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Founded in 1990, Quad City Arts is a visual arts gallery and re-granting program, featuring local performing artists in Rock Island, Ill. Formed due to the merger of Quad City Arts Council, Visiting Artists, Inc., Festival of Trees and Bix Arts Festival, It serves the residents of Rock Island, Henry and Mercer counties in Illinois and Scott, Clinton, and Muscatine counties in Iowa. The organizations which finance the Quad City Arts include Festival of Trees, Quad City Arts Partners (memberships), and operating grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the Iowa Arts Council, which is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs. It also provides various literary programs and public sculpture programs and programs for the metro youth.

The Midwest Writing Center is a nonprofit organization based in Rock Island, Illinois, dedicated to fostering writing talent across the community through various programs and events. Notable initiatives include the Young Emerging Writers Camp, the David R. Collins Writers Conference, and opportunities for emerging writers to showcase their work through reading series and chapbook publications. In addition to workshops and retreats, the center supports individual and collaborative writing efforts with resources such as the Writer's Studio, critique groups, and an online bookstore. The Midwest Writing Center also actively engages with the community by celebrating the art of storytelling and encouraging family history preservation through their Memory Keepers Group. Generated from the website

The Board and Staff of the IICIL, would like to invite you to help us commemorate our Annual ADA cel... Read More Meeting the Challenge, Inc received a grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA ) and is co... Read More In 1985, a coalition of persons with disabilities, service providers, and non-disabled advocates from both sides of the river worked with the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Iowa Department for the Blind, the Iowa Division of Vocational Rehabi1itation Services to pursue funding for a bi-state Center for Independent Living. Following a series of public meetings, and needs assessments, it was clear that there was a strong need for a "consumer-directed" organization serving people with disabilities through advocacy and services. The Illinois/Iowa Center for Independent Living (IICIL ) opened for services on January 4, 1988 in Rock Island, Illinois. Since then, we have nearly doubled our staff from the original six positions and expanded to a new Rock Island location. IICIL provides a number of consumer-directed services, including information and referral, advocacy, independent living skills training, and peer support, which are mandated by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In addition to these services, we also have a fully accessible computer lab, state of the art information and referral library, TTY/Amplified Phone acquisition, devices for people who have low vision or are blind, Braille and transcription, sign language and Spanish interpreters, technical assistance on disability laws and policy, Disability Awareness Training, accessibility audits, and a host of volunteer opportunities for consumers and other interested persons. Our programs are explained in further detail in the IICIL resources section of the website. 3708 11th St., IL 61231 PO Box 6156 Rock Island phone 309-793-0090 (V/TTY ) or Toll Free 1-877-541-2505 (V/TTY ) fax 309-283-0097 email: iicil@iicil.com