ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 9, 2021) — Quad City Arts is pleased to announce the 2021 Arts Dollars grant awards to 25 non-profit organizations, totaling just over $84,000. Since 1979, Quad City Arts grants have provided funding for local artists and non- profit organizations to enrich the quality of life in the Quad City region through the arts. Since 1990 alone, more than $1.4 million has been awarded.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK (03/08/2021) — Blake Wareham, of Bettendorf, Iowa (52722), is one of more than 1,100 Canisius College students named to the fall 2020 Dean's List or Merit List.

Wareham is a member of the Canisius Class of 2021 and pursuing a degree in Biology, which is housed in the College of Arts and Sciences.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 8, 2021) — The 2021 Quad City Arts Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship Program is accepting applications through Wednesday, March 31. This program provides area youth ages 15-21 with five-week paid summer apprenticeships. These apprentices will create community-arts projects that positively impact our community. These projects include mural painting, poetry, film, graphic design, and more.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (March 5, 2021) — More than 1,400 current University of Iowa students who participated in the 27th annual student-led Dance Marathon, which raised more than $1.4 million for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital. The final tally raised by the students — who were inspired by the theme of this year's Dance Marathon: "Rise with Resilience" — was $1,422,443.27, a total which pushed the amount of support generated by Dance Marathon over the cours