The Arts programming at the Jack Benny Center received the BEST OF THE BEST Arts Programming by the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Arts Alliance Illinois for the year 2011.
The Cultural Arts Division (CAD) has the honor of being awarded the National Recreation and Parks Association's 2012 Dorothy Mullen Arts and Humanities Award for a population of 75,000-199,999. This national award sites your CAD as having one of the most innovative and effective arts and culture programming in the nation. Hats off to the Waukegan Park District Board of Commissioners, its administration and the staff of CAD!