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Arts & Cultural Council Awards $94,389 to Area
Artists and Arts Organizations
January 27, 2005 Rochester, NY The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York State Legislature, and Rochester Area Communication Foundation, today announced the 2005 Community Arts Grants. Thirty-four area artists, school partnerships, and arts organizations will receive a total of $94,389 through three different grant programs.
The grant programs and recipients are as follows:
Capacity Building Grants in collaboration with Rochester Area Community Foundation
High Falls Film Festival, $4,000
The Commission Project, $4,000
Friends of Ganondagan, Inc., $4,015
Weaver’s Guild of Rochester, $988
Off-Monroe Players, $570
Borinquen Dance Theater, $3,000
Penfield Symphony Orchestra, $4,472
Mercury Opera Rochester, $3,955
New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Fund:
Greater Rochester Repertory Co., $3,500
The Commission Project, $3,600
Krakow-Rochester Sister Cities Committee, Inc., $1,500
Park Avenue Dance Co., $1,200
Dance Rochester! Ltd., $3,000
Hallmark Danceworks, $3,500
Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley, $4,000
The Corner Place, $4,000
Rochester West Indian Festival Organization, $3,200
Brighton Symphony Orchestra, $3, 350
Moonbeam2earth Project, Inc., $1,500
Genesee Center for Arts & Education, $3,800
ArtsReach, $3,800
Madrigalia, $1,130
Genesee Valley Audubon Society, $3,500
Asian-Pacific Islander American History Project, $2,500
Montgomery Neighborhood Association, $4,500
Samaritan Women, Inc., $1,232
Sojourner House, $4,852
Penfield Symphony Orchestra, $2,000
Rochester Chamber Orchestra, $2,000
Education through the Arts (New York State Council on the Arts)
Francis Parker School #23, RCSD; artists Elizabeth Clark & Leah Ruekberg, $825
Our Lady of Mercy High School; artist Leah Ruekberg. $2,000
Schlegel Road School, Webster; PUSH Physical Theatre, $2,000
The Children's School of Rochester #15, RCSD; artist Colleen Hendrick/Bush Mango Drum and Dance, $900
J.W. Spencer School #16, RCSD; artists Calvin Hubbard & M.J. Iuppa, $2,000
Through its grant programs, membership services, and special initiatives, the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester serves both the arts community and the community at large by acting as a funder and advocate for artistic vitality and cultural diversity throughout the region. To learn more about the Arts Council, visit www.artsrochester.org or call (585) 473-4000.
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For more detailed information on the grants and organizations, click here.
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