RSS 2.0 FeedEarly August 2010, Local Arts News
Missouri Arts Council announces 2011 grant recipients
The Missouri Arts Council awarded $6.1 million in annual grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Missouri for 2011. In addition to the annual awards, nearly $480,000 is still available for monthly project grants, arts education monthly strategic grants, touring grants, and capacity building grants. Grants support programs in arts education, arts services, community arts, dance, electronic media, festivals, literature, multidiscipline, music, theater, visual arts, folk arts and minority arts.
For FY11 the Missouri Arts Council awarded $6.1 million in annual grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Missouri. In addition to the annual awards, nearly $480,000 is still available for monthly project grants, arts education monthly strategic grants, touring grants, and capacity building grants. Grants support programs in arts education, arts services, community arts, dance, electronic media, festivals, literature, multidiscipline, music, theater, visual arts, folk arts and minority arts.
A total of 323 applicants were awarded an average of 63 percent of the funds that were requested from the arts council. Grants range in size from $2,000 to Ozark Main Street Program for the annual Ozark Music Bluegrass Festival to $247,304 to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for the 2010-2011 performance season. Award letters notifying grant award recipients went out the third week of July.
Click here to see a full list of all the grant awards.
For more information on the Missouri Arts Council visit www.missouriartscouncil.org/
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