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Eagle’s Nest Art Colony

retreat, Illinois, United States

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feature of Illinois

  • Taft, Lorado: Soldiers Monument
    In Oregon

    …north) is the site of Eagle’s Nest Colony, a retreat used by Lorado Taft and other artists from 1898 to 1942; the 66-acre (27-hectare) tract was acquired in 1951 by Northern Illinois University for use as a field campus. Taft’s Soldiers Monument is in the courthouse square, and on the…

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    In Illinois: Cultural institutions

    The Eagle’s Nest Art Colony, founded in Oregon, Illinois, in 1898 by sculptor Lorado Taft, included many well-known Illinois artists; it was acquired by Northern Illinois University in 1951. The Illinois Arts Council was created by the state in 1965 as the primary agency to fund…

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