Make your year-end gift today!

Make your year-end gift today!

The Humanities keeps us creative, connected, and in community. Through our free programming, Illinois Humanities works hard to ensure all the residents of our state have the chance to come together to share experiences with art, literature, poetry, philosophy, and history, ask critical questions, and form connections. We need you to support our vital and vibrant work that creates a better future for all Illinoisans.

WE LOVE QUESTIONS!

Often the questions we ask are more powerful than knowing the answers. This season, we invite you to reflect on the questions that matter to you, take the time to ask them, and listen with care to what you receive in return. We hope the exchange that unfolds helps you forge new ways of thinking, new connections, and maybe even a brighter new year.

Here are some of the questions we’re asking in our programs around the state:

What’s the story of how you got your name?

Could learning about the past help us form “a more perfect Union” in the future?

What do you think of when you hear the word “rural?”

How do you envision justice?

The humanities are the examination of what it means to be human through the interpretation and discussion of all forms of thought, interest, and expression.