Georgia Council for the Arts announces more than $1.3 million in grants

The Georgia Council for the Arts on July publicized that more than million in competitive grant funding will be distributed to recipients in counties across the state A total of grants were awarded during GCA s initial disbursements for fiscal year and a complete list of these grantees can be uncovered here Chosen of the local arts organizations to receive funding include the Alliance Theatre Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Shakespeare Company Callanwolde Foundation Center for Puppetry Arts City Springs Theatre Company Dad s Garage Flux Projects Hammonds House Museum High Museum of Arts Horizon Theatre Company Out Front Theatre Company Spruill Center for the Arts and Stage Door Players The General Operating Patronage Grant will provide funding for operating sponsorship to nonprofit arts organizations The Project Grant will help fund single art projects such as an art exhibit a theater production a series of children s workshops an artist residency or capacity-building projects such as growing a strategic plan creating a expansion plan or providing professional growth The Arts Coaching Activity Grant will be distributed to organizations to advocacy the arts in K- learning and may include a variety of disciplines from visual art to music or theater to dance and creative writing The arts are at the heart of Georgia s communities and our vibrant arts organizations are enhancing downtowns creating jobs and connecting people These grants will help strengthen communities across the state encouraging tourism business opportunity and local pride Georgia Department of Economic Expansion Commissioner Pat Wilson declared in a press release These awards will also provide educational opportunities for students fostering creativity critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are essential for the future workforce in any industry Funds awarded by Georgia Council for the Arts include appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts Grant recipients include theaters dance companies museums schools cities colleges and multi-discipline arts entities Additional grants for Vibrant Communities and Cultural Facilities programs will be awarded in fall These grants aid programs that benefit Georgians by encouraging students to develop technical and creative skills boosting tourism energizing masses spaces and solving neighborhood issues Georgia Council for the Arts Executive Director Tina Lilly noted in the press release With this vital funding GCA is able to backing the rise of healthy vibrant communities all across the state We are grateful for the backing that the Georgia General Assembly provides Georgia Council for the Arts and the arts sector across Georgia Georgia Council for the Arts used Peer Review Panels to judge and review the eligible applications received Following standard practices set by the National Endowment for the Arts panelists include GCA Council members fellow professionals who are experienced in the arts discipline or type of grant being reviewed and Georgians with a record of arts events experience and knowledge The post Georgia Council for the Arts announces more than million in grants appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta