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Prairie Arts Council
Bringing Arts to the Central Illinois Valley
Prairie Arts Council
24 Park Avenue East
Princeton Illinois 61356
815-875-2787
www.prairieartscenter.org




© 2010


The Prairie Arts Council was organized in 1995 with a Board of
Directors that has implemented the vision of establishing a
community center for the arts.  The Council procured a building
in 1996 which has added to the cultural and historic heritage of
the community.  Since the Prairie Arts Center opened, the Council
has sponsored hundreds of successful programs, classes, musical
and theatrical productions and visual arts showings for people of
all ages and abilities.  Our goal is to continue to carry out our
mission with increased participation, attendance and diversity, and
we have seen growth and membership, financial support and
programming in the past 14 years.  

The Prairie Arts Council is a regional nonprofit 501 (c) (3)
organization whose guiding purpose is to strengthen and support
the participation in the arts in North Central Illinois.  These
include drama, music, art, literature, history and preservation of
architectural buildings.  Funding for Prairie Arts Council comes
from memberships, memorial gifts and individual donations, fund
raisers such as an annual art rummage sale, annual benefits such
as the Gala and the non-gala raffle, grants from Illinois Arts
Council, Illinois Valley Fine Arts Trust, Sun Foundation, Illinois
Humanities Council and Princeton’s Closet.