College Chicago
Emily J Welchman Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation Chicago
Robert Whipple Clinton Symphony Orchestra Sterling
Chantele L White Friends of Community Public Art Joliet
Bill Wickenberg The Naperville Men's Glee Club Naperville
Angela Wickham Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago
Laura Wiley Albany Park Theater Project
Laurie Willets T. Daniel Productions, NPP Chicago
Valerie William Indigo Community Art Education St. Charles
Camille Wilson White Oak Park Area Arts Council Oak Park
Daniel J Windham The Cleveland Music School Settlement Cleveland, OH
Crystal Womble Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Urbana
Mark Woolums Deerfield Park District Deerfield
Antoinette Wright DuSable Museum of African American History Chicago
Linda M Yoder Peoria Ballet Peoria
Mary E Young Y-Creative Management Partners Chicago
Cheryl Yuen La Grange Park

 

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