Howard County Arts Council Grant Awards Announced
By: Ashlee Latimer Oct. 18, 2016
Forty-six arts and cultural organizations will receive $559,209 in matching grants from the Howard County Arts Council for Fiscal Year 2017. The awards were announced at the Arts Council's annual meeting and reception at the Howard County Center for the Arts on September 16, 2016. These matching grants will be used by 20 Howard County organizations, 14 Howard County public schools, and 12 key Baltimore City organizations to support general operations and projects taking place in Howard County, artist residencies, and special projects in the arts.
Community Arts Development Grants fund day-to-day activities for Howard County arts organizations as well as special projects in the arts. $319,479 was awarded to the following organizations for FY2017:
|
Candlelight Concert Society |
Operating |
$41,301 |
|
Columbia Bands |
Project |
$5,000 |
|
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts |
Operating |
$65,575 |
|
Columbia Festival of the Arts |
Operating |
$67,250 |
|
Columbia Orchestra |
Operating |
$34,838 |
|
Columbia Pro Cantare |
Operating |
$24,481 |
|
First Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Project |
$5,000 |
|
HopeWorks of Howard County |
Project |
$2,600 |
|
Howard County Concert Orchestra |
Project |
$5,000 |
|
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society |
Operating |
$14,075 |
|
Kinetics Dance Theatre |
Operating |
$15,000 |
|
Little Patuxent Review |
Project |
$4,500 |
|
ManneqArt |
Project |
$4,659 |
|
Misako Ballet Company |
Project |
$5,000 |
|
Red Branch Theatre Company |
Project |
$5,000 |
|
Rep Stage |
Project |
$5,000 |
|
ShowTime Singers |
Project |
$5,000 |
|
Silhouette Stages |
Project |
$4,850 |
|
Sundays at Three |
Project |
$2,500 |
Artists-in-Education Project Grants are a partnership between the Arts Council and local Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) to place professional artists in residence at Howard County schools to help students foster creative expression. $26,738 in funding was awarded to the following schools for the first FY2017 grant deadline:
|
Bonnie Branch MS PTA |
$1,325 |
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company residency |
|
Bushy Park ES PTA |
$1,052 |
Animated video residency with Leila Cabib |
|
Clarksville MS PTA |
$1,400 |
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company residency |
|
Clemens Crossing ES PTA |
$2,000 |
Weaving residency with Nancy Charamella |
|
Dunloggin MS PTA |
$2,993 |
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company residency |
|
Glenwood MS PTSA |
$3,056 |
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company residency |
|
Harpers Choice MS PTA |
$1,300 |
Drama residency with InterAct Story Theatre |
|
Ilchester ES PTA |
$2,400 |
Mural residency with Tara S. Holl |
|
Lime Kiln ES PTA |
$2,633 |
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company residency |
|
Lisbon ES PTA |
$3,343 |
Mosaic residency with Carien Quiroga |
|
Marriotts Ridge HS PTSA |
$1,234 |
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company residency |
|
Stevens Forest ES PTA |
$2,000 |
Mosaic residency with Suzanne Herbert-Forton |
|
Talbott Springs ES PTA |
$767 |
Mosaic residency with Susan Stockman |
|
Thunder Hill ES PTA |
$1,235 |
Felting residency with Katherine Dilworth |
Baltimore City Arts and Cultural Grants provide funding to key Baltimore City organizations that provide significant services to Howard County residents. $156,212 was awarded to the following organizations for FY2017:
|
American Visionary Art Museum |
$4,085 |
|
Baltimore Museum of Art |
$18,384 |
|
Baltimore Museum of Industry |
$8,030 |
|
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
$24,954 |
|
Center Stage Associates, Inc. |
$23,428 |
|
Maryland Historical Society |
$3,255 |
|
Maryland Science Center |
$14,700 |
|
Maryland Zoological Society, Inc. |
$16,151 |
|
National Aquarium, Inc. |
$14,656 |
|
Port Discovery Children's Museum |
$10,658 |
Outreach Howard Grants provide funding to key Baltimore City organizations to bring projects and programs directly to Howard County residents. $40,000 was awarded to the following organizations:
|
American Visionary Art Museum |
$2,750 |
|
Baltimore Museum of Industry |
$3,340 |
|
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
$9,685 |
|
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company |
$15,000 |
|
Maryland Science Center |
$3,000 |
|
Maryland Zoological Society, Inc. |
$2,835 |
|
Port Discovery Children's Museum |
$3,390 |
The Jim Rouse Theatre Subsidy Program assists community arts groups by partially underwriting theatre rental fees at The Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts. $16,780 was awarded to the following organizations for FY2017:
|
Columbia Festival of the Arts |
$4,883 |
|
Columbia Orchestra |
$5,676 |
|
Columbia Pro Cantare |
$2,638 |
|
Kinetics Dance Theatre |
$2,341 |
|
Misako Ballet Company |
$1,242 |
Howard County Arts Council grants are awarded on the basis of artistic merit, ability of the applicant to carry out the project, and level of service to the community. Grants are made through a competitive process in which applications are reviewed by an advisory panel made up of academics and artists representing a variety of disciplines. Grant award recommendations are then reviewed and approved by the Howard County Arts Council Board of Directors.
The Arts Council's grant program is supported through grants from the Howard County government and the Maryland State Arts Council as well as through the Howard County Arts Council's own foundation, corporate, and individual giving initiatives.
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