Well, if you've been following the blog, you know that three departments at the Academy had been working collaboratively on a grant from the Illinois Library Association to provide additional post-graduation resources for our students. We were very excited about the proposed stArt program, and all of the great information it would have brought to the students, and we felt confident in the quality of our proposal.
Unfortunately, in the week we were to find out who the grants were awarded to, we instead received notification that the funds for this particular grant had been cut. What a disappointment! It is hard to put so much work into something and then have the rug pulled out from under you.
We plan to keep all of the grant materials just in case the grant is revived in the future so that we will be ready to update our proposal and resubmit it.
In the meantime, the Academy has added many updated career books to the library collection for artists seeking employment in all fields. We are happy that we can offer these resources to the students, and hope that they will take advantage of it as they pursue employment in a difficult economy.
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