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The Illinois Lincoln
Highway Coalition (ILHC) is deeply honored to be
a recipient of this year’s Annual Illinois
Alliance for Arts Education (IAAE)
Public/Community Service Award. The ILHC was
recognized for their Illinois Lincoln Highway
Interpretive Mural Series.
This award is
given to various individuals and organizations
throughout the state for their dedicated service
and or promotion of the arts in Illinois.
The IAAE Awards ceremony
was held March 20, 2014 at the Executive Mansion
in Springfield Illinois as part of this year’s
Arts Education Week celebrated during
the week of March 16-21. Awards were
presented for outstanding service to the field
of arts education in the following categories:
Artist, Arts Educator, Arts Exemplar, IAAE
Organization, Industry, Public/Community
Service, School Administration and Schools of
Distinction in Arts Education.
The Illinois Alliance
for Arts Education is organized exclusively for
charitable, educational, or scientific purposes.
The organization advocates for educational
change and creates public awareness of the
importance of arts education by conducting
promotional activities. The organization
provides leadership development through
conferences, publications and resource materials
for arts educators, classroom teachers, artists
as well as community representatives in the
areas of curriculum and assessment. The Illinois
Arts Alliance for Education is a member of the
Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education
Network and partially supported by the Illinois
Arts Council, a state agency. For more
information visit:
illinoisalliance4artsed.org
or call 815-379-2031.
As the designated Scenic
Byway management agency overseeing the Lincoln
Highway National Scenic Byway, the ILHC
continually seeks ways to recognize the
significance of the highway and make the
historic stories come to life for
visitors. After receiving a National
Scenic Byway Grant from the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) and an Illinois Department
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of
Tourism, Attraction Development (TAP) Grant, The
ILHC worked with the artist, Jay Allen owner of
ShawCraft Sign Company, to create the
Interpretive Mural Series.
35 murals were
created and installed in over two dozen
communities. Every mural is a hand-painted,
unique work of art, valued at $10,000.00 each.
The mural series is one of the largest works of
public art in the country.
For more information
about ShawCraft Sign Company go to: shawcraft.com or
call 815-282-4105
For a complete list of
all mural locations and more information on the
Illinois Lincoln Highway, and to download an
Illinois Lincoln Highway Visitor Guide,
visit: drivelincolnhighway.com.
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