Grants & Programs

Poetry Out Loud Regional Partners

Poetry Out Loud is run statewide throughout Illinois by the Illinois Arts Council and regional partners engaging students in every county.  Interested teachers please contact the partnering organization nearest you:

Region Partner Contact Email Telephone
Central Illinois Springfield Area Arts Council Sheila Walk programs@sprigfieldartsco.org 217/753-3519
Chicagoland Literature for All of Us Liz McCabe mccabe.liz@gmail.com 847/404-4390
Eastern Illinois 40 North/88 West (Champaign) Amanda Baker

abaker@40north.org

217/351-9841
Northern Illinois Rockford Area Arts Council Sharon Nesbit-Davis

sharon@artsforeveryone.com

815/847-5382
South Central Illinois Jacoby Arts Center (Alton) Melissa Crockett

mcrockett6868@gmail.com

 

618/789-4626
Southern Illinois Carbondale Community Arts

Nancy Stemper
Lisa Jannsen

nstemper@carbondalealearts.org

ljannsen@carbondalearts.org

 

618/457-5100
Western Illinois Quad City Arts (Rock Island) Tracy Alan White tracer@iowatelecom.net (563)579-7630

 

All curriculum materials and further detail regarding the program are also available on the Poetry Out Loud website: www.poetryoutloud.org.

 

 

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