Congratulations to our 2022 Queen of the Arts: Jessica Kreiser! 

Upcoming events at
NCI ARTworks

​Art is not only culture, it is also business. When communities support venues like NCI Artworks, residents end up enjoying a standard of living that encourages talented people to stay and contribute to the culture and economic life of the community. The 2nd Friday of EVERY MONTH NCI Artworks offers a free gallery opening reception to showcase incredibly talented local and regional artists…Come and experience it.
A full-color, 11 x 14 hardcover coffee table book commemorating Fr. Joseph’s Life & Art is available for purchase at the NCI ARTworks Gallery or may be ordered by calling: 815-866-5167.
$100

Here are the Interview With History Line-up dates for 2023

Arts-On-The-Go is back in business!

​Providing extraordinary opportunities to experience American and foreign places, where people co-exist with artistic and cultural treasures. Join us!

Fundraising is better when people can get something extraordinarily beautiful and entertaining and interesting for their generosity, and one of the ways we achieve this objective is to partner with local travel agencies to offer artistic and cultural tours in the USA and abroad. Keep in touch for updates and details on upcoming trips in 2023.

We partnered with the extraordinarily talented and generous Jim West of Travel West and Craft Tours for our 2022 fundraising trip to the "Vie Dei Tesori" in Sicily and we look forward to working with his company on the "New England in the Spring Tour" in 2023 and on the next "Vie Dei Tesori Tour" in October 2023. More info will be posted.
We partnered with Colleen Dempsey Mitchell and Erin Foster of Travel Connections to do the NYC theater fundraising trip in 2022 that was escorted by the absolutely fabulous Don Grant Zellmer. I can't thank  them enough for their guidance and generosity. We will be working with them again on the "NYC Theater Tour" in early June of 2023 and the "Berkshire Arts & Culture Tour" in late summer 2023.Stay tuned for more info on these trips, too!
Coming soon...Trips to these really cool places!

 All of our Opening Receptions are  great successes. You can count on great food, wine, and art. We host these free events the 2nd Friday of every month. Check us out!

The Gallery of Greatness
Artists, Singers, Musicians, Muralists, Writers, Performers of all stripes use their skills and talents to make the Illinois Valley a place we can be proud to call home.