Arts Alive! - October 2004

What does it say about Peoria that an artist who lives thousands of miles away regularly travels to the area to paint? Millard Wells, a Floridian, makes the trek frequently to teach, paint, and plan his next projects in central Illinois.

The Illinois Arts Alliance was founded in 1982 by a small group of artists and arts administrators who joined forces to combat the threatened elimination of state funding for the arts in Illinois. They succeeded then, and they continue to work effectively to protect Illinois Arts Council funding and to improve public and private support for the arts all over Illinois.