Arts Grants - NEWS from Lane Arts Council, July 1, 2009.
o Grants Awarded to Eugene-Area Arts Projects and Programs. (SEE List below)
o Lane County Cultural Coalition 2009 Grant Recipients, announced June 2009, SEE below.
Lane Arts Council announces $49,050 in grants to five community arts organizations and 24 arts projects in the Eugene area for the 2009-2010 arts year beginning July 2009. The Community Arts Program is supported through a partnership with the Cultural Services Division of the City of Eugene.
The grants help ensure diverse and accessible arts opportunities and experiences for Eugene artists, audiences and other participants. Community arts funds have been budgeted and allocated to the Lane Arts Council since the early 1980s by the City of Eugene to assist a variety of community-based cultural arts projects. The City’s room tax fund of over $1.5 million contributes to the general fund, which provides the primary support for Cultural Services, including the Hult Center and Community Arts.
This year, 24 projects will receive $27,000 in Community Arts Project Grants, ranging from $1,600 to $500, and five community arts organizations, with annual budgets above $100,000, will receive $22,050 in Program Grants ranging from $6,300 to $3,150.
The members of the Project Grants panel included: Sandra McMorris Johnson, Artist; Cai Emmons, Writer; Liora Sponko, Board Chairman, Community Center for the Performing Arts (WOW Hall); Don Latarski, Musician and composer; Don Dexter, Dentist and artist; Mark Loigman, Director of Operations, Hult Center, City of Eugene Cultural Services Division; and Carolyn Gates, Watercolor artist and Lane Arts Council Board member.
Lane Arts Council is a private non-profit organization serving all the arts in Lane County through YouthArts arts education programs, First Friday ArtWalk, fiscal agency, information and collaborative support for artists and arts organizations. For information: Douglas Beauchamp, Executive Director, Lane Arts Council, 1590 Willamette Street, Suite 200, Eugene OR 97401; 541-485-2278 or www.lanearts.org.
Name Program/Project Grant Amount
Community Arts Organizations / Program Grants
Community Center for the Perf. Arts/WOW Hall.. Performances and Education Programs $ 6300
Maude Kerns Art Center Exhibits and Education Programs 6300
Arts Umbrella/Eugene Youth Symphony Youth Orchestra Season 3150
Lord Leebrick Theatre Company Theater Season 3150
Oregon Festival Choirs Season Programs and (June 2010) Festival 3150
Community Arts / Project Grants
Lane Literary Guild Windfall Reading Series 1600
Rainy Day Blues Society Blues in the Schools 1600
Center for Family Development DTRC Arts Component (Fall 2009) 1600
Free Shakespeare in the Park Free Shakespeare in the Park August 2009 1600
KindTree Productions, Inc/ Autism Rocks From the Studio to the Gallery 1500
Young Writers Association Glitterary Word Festival (Apr 2010) 1500
Young Writers Association Upstarts, creative writing journal/Youth 1500
DIVA (Downtown Initiative for Visual Arts) OpenLens Festival (Jan 2010) 1400
New Zone Arts Collective 18th Annual Salon De Refuse's 1400
Tsunami Books Eugene Poetry Slam Season 1300
Multi-Cultural Storytelling Festival Multi-Cultural Storytelling Festival (May 2010) 1200
Won Tan Nara Production We Are One - Guinean/American Performers (Nov 2009) 1100
Ballet Fantastique Project DanceREACH 1000
Eugene Peace Choir 2009-10 Performance Season 1000
Oregon Ballet Foundation Boys in Tights 1000
Danceability International Performance Expansion Project 1000
Cindy Ingram Booking/Promotions Grrrlz Rock Concert Series (Nov 2009) 1000
Youth Empowerment Project Youth Empowerment Project 850
Veselo Community Folk Dancers 32nd Annual International Folk Dance Festival (Jan 2010) 800
Cindy Ingram Booking/Promotions KIDZ Rock Concert Series (Apr 2010) 800
Poets & Writers/ U of O MFA Program Live Lit West 750
No Shame Eugene No Shame Eugene 500
Upstart Crow Studios Under The Stars (July 2009) 500
Dance Theatre of Oregon Choreographers' Festival (May 2010) 500
Contact: Lane Arts Council. 485-2278. lanearts@lanearts.org. www.lanearts.org 1590 Willamette #200 Eugene OR 97401
The Community Arts Program is supported through a partnership with the Cultural Services Division of the City of Eugene.
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Lane County Cultural Coalition 2009 Grant Recipients, announced June 2009
The Lane County Cultural Coalition distributes grant funds in the areas of arts, heritage and
the humanities and seeks to increase cultural accessibility, awareness, and education to all
areas of the county through Cultural Opportunity Grants, with Oregon Cultural Trust Funds
re-distributed at the local level. Click link to left or www.lanecountyculturalcoalition.org
Archaeological Legacy Institute
Eugene, Oregon
$1,000 to promote the 2010 Archaeological Channel Film & Video Festival.
Priority Areas: Awareness & Heritage
Edison Elementary School
Eugene, Oregon
$1,015—Funds to support monthly multicultural storytelling program and train
storytellers.
Priority Areas: Education & Humanities
Shelton McMurphy Johnson House
Eugene, Oregon
$1,000 to support A Living History Day & Ice Cream Social designed to
increase awareness of the house and its history.
Priority Areas: Awareness & Heritage
Boot and Sandals Square Dance Club
Cottage Grove, Oregon
$2,650 to support an engineering study to make needed repairs to the
Cottage Grove Square Dance Building.
Priority Areas: Access & Heritage
Oregon Genealogical Society and Research Library
Eugene, Oregon
$1,500 to improve library comfort, access to materials, storage, and security.
Priority Areas: Access & Heritage
Cottage Theatre
Cottage Grove, Oregon
$1,875 to subsidize free tickets for students to see the play, The Miracle Worker.
Priority Areas: Access & Humanities
DanceAbility International
Eugene, Oregon
$1,265 to train a new dance instructor to support the Performance Expansion Project,
designed to bring more multi-ability dance performances to more children in Lane Co.
Priority Areas: Education & Art.
Lord Leebrick Theatre Company
Eugene, Oregon
$1,500 to support their 20/25 Outreach Project, which provides low-cost or free
tickets to those 20 year old and younger and those making less than $25,000.
Rural Art Center
Lorane, Oregon
$2,000 to collaborate with the local school district to bring arts and
humanities education to children through their Arts in the Schools Program
Priority Area: Education & Arts
The Last Resort Players
Florence, Oregon
$1,500 to subsidize reduced ticket prices so children and families can attend
community musical theatre featuring local children performing roles.
Priority Areas: Access & Arts
Danish Brotherhood in America, Junction City Lodge #268
Junction City, Oregon
$$2,000 to produce interpretive signage and panels in the Danish Cemetery.
Priority Areas: Education & Heritage
Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra
Florence, Oregon
$1,500 to subsidize reduced ticket prices to a concert program featuring
music of Latin America.
Priority Areas: Access & Arts
Writers in Lane County Schools
Eugene, Oregon
$2,000 to expand their semester-long writer in residency program that has
served three Lane Co. schools.
Priority Areas: Education & Humanities
Upstart Crow Studios
Eugene, Oregon
$2,000 to subsidize reduced ticket prices for children’s theatre programs.
Priority Areas: Access & Humanities
The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts
Eugene, Oregon
$750 to support vocal training for youth contestants in the NAACP’s
Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, which is a year-long
mentorship program for local high school students who are of African descent.
Priority Areas: Education & Arts
Florence Performing Arts Center
Florence, Oregon
$1,000 to support a free master class to middle- and high-school choir
students.
Priority Areas: Education & Arts
Youth Empowerment Project
Eugene, Oregon
$1,670 for education and mentorship collaboration focusing on art making
and exhibition for disadvantaged and under-served youth.
Priorities Areas: Education & Arts
Oregon Mozart Players
Eugene, Oregon
$1,500 to support a Youth Baroque Outreach Concert for students of the
Springfield Academy of Arts & Academics.
Priority Areas: Education & Arts
Community Center for the Performing Arts/WOW Hall
Eugene, Oregon
$2,500 to support a youth volunteer program that teaches participants to
serve the major functions of the performing arts facilities, such as ticket sales,
security, office management, and light and sound engineering.
Priority Areas: Education & Arts
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A short list of some 2009 opportunities; most deadlines now past:
o Lane Arts Council's Community Arts Grants. Receipt deadline: was May 1, 2009. Click to download (Word version): 2009-2010 CAG - Project Application
o Lane County Cultural Coalition. dl: was April 15, 2009. About $30,000. For guidelines and application: http://www.lanecountyculturalcoalition.org, or Lane County Cultural Coalition
o Oregon Cultural Trust. dl was May 12, 2009. www.culturaltrust.org
o Oregon Arts Commission: www.oregonartscommission.org/grants/
o National Endowment for the Arts. 2009 dl for 2010 grants: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/index.html
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