There’s no such thing as an arts district or an artist’s neighborhood in Illinois. Because this is one state where it’s everywhere. Everywhere you look is an opportunity for creative expression. On the sidewalks, in the window, on the walls. It’s everywhere and it wants you to take the lead.

Coming this spring to a community near you, Arts Alliance Illinois will unleash a grassroots army of artists, educators, community leaders, activists, and arts lovers to blanket the state with one message: Art is everywhere, and it’s critical to the vitality of our state.

We offered a sneak preview of this grassroots campaign this June in Peoria, Illinois at the One State: Together in the Arts conference.