TALBOT ARTS COUNCIL MAKES GRANTS FOR LOCAL ARTS PROGRAMS
The Talbot County Arts Council has approved Community Arts Development Grants to twenty-eight organizations for arts-related programs and projects during fiscal year 2014 (July 2013 through June 2014). The Arts Council has tentatively budgeted $49,000 for these programs. The exact dollar amounts of individual grants must await advice from the Maryland State Arts Council on the size of its allocation for the coming year. The recipients of this year’s grants are:
Major Arts Organizations Based in Talbot County
! Academy Art Museum, Inc., for a general operating grant
• Avalon Foundation, Inc., for a general operating grant
Other Arts Organizations Based in Talbot County
! Bay Country Chorus, Inc., for the 2013-2014 concert season
! Carpe Diem Arts Outreach Fund of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation, Inc., for the Passport to the Arts quarterly arts calendar during 2013-2014
! Chesapeake Chamber Music, Inc., for the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival from June 1-15, 2014 and the Chesapeake Chamber Music Jazz Festival in September 2014
! Chesapeake Children’s Theater, Inc., for separate productions featuring children in grades K-2, grades 2-6, grades 5-9, and grades 9-12 between July 2013 and June 2014; also summer camps for grades K-3, grades 3-6, and grades 6-9 during July-August 2013
! Chesapeake Youth Chorale, Inc., for winter concert on December 13, 2013 and spring concert on May 23, 2014; also CYC summer camp during July 29-August 13, 2013
! Easton Choral Arts Society, Inc., for Ecce Cor Meum as winter concert on October 26-27, 2013, Handel’s Messiah on December 7-8, 2013, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana as spring concert on April 5-6, 2014
! First Night Talbot, Inc., for First Night 2014
! Mid-Shore Community Band, an activity of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation, Inc., for the 2013-2014 concert season
! St. Michaels Art League, Inc., for the Monthly Meeting Speaker Series during September 2013 to May 2014
! Talbot County Visual Arts Center, Inc., for art exhibitions, classes, and workshops between July 2013 and June 2014
Tidewater Singers, Inc., for winter concert on December 20-21, 2013, and spring concert on May 4-5, 2014
Tred Avon Players, Inc., for a 2013-2014 season of four dramatic and musical productions
Out-of-County Organizations Serving the Arts in Talbot County
• Maryland Humanities Council, Inc., for Chautauqua 2013: Turning Points in History, featuring the stories of Rachel Carson on July 8, Amelia Earhart on July 9, and Jackie Robinson on July 10, 2013
! Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Inc., for the 2013-2014 season of concerts in Talbot County in October and December 2013 and March and April 2014
! Mid-Shore Symphony Society, Inc., for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert series at Chesapeake College: BSO Pops Concert on October 4, 2013, Totally Mozart on January 24, 2014, and Classical Favorites on March 28, 2014
Art by Other Organizations in Talbot County
• Brookletts Place, the Talbot County Senior Center, an activity of Upper Shore Aging, Inc., for Creative Engagement: Art, Music, and Comedy on Brookletts, between
October 2013 and May 2014
• Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Inc., for Sculptor Christian Benefiel with Metal Casting Sculptor Workshop and Demonstrations from June 15 to July 27, 2013
• Chesapeake Center, Inc., for a Variety Show in October 2013 featuring adults with various disabilities sharing their talents in song, dance, musical instruments, and recitation
• Christ Church Episcopal in Easton, for Sunday Concert Series during 2013-2014
! Historical Society of Talbot County, Inc., for co-sponsorship with the Maryland Humanities Council of Chautauqua 2013 on July 8-10, 2013, and for the Dover English Country Dancers on August 10, 2013
! St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, for Sunday Concert Series during 2013-2014
! Talbot County Department of Parks and Recreation, for Shakespeare at the Beach, featuring A Midsummer Night’s Dream, on September 11, 2013
! Vestry of Wye Parish, for the Wye Operetta Workshop production of Our Town at the Avalon Theatre during July 19-21, 2013
Programs for Children Outside Regular School Schedules
! Mental Health Association in Talbot County, Inc., for the Kids on the Block Early Learning Series with musician and educator Judy Amdur between September 2013 and June 2014
! Talbot County Free Library, for summer arts programs in Easton including Jack and the Beanstalk by the Rehoboth Summer Children’s Theater on July 17 and Tommy Buckets in Concert on July 25, 2013, and If Pigs Could Fly by Blue Sky Puppets at both the Easton Library and the St. Michaels Branch Library on July 30, 2013
! Talbot Mentors, Inc., for Partners in Art between July 2013 and April 2014
The Talbot County Arts Council’s next regular grant cycle will be for Arts-in-Education programs in local elementary and secondary schools during in 2013-2014. This will be announced in August with an application cutoff of September 30.
For further information on Arts Council programs and grant opportunities, contact Gerry Early, executive director, at 410-310-9812 or e-mail [email protected].
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