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9/12/07
State Arts Council Awards $1,500,483 in the Charlotte Metro
Region
Now
in its thirtieth year, the North Carolina Arts Council’s
Grassroots Arts Program will fund $2,739,500 in grants for
arts programs and projects in North Carolina counties during
2007–2008. Through the Grassroots Arts Program and general
support funds, the Charlotte Metro region will receive $1,500,483.
With
unprecedented support, the North Carolina Legislature has
approved $6,767,838 in Grassroots Arts Program, General Support
and project grants for 358 grants to 280 grantees across North
Carolina.
The
additional funds support arts programming across North Carolina
including artists’ residencies in schools, special exhibitions,
performing arts and general support for some of North Carolina’s
premier organizations, such as the Mint Museums in Charlotte,
the Greensboro Symphony and the John C. Campbell Folk School
in Brasstown.
Created
in 1977 by the General Assembly, the Grassroots Arts Program
provides funding to each county on a per capita basis. A national
model for other state arts agencies, the program was developed
by Mary B. Regan, the executive director of the North Carolina
Arts Council.
The
Grassroots Arts Program is unique since it empowers local
arts councils and arts organizations to plan programs and
projects for their citizens that reflect the arts and cultural
traditions and resources specific to their area. By providing
funding for localized efforts, the North Carolina Arts Council
fosters a sense of pride in local communities and increases
citizen participation in and ownership of local programs.
To
be eligible for Arts Council grants, organizations must produce
quality arts programs that provide community benefit. Most
grants require that matching funds be raised by the applicant
organization. Last year, each $1 invested by the Arts Council
was matched by approximately $18 in funds raised by the organizations.
The
North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources, www.ncculture.com, serves
as an economic catalyst as it invests in local communities
and offers technical assistance to artists and organizations.
The majority of Arts Council funding comes from the North
Carolina General Assembly. Partial funding for the Arts Council
also comes from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The
following organizations in Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba,
Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and Union
counties received grant awards:
Alexander
Central Auditorium
Three
programs to appeal to different cultural groups in more intimate
settings and for more moderate prices ($2,500)
Hiddenite
Center
Festival
and support for arts groups ($14,565)
Hiddenite
Center
General
operating support ($25,000)
Anson
County Arts Council
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($11,846)
Cabarrus
Arts Council
Four-week
residency by African-American poet Phillip Shabazz in four
middle schools ($5,000)
Cabarrus
Arts Council
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($44,084)
Cabarrus
Arts Council
Touring
exhibition of prints titled “Sharing the Chores”
by artist Jonathan Green depicting the life of the Gullah
people of South Carolina and related programs ($4,000)
Catawba
County Hispanic Ministry
After-school
and preschool programs as well as family concerts by LaCatrina
Quartet, the resident string quartet of the Western Piedmont
Symphony ($2,500)
Hickory
Museum of Art
General
operating support ($25,000)
Lenoir-Rhyne
College Visiting Writers Series
Visiting
Writers Series: “In Their Own Words” ($10,000)
United
Arts Council of Catawba County
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($42,767)
Western
Piedmont Symphony
General
operating support ($35,000)
United
Arts Council of Gaston County
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($53,560)
Iredell
Arts Council
Various arts programs and subgrants ($41,249)
Lincoln
Arts Council
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($23,115)
Actor’s
Theatre of Charlotte
Organizational
development with Arts Action Research ($2,800)
Actor’s
Theatre of Charlotte
General
operating support ($35,000)
Afro-American
Cultural Center
General
operating support ($35,000)
Allegro
Foundation
Weekly
dance classes, a workshop and a performance for children with
disabilities ($10,000)
The
Arts & Science Council
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($211,381)
ArtsTeach
ArtStart
Summer Workshop for teachers and teaching artists to learn
to integrate arts into the writing curriculum of third- and
fourth-grade students ($10,000)
ArtsTeach
North
Carolina Wolf Trap, a program that develops arts-integrated
curriculum in preschool education, trains teaching artists
and teachers, and supports arts residencies ($20,000)
BareBones
Theatre Group
Production
of Marie Jones’ “Stones in His Pockets” with
additional marketing and employment of Equity actors ($7,500)
Charlotte
Symphony Orchestra
General
operating support ($95,000)
Charlotte
Symphony Orchestra
Eight-month
residency in the “Interpreting History through Music”
program at Piedmont Open Middle School, in partnership with
the Light Factory and the Levine Museum of the New South ($12,000)
Children’s
Theatre of Charlotte
“Neighborhood
Bridges,” a comprehensive program of creative drama,
storytelling and writing in the fourth grade by teaching artists
and teachers ($15,000)
Children’s
Theatre of Charlotte
General
operating support ($80,000)
Community
School of the Arts
General
operating support ($25,000)
Davidson
Community Players
Production
of “Driving Miss Daisy” and related programs ($3,500)
The
Light Factory
General
operating support ($30,000)
Martha
Connerton/Kinetic Works
Repertory
and Audience Development Initiative ($10,000)
McColl
Center for Visual Art
Year-long
project which integrates an exhibition by Susan Harbage Page
on female mill workers into the eight-grade curriculum of
North Carolina history ($10,000)
McColl
Center for Visual Art
General
operating support ($55,000)
Mint
Museum of Art
General
operating support ($95,000)
North
Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
New
series of Teaching Artists Professional Development Seminars
($10,000)
North
Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
General
operating support ($75,000)
North
Carolina Dance Theatre
General
operating support ($85,000)
Opera
Carolina
General
operating support ($80,000)
Theatre
Charlotte
Production
of “Walking Across Egypt” with related workshops
($3,500)
Rowan
Arts Council
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($38,613)
Salisbury-Rowan
Symphony Society
Four
concerts, two in collaboration with other community organizations,
and related programs ($10,000)
Waterworks
Visual Arts Center
Organizational
development with Arts Action Research ($2,800)
Waterworks
Visual Arts Center
General
operating support ($25,000)
Stanly
County Arts Council
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($20,018)
Union
County Community Arts Council
Various
arts programs and subgrants ($48,185)
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