FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2009
Contact: Barbara Reed
Public Information Officer
334-242-4076, ext. 223
[email protected]
STATE ARTS COUNCIL AWARDS GRANTS TOTALING
$397,069 AT ITS DECEMBER MEETING IN MONTGOMERY
Montgomery, Ala. -- The Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA) awarded 138 grants totaling
$397,069 at its Council meeting in Montgomery on December 4, 2009. This round of grants will support
arts in education, folk art, community, literature, performing, and visual arts programs October 1, 2009 –
September 30, 2010. Also included in this round of awards are Folklife apprenticeship grants.
The Council makes grants to non-profit organizations, schools, universities, cities, and a wide
range of community groups. ASCA funds are matched by contributions from businesses, individuals, local
government and earned income by the grantee. Arts programs, assisted by Council grants, have a track
record of enhancing community development, education, cultural tourism and overall quality of life in
virtually all regions of the state.
The recent grants are in response to applications submitted under the September 1, 2009
deadline and represent the third round of grants awarded in the 2009-2010 fiscal year. The 15-member
Council is chaired by Ralph Frohsin of Alexander City. Board members are appointed for 6-year terms by
the Governor to help promote the arts statewide. A primary responsibility of the Council is to make
decisions on grants awarded to support art programs and arts education throughout the state. Board
members are selected from all regions of the state in order to strive for a geographic spread representing
all areas of the state.
The next deadline for the submission of grant applications is March 1, 2010 for Fellowship
applications and Art & Cultural Facilities applications covering activities taking place between October 1,
2010 and September 30, 2011.
The Alabama State Council on the Arts is the official state arts agency of Alabama. The staff of the
Council, directed by Al Head, administers the grants programs and provides technical assistance in arts
planning and programming. The Council receives its support through an annual appropriation from the
Alabama Legislature and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
For more information about a particular grant, contact Barbara Reed, Public Information Officer at
334-242-4076, ext. 223.
County
Grantee
City
Description
Discipline
Grant
Autauga
Malcolm Boggs
Deatsville
Pottery Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Baldwin
Alabama Gulf Coast Area Ed Found
Gulf Shores
"Art Through the Looking Glass"
Visual Arts
$3,500.00
Barbour
Magnolia Springs Garden Club
Magnolia Springs Magnolia Springs Art & Jazz Festival
Multi-discipline
$3,500.00
Boys & Girls Club of Eufaula Inc
Eufaula
Artz Smartz:
Multi-discipline
$5,000.00
Eufaula Heritage Association
Eufaula
Historic Shorter Mansion Landscape Plan
Design Arts
$1,000.00
Eufaula Heritage Association
Eufaula
Performance, 45th Eufaula Pilgrimage
Multi-discipline
$3,150.00
Folk Arts
Bibb
Steve Miller
Brent
Pottery Apprenticeship
Bullock
Tourism Council of Bullock County
Union Springs
"SIMPLY SOUTHERN"-2010 RDT Season Multi-discipline
$1,000.00
$4,500.00
Clay
Clay County Arts League
Ashland
Summer Sizzle
Multi-discipline
$1,000.00
Coffee
Coffee County Arts Alliance
Enterprise
The 3 Redneck Tenors
Multi-discipline
$1,000.00
Covenant Community Church
Elba
Spring Concert Series 2010
Multi-discipline
$1,500.00
Helen Keller Festival Committee
Tuscumbia
Painting, Pottery & PoPs
Multi-discipline
$4,600.00
Tennessee Valley Art Association
Tuscumbia
SummerStock at the Ritz
Multi-discipline
$5,000.00
Alexander R. Haygens
Opp
White Oak Basketry Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
Cullman
Betty Moon Sampson
Holly Pond
Bluegrass Music Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
Dallas
ArtsRevive, Inc
Selma
Juried Art Show
Visual Arts
$1,000.00
Thomas (Allen) Ham
Selma
Pottery Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
DeKalb
Matthew Downer
Ider
Fiddle Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
Etowah
Gadsden Museum of Art
Gadsden
GMA to host a series of exhibits
Visual Arts
$7,000.00
Gadsden Symphony Orchestra
Gadsden
Capricious Chopin Concert & Outreach
Music
$2,000.00
Fayette
Town of Belk
Belk
4th Annual Belk Bluegrass Festial
Music
$1,500.00
Greene
Annette Jordan
Eutaw
Pine Needle Basketry Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Society of Folk Arts & Culture
Eutaw
Celebrating Folk Arts & Diversity
Folk Arts
$3,000.00
Society of Folk Arts & Culture
Eutaw
Youth in Celebration of Culture
Multi-discipline
$3,500.00
The Downtown Group
Dothan
Mural City Art Fest 2010
Multi-discipline
$3,500.00
Colbert
Covington
Houston
G. W. Carver Interpretive Museum
Dothan
Carnivale International
Multi-discipline
$1,000.00
South Alabama Symphony Association
Dothan
Annual Winter Concert & Youth Concerts
Music
$2,500.00
Jackson
Gorham's Bluff Institute
Pisgah
2010 Alabama Ballet "Dance Discovery"
Dance
$2,200.00
Gorham's Bluff Institute
Pisgah
Gorham's Bluff Visual Arts Residency
Visual Arts
$2,500.00
Jefferson
Alabama Conference of Theatre
Bessemer
Web Site & Program Development
Theatre
$1,800.00
Alabama Dance Council, Inc.
Birmingham
ADC/ASC Present Battleworks Dance Co. Dance
$5,000.00
Alabama Folklife Association
Birmingham
Stripling Family Film
$2,500.00
Jefferson
Folk Arts
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Birmingham
AJHoF Jazz B&Festival
Music
$5,000.00
Alabama Music Educators Association
Hoover
AL All State Orchestra Festival 2010
Music
$1,300.00
Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Birmingham
2009/10 Stained Glass Tour
Music
$5,000.00
Bare Hands Gallery
Birmingham
Neuroscience &art
Visual Arts
$2,700.00
Better Basics Inc
Birmingham
Art of Flying Education Initiative
Multi-discipline
$3,900.00
Birmingham Art Music Alliance (BAMA)
Birmingham
New Music by Alabama Composers
Music
$1,000.00
Birmingham Chamber Music Society
Birmingham
String & Piano & Concert & Outreach
Music
$3,300.00
Music
$3,700.00
Birmingham Chamber Music Society
Birmingham
Parisii Quartet Concert & Outreach
Birmingham Children's Theatre
Birmingham
Audience Development Technology Project Theatre
$2,200.00
Birmingham International Center
Birmingham
In-school Cultural Performances
$6,000.00
Music
Birmingham Music Club
Birmingham
The BMC presents the Boston Brass
Music
$2,500.00
Birmingham Public Library
Birmingham
Alabama Bound, 2010
Literature
$2,500.00
Emily Creel
Hoover
Christian Harmony Singing Apprenticeship Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Bettye J. Kimbrell
Mount Olive
Quilting Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
Metropolitan Arts Center/Virginia Samford Birmingham
David & Goliath at the VST
Theatre
$2,200.00
Operation New Birmingham
Birmingham
Sculpture Installation Project
Visual Arts
$1,000.00
Operation New Birmingham
Birmingham
Imagination Festival
Multi-discipline
$3,000.00
Red Mountain Park Commission
Birmingham
Red Mountain Park Oral History Project
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
Regional Cultural Alliance/Greater B'ham Birmingham
Artists as Educators Program
Multi-discipline
$6,000.00
Sanspointe Dance Company
Birmingham
Modern Dance Concert with Guest Artist
Dance
$1,500.00
Sloss Furnaces Foundation
Birmingham
Sloss Artist Residency
Visual Arts
$3,000.00
Southern Danceworks
Birmingham
SDW Spring Repertory Concert
Dance
$2,200.00
Southern Danceworks
Birmingham
SDW Fall Repertory Concert
Dance
$2,200.00
Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce
Trussville
30th Annual Dog Daze Festival
Multi-discipline
$1,000.00
Jefferson
Lauderdale
Lawrence
UAB/Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center Birmingham
McCoy Tyner Trio with Savion Glover
Music
$5,000.00
Vulcan Park Foundation
Birmingham
Magic City Stories
Dance
$2,880.00
Robert Muse
Florence
Banjo Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
Wanda Robertson
Florence
Quilting Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,800.00
Shoals Symphony Orchestra
Florence
Orchestra Concert with School Outreach
Music
$4,000.00
Community Info & Education Radio, Inc.
Moulton
Downtown Live!
Multi-discipline
$1,500.00
Lawrence County Arts Council
Moulton
Alabama Chicken & Egg Festival
Multi-discipline
$4,650.00
AU/Jules Collins Smith Museum
Auburn
Tradition &Innovation: AL programming
Visual Arts
$5,000.00
Lee County Historical Society
Loachapoka
Lee County Gathering Old Time Music Fest Music
$1,000.00
Lee
Sylvia G. Stephens
Opelika
Quilting Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
Macon
Tuskegee Repertory Theatre Inc
Tuskegee
An Evening with Ellington, the Duke
Theatre
$2,200.00
Madison
Alabama Youth Ballet Theatre
Huntsville
The Dance Connection outreach program
Dance
$2,000.00
Alabama Youth Ballet Theatre
Huntsville
Mont. Ballet Midsummer Night's Dream
Dance
$2,000.00
Lee
Marion
Marshall
Mobile
Loretta Bennett
Huntsville
Quilting Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Community Ballet Association, Inc.
Huntsville
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico
Dance
$5,000.00
Huntsville Chamber Music Guild
Huntsville
HCMG International Artist Program
Music
$5,000.00
Huntsville Community Chorus Association Huntsville
Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Music
$2,000.00
Huntsville Museum of Art
Huntsville
3 Art Exhibits: Huntsville Museum of Art
Visual Arts
$10,000.00
Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Guild
Huntsville
Composer Commission & Residency
Music
$5,000.00
Huntsville Youth Orchestra
Huntsville
Improvements to summer music festival
Music
$3,500.00
Huntsville Youth Orchestra
Huntsville
Spring Concert Series
Music
$5,000.00
Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center
Huntsville
Camp Merrimack
Dance
$1,500.00
Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center
Huntsville
The Author's Series
Literature
$1,750.00
Mountain Gap Middle School Band Assoc Huntsville
Music commissioning/Summer workshop
Music
$4,225.00
Erica Pettway
Quilting Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association Huntsville
Huntsville
Camp Fasola 2010
Folk Arts
$3,000.00
Tennessee Valley Jazz Society
Jazz History Celebration
Music
$1,900.00
Huntsville
Tennessee Valley Jazz Society
Huntsville
24th Annual Jazz-N-June Festival
Music
$2,200.00
Jerry Brown
Hamilton
Pottery Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
City of Winfield
Winfield
2010 Performing Season
Multi-discipline
$6,575.00
Northwest Alabama Arts Council, Inc.
Hamilton
Jerry Brown Arts Festival
Multi-discipline
$3,350.00
Tina Beth Ray Miller
Arab
Bluegrass Music Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Snead State Community College
Boaz
Gerhart Chamber Music Festival
Music
$3,700.00
Gary Waldrep
Albertville
Bluegrass Music Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,800.00
Centre for the Living Arts, Inc.
Mobile
"Artbruted", a New Two Act Play
Multi-discipline
$3,500.00
Centre for the Living Arts, Inc.
Mobile
LTL Architecture Exhibition & Catalogue
Design Arts
$5,000.00
Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Festival Mobile
Jazz Festival
Multi-discipline
$5,000.00
Main Street Mobile/Arts Alive Downtown
Mobile
Arts Alive - A Community Arts Celebration Multi-discipline
$1,000.00
Marcus Johnson
Mobile
Brass B&Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Legacy 166 Incorporated
Mobile
Music Appreciation: Introduction To Jazz
Music
$1,100.00
Mobile Arts Council
Mobile
2010 Skinny Gallery Exhibitions
Visual Arts
$3,500.00
Mobile Opera Inc.
Mobile
Video Projections - The Flying Dutchman
Music
$5,000.00
Monroe
Alabama Southern Community College
Monroeville
13th Writer's Symposium
Literature
$2,500.00
Monroe
Monroe County Heritage Museum (MCHM) Monroeville
To demonstrate the art of pottery.
Visual Arts
$1,950.00
Monroe Youth Ballet, Inc.
Monroeville
"Sleeping Beauty"
Dance
$2,200.00
Monroe County Chamber of Commerce
Monroeville
Montgomery
Celebrating Literary Heritage
Visual Arts
$5,000.00
Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts Montgomery
Integrated Curriculum Design
Multi-discipline
$6,000.00
Arts Council of Montgomery
ACES
Multi-discipline
$3,200.00
Montgomery
Montgomery
Morgan
Perry
Pickens
Pike
ClefWorks, Inc.
Montgomery
ClefWorks Music Festival 2010
Multi-discipline
$3,210.00
Jubilee CityFest, Inc.
Montgomery
Southern Sampler
Multi-discipline
$1,920.00
Soon Hee Kim
Montgomery
Korean Quilting Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,500.00
Bokyeng Lee
Montgomery
Korean Folk Music Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Montgomery Civic Ballet, Inc.
Montgomery
Montgomery Ballet on Tour
Dance
$1,519.00
City of Decatur, Alabama
Decatur
Public art sculpture by Bruce Larsen
Visual Arts
$5,000.00
Leon Sheffield Elementary School
Decatur
Integrating Fantasy into Curriculum
Multi-discipline
$4,500.00
Friends/Perry County Library
Marion
The Big Read: Alabama
Literature
$1,500.00
Judson College
Marion
Dramatic Development of JimmyLee
Theatre
$2,200.00
Judson College
Marion
Interns for JimmyLee Project
Theatre
$4,000.00
Rural Members Association
Aliceville
Freedom Creek Blues Festival 2010
Music
$3,750.00
Town of Gordo
Gordo
Ma'cille's Museum of Miscellanea
Visual Arts
$1,500.00
Town of Gordo
Gordo
Gordo Arts in the Streets Spring Event
Multi-discipline
$1,650.00
Brundidge Historical Society
Brundidge
Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival
Folk Arts
$3,680.00
Pike County Chamber of Commerce
Troy
TroyFest Jazz Concert &Workshops
Multi-discipline
$1,750.00
Pioneer Museum of Alabama
Troy
Sacred Harp - A 150 Year Tradition Lives
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Pioneer Museum of Alabama
Troy
Breakfast - Pioneer Style
Folk Arts
$1,000.00
Multi-discipline
Troy Arts Council
Troy
Big Beat Experience
Troy University
Troy
Troy Univ Amphitheater Schematic Design Design Arts
$5,000.00
Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Troy
Exhibition of Historic Photographs
Visual Arts
$3,000.00
Shelby
Harrison Regional Library
Columbiana
Big Read Region 5 Tom Sawyer
Literature
$1,000.00
Sumter
Sumter County Fine Arts Council
Livingston
BCT: "Play to Win"
Multi-discipline
$1,000.00
Sumter County Fine Arts Council
Livingston
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Program Multi-discipline
$2,700.00
UWA/University of West Alabama
Livingston
Sucarnochee Folklife Festival
Folk Arts
$1,560.00
B B Comer Memorial Library Public Found Sylacauga
The Magic of Marble Festival
Visual Arts
Town of Oak Grove
Oak Grove
Oak Grove Heritage Homecoming Festival Multi-discipline
$3,500.00
Tallapoosa
Alexander City Schools
Alexander City
Birmingham Children's Theatre
Theatre
$1,000.00
Tuscaloosa
Alabama Blues Project
Northport
After School & Summertime Blues Camp
Music
$4,000.00
Tuscaloosa
Arts & Humanities Council/Tuscaloosa Co Tuscaloosa
Documentary film production
Media/Photography $4,900.00
City of Northport
Northport
Northport Heritage Festival
Multi-discipline
$5,000.00
Tuscaloosa Community Players
Tuscaloosa
Driving Miss Daisy, MLK, Jr. Celebration
Theatre
$1,600.00
Talladega
$5,000.00
$3,500.00
Tuscaloosa Community Singers
Tuscaloosa
Celebrating AL composer, K. Lee Scott
Music
$1,000.00
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Tuscaloosa
Expressing the Literary Arts Chetter Gal
Literature
$1,200.00
UA/Office-Sponsored Programs
Tuscaloosa
Slash Pine Poetry Festival
Literature
$1,000.00
Walker
Walker County Arts Alliance
Jasper
Walker County Music Project
Music
$4,000.00
Wilcox
Qunnie Pettway
Boykin
Quilting Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
Stella Pettway
Boykin
Quilting Apprenticeship
Folk Arts
$2,000.00
138 Grants Awarded
Grand Total
$397,069.00