Woodlawn Arts Academy
WELCOME TO WOODLAWN ARTS ACADEMY Where the Arts are for Everyone!
Woodlawn Arts Academy offers a wide variety of quality arts programming including visual arts, music, dance, theatre, healing arts, literary arts, culinary arts and domestic arts.
Our Mission
To provide quality artistic opportunities to the Sauk Valley Community.
What We Offer
Woodlawn Arts Academy is the premiere arts academy in the Sauk Valley area. We offer daytime and evening instruction to all ages in all disciplines of the arts, including Visual Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, Domestic Arts, Culinary Arts, Healing Arts and Literary Arts. The Academy is proudly supported as an agency of the United Way of Whiteside County.
HISTORY
In 2004, the Dillon Foundation purchased the Woodlawn Arts Academy building with the vision of it being an arts center. During renovations to the current facility, classes were offered at the Dillon Foundation on West LeFevre Road in Sterling.
Woodlawn Arts Academy began operation at its current facility in 2006. Offering classes in visual, performance, theatre and literary arts, 41 registrations were taken. By 2011, that number had grown to more than 2,400! Today, we offer instructions in all disciplines of the arts: visual, music, dance, theatre, domestic, culinary, literary and healing.
Since its inception, Woodlawn Arts Academy had been a program of the Sterling-Rock Falls YMCA. Through the Y's partnership, we saw success and growth that helped us surpass goals and expectations. In 2011, with gratitude to the YMCA for their support, guidance and leadership, Woodlawn became its own, standalone entity. We are a nonprofit 501(c)3 educational organization that is proud to be an agency supported by the United Way of Whiteside County.
The Academy continues to grow. Each season, we are offering more opportunities for our students at all ages and skill levels. In 2012, we received the Public and Community Service Award from the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education, for our dedication to furthering artistic opportunities in the Sauk Valley.
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