Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Arts Council announced 71 grants totaling $438,408. Awards were given in the categories of Cultural Facilities, Arts Impact, Arts Partnership, and Creation. Through these programs, a college will receive assistance in providing a physically accessible ramp, a choreographer will have support to create a new work, and a rural arts organization will offer ticket subsidies to make their programs available to all. The projects funded through these grants are as varied as the state's creative sector. A full list of grantees is below.
Information on grantees in each category:
Cultural Facilities 16 grants to help Vermont nonprofit organizations and municipalities enhance, create, or expand the capacity of an existing building to provide cultural activities for the public.
Arts Impact 18 grants to support organizations, municipalities, and schools in their efforts to create a more vibrant quality of life by providing equal and abundant access to the arts.
Arts Partnership 27 grants enabling the Council to engage with arts organizations that understand the needs of their own communities and address those needs through the arts. Together, the Council and its partners work toward a common outcome.
Creation 10 grants to support the creation of new work by Vermont artists. Creation Grants can fund time, materials, and space rental for artists and artist groups.
The Vermont Arts Council envisions a state where everyone has access to the arts and creativity in their life, education, and community. Through its programs and services, the Council strives to increase public awareness of the positive role artists and arts organizations play in communities and to maximize opportunities for everyone to experience the arts. Since 1965, the Council has been the state's primary provider of funding, advocacy, and information for the arts in Vermont. www.vermontartscouncil.org.
Arts Impact Grants
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes, Vergennes
$1,182 to support printmaking workshops for Boys and Girls Club members and the community
BrattRock, Brattleboro
$3,000 to support educational activities for BrattRock festival participants
Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro
$2,850 to support the annual Brattleboro Literary Festival
Focus on Film, Montpelier
$2,850 to support workshops at the Green Mountain Film Festival
Green Mountain Youth Symphony, Montpelier
$2,850 to support the 2018 Creative Arts and Music Program (CAMP) residency week for young musicians
Heartbeet Lifesharing, Hardwick
$682 to support art classes for Heartbeet students and community members
Kingdom County Productions, Barnet
$3,000 to support the Access Arts program and provide direct subsidies for admission
Leach Public Library, Irasburg
$2,899 to support the library's enrichment outreach programs
Middlebury Studio School, Leicester
$1,900 to support the expansion of tuition-reduced art, craft, and clay classes
Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society, Montpelier
$3,000 to support the production and presentation of the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors"
Music-COMP, Essex Junction
$3,000 to support live performances of student compositions
Now Playing Newport, Newport
$2,000 to support A Celebration of the Arts
Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research, Putney
$3,000 to support the tenth annual Puppets in the Green Mountains International Puppet Festival
Sara Holbrook Community Center, Burlington
$2,850 to support art courses for students in the Burlington-Winooski Middle School summer program
Seven Stars Arts Center, Sharon
$1,750 to support the performance of the opera "The Telephone"
Sherburne Memorial Library, Killington
$1,600 to support the first annual Fairy Tale Festival
Swanton Arts Council, Swanton
$500 to support a curator and publicity for the "Our Creative Community" art show
University of Vermont, Department of Classics, Burlington
$2,400 to support the production and performance of the play "Helen"
Arts Partnership Grants
The Art House, Craftsbury Common
$7,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Burlington City Arts, Burlington
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Catamount Film and Arts Center, Saint Johnsbury
$7,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Circus Smirkus, Greensboro
$7,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Community Engagement Lab, Montpelier
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington
$7,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Friends of the Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Grass Roots Art and Community Effort, Hardwick
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Helen Day Art Center, Stowe
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
The In-Sight Photography Project, Brattleboro
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Main Street Arts, Saxtons River
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
New England Youth Theatre, Brattleboro
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Northern Stage Company, White River Junction
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
River Arts of Morrisville, Morrisville
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Vermont Arts Exchange, North Bennington
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Vermont International Film Foundation, Burlington
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Vermont Performance Lab, Guilford
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Vermont Performing Arts League, Burlington
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
Vermont Stage Company, Burlington
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Vermont Youth Orchestra Association, Colchester
$5,100 to support operating and administrative costs
VSA Vermont, Essex Junction
$7,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, Weston
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Yellow Barn, Putney
$6,000 to support operating and administrative costs
Creation Grants
Christal Brown, Middlebury
$3,000 to support a dance collaboration around "What We Ask of Flesh"
Jay Craven, Barnet
$3,000 to support the creation of a film based on the novel "Martin Eden"
Nancy Hayden, Jeffersonville
$3,000 to support the completion of an ecological memoir about family, food, biodiversity, and 25 years as regenerative organic farmers
Tito Heiderer, Burlington
$3,000 to support the writing and recording of the musical score for the documentary "The Underdog"
Eddie Merma, Waitsfield
$3,000 to support the construction of an outdoor structure in the woods of the Mad River Valley
Madsen Minax, Burlington
$3,000 to support film shoots for "At the River"
Cass Morgan, Saxtons River
$3,000 to support the creation of a new musical theater work based on the life of artist and vaudeville performer Charles Henry
Nicola Smith, Tunbridge
$3,000 to support the creation of a theatrical piece that documents the stories of female veterans
Eric Wright, North Pomfret
$3,000 to support the creation of a duet album featuring traditional and original fiddle music with Mairi Rankin
Corrine Yonce, Burlington
$3,000 to support the creation of ten portraits featuring Burlington Housing Authority residents
Cultural Facilities Grants
Aldrich Memorial Association, Calais
$8,500 to support the restoration of the mill penstock at the Robinson Sawmill
American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester
$12,400 to support the creation and installation of a permanent fishing fly display
Barre Opera House, Barre
$27,852 to support theatrical lighting upgrades
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro
$7,460 to support repairs to the entrance ramp and parking area
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland
$15,600 to support the installation roof insulation in the historic Coping Shop building
Fairfield Community Center Association, East Fairfield
$30,000 to support safety and accessibility upgrades to the front entrance of The Meeting House on the Green
Friends of the Brandon Town Hall, Brandon
$14,250 to support stage floor upgrades and new electrical outlets
Friends of the Morrill Homestead, Strafford
$7,001 to support the installation of an audio-visual system in the Strafford Town House
Grass Roots Art and Community Effort, Hardwick
$1,311 to support the purchase and installation of cellular shades for the windows
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor, Vergennes
$5,000 to support the purchase and installation of updated audio-visual equipment in the Gateway Visitor building
Latchis Arts, Brattleboro
$13,217 to support technical improvements to the theater, including the purchase of sound equipment and assistive listening devices
Poultney Historical Society, East Poultney
$12,325 to support the installation of a climate control system in the 1896 East Poultney Schoolhouse
Town of Huntington, Huntington
$13,500 to support electrical improvements to the stage and first floor and the addition of a second bathroom in the Huntington Town Hall
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier
$30,000 to support the construction of a new ADA-compliant ramp at the entrance of College Hall
Waitsfield United Church of Christ, Waitsfield
$5,994 to support the addition of a physically accessible restroom on the sanctuary level of the building
Walter S. Burnham Foundation, Lincoln
$2,685 to support installation of a barrier fence to protect the septic system at Burnham Hall
Source: Vermont Arts Council 8.8.2017
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