To donate online, visit: https://bit.ly/PHA22give
Our high-energy, one-hour live virtual show features performances, stories, and time to get to know our awardees. Established in 1984, the Public Humanities Award honors people who have made an indelible impact on our state through their work in and support of the humanities.
This event, our most important fundraiser and celebration of the year, is open to all who want to participate and is chaired by board member Jennifer Wirtz.
Check out our digital program book! https://bit.ly/PHABook
Want to help IH and experience a unique adventure? We are offering curated experiences from our honorees and partners. You can purchase tickets for a chance to win an experience with one of our honorees. To purchase a ticket, visit https://bit.ly/GoldenPHA
The show offers a fast-paced tour of the humanities in our state. This year’s PHA honors three true champions who exemplify the humanities in action across Illinois:
Nicole Bond: award-winning poet, museum educator, and teaching artist from Chicago. Nicole weaves together media, words, ideas, and images, leveraging the humanities to inspire, provoke, and impact.
Sue Scott: director of Western Illinois Museum in Macomb, Illinois. Sue builds community through a combination of tried-and-true programs and bold, creative approaches to addressing current issues, local history, and storytelling.
Lorenzo Savage: executive director and co-founder of I Am East St. Louis. Lorenzo is a creative, collaborative, and committed leader who creates change and strengthens community through the humanities in his hometown and beyond.
This year’s Beacon Award celebrates Art for Justice Fund, a national organization disrupting mass incarceration by funding artists and advocates working together to transform our criminal legal system.
Learn more about our in-studio DJ L O Kari, visit: www.elginbokari.com/
Your support during this time will help advance our work to ensure that the humanities – as well as the humanists and cultural leaders in Illinois – are able to continue their critical work now and beyond the pandemic. Together we are all ensuring that the humanities will continue to bring light and give shape to the world around us.
Donations via check made payable to Illinois Humanities can be sent to:
Attn: Illinois Humanities
125 S. Clark Suite 650
Chicago, IL 60603
To learn more about Illinois Humanities, visit our website at: www.ilhumanities.org/
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