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GCA Newsletter / December 2016



Dance Canvas, Atlanta, GA
GCA Announces Availability of Partner, Project, and Arts Education Grant Guidelines for FY18

FY18 Partner, Project, and Arts Education Program Grant guidelines are now available on the guidelines page of the GCA

Cover Image from "Inspired Georgia"
"Inspired Georgia" Receives Praise, Prepares for Exhibit Tour

The AJC has named "Inspired Georgia" as one of "5 gift books sure to dazzle this holiday season." Have you purchased your copy yet? Still looking for the perfect gifts

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website. Partner and Project Grant applications are due on February 7, 2017. GCA will host an online grant workshop for Partner and Project Grants on January 10th at 11 a.m. Arts Education Program Grant applications are due on March 15, 2017. GCA will host an online grant workshop for the Arts Education Program Grant on February 9, 2017. You must register to participate in the workshops. Also, please note that GCA is using for the second year a new online grant application system, GO. Be sure to register for GCA eNews and follow GCA on Facebook to receive important updates and notifications about the grant funding process.
Puppetry Workshop, Damon Young, Atlanta, GA
Updated GCA Teaching Artists Registry Launched on GCA Website

In an effort to provide up-to-date resources to schools and organizations, and to help promote the work of our state's best teaching artists, Georgia Council for the Arts created a new and

for board members, donors, colleagues, friends or loved ones? Please consider "Inspired Georgia." This project was born of a collaboration between Georgia Council for the Arts, Georgia Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham, Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) and UGA Press. The volume is a unique collection of Georgia's contemporary poets and photographers that engages the history and culture of the state, while serving as a document of some of the best and most powerful pieces penned by Georgia poets and images shot by Georgia photographers in recent years. Proceeds from the sale of the book will fund future UGA Press and GCA co-publications celebrating the arts in Georgia. Purchase your copy of the book here. And, if you missed the "Inspired Georgia" event at ACP this fall, we are pleased to announce that the exhibit will begin touring the state in the summer of 2017 and will serve as a host for literary events in each community. To date, exhibit venues have been confirmed in Albany, Rome, Zebulon and Milledgeville. Complete "Inspired Georgia" tour details will be shared after the new year.

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improved Georgia Teaching Artists Registry. Including 25 qualified teaching artists from Georgia, the registry features artists who have a combination of extensive training and experience in their field, are available to work in schools and at organizations serving K-12 students throughout the state, and have passed a background check to work in a school environment. The Georgia Teaching Artists Registry is now available on the GCA website. If you have questions about the Registry, please reach out to Allen Bell, Arts Education Manager, at abell@gaarts.org.
2016 Governor's Awards
for the Arts and Humanities
Governor Presents 2016 Awards in the Arts and Humanities

Georgia Council for the Arts, in partnership with the Office of the Governor and Georgia Humanities, presented the 2016 Governor's

Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association,
Blue Ridge, GA
Vibrant Communities Grants Awarded
GCA recently announced the recipients of the new Vibrant Communities grant. Eighty-five entities received $297,963 in funding. GCA received 112 applications requesting $394,961 from 69 counti es across the state. Applicants included libraries, schools, arts centers, cities, historical societies, community theatres, Boys & Girls Clubs, etc. The Vibrant Communities Grant was made available to organizations in counties that did not receive an FY17 Project or Partner Grant. Click here to view the list of FY17 Vibrant Communities grant recipients.

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Awards for the Arts and Humanities ceremony at the state Capitol on October 5. Governor Deal and First Lady Sandra Deal honored the following recipients:

Aurora Theatre
Beach Institute
Bowdon Area Historical Society
Lisa Cremin
Lee Harper
Alvin D. Jackson, M.D.
Macon Arts Alliance
The Museum School
Paula Peace
Steve Quesinberry
Betty Foy Sanders
Larry Walker

Jewelry and small metals artist, and Georgia Southern alumna, Shaunt Francois, designed the awards. The program from the ceremony with recipient biographies is available on the GCA website.

2016 Georgia Poetry Out Loud Champ,

Marta Palombo, Milton, GA
Georgia Poetry Out Loud School Registration
Poetry Out Loud (POL) is an innovative program sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts which encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance of the written word. Structured similar to a spelling bee, winners of each classroom recitation competition advance to a schoolwide contest. Each school's winner competes in a regional semifinal competition. Finalists from the regional semifinals advance to the state finals held in March 2017. The Georgia state champion competes at the National Finals in Washington, D.C. in May. Participating schools must register by December 16, 2016.

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GCA Introduces Council Members

In an effort to help GCA constituents get to know our Council members, each newsletter will feature a brief Q&A with two or three members of the Council. This month we are featuring Council Chair Barry Schrenk, and Council members David Morrow and John White.

Barry Schrenk, Council Chair
Tucker, GA
Tell us about yourself in a few short sentences: I own Taggart's Driving School, which is headquartered in Tucker. Our business provides teenage driver education programs at our locations, as well as at several private schools and schools systems in metro Atlanta. We also provide driving lessons for adults, offer services for senior citizens, teach driver improvement courses, and manage DUI risk reduction programs. My interests include service on arts and cultural boards of directors and on the board of the Tucker/Northlake Community Improvement District. For over 30 years I have represented our driving school association at the state Capitol as a registered lobbyist. I enjoy regular long walks, golf, riding my bicycle, and attending arts and cultural events.

2016 Poet Laureate Prize Winner and Finalists
Georgia Poet Laureate's Prize Call for Entries

Georgia's Poet Laureate, Judson Mitcham, in collaboration with GCA, is pleased to announce the third annual Poet Laureate's Prize, awarded for an original poem written by a Georgia high school student. Selected by the Poet Laureate, the winner and finalists will be announced in April 2017. The Prize ceremony takes place in May with Governor and Mrs. Deal and the Poet Laureate. The winning and finalist poems will be published at atlantamagazine.com. Entry details are included in the guidelines. The deadline for Poet Laureate's Prize entries is March 3, 2017.

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Earliest personal memory of an impactful experience in the arts: My first memories of impactful experiences in the arts include a visit when I was in fifth grade to a museum that had an exhibition of paintings from Vincent van Gogh, which really impressed me. Other early experiences were listening to opera playing on the radio or on a record player when visiting the home of friends, in addition to listening to classical music at home. I was very impressed with the singers and the music that I heard. I also remember visiting museums as a small child with my parents and listening to explanations from my father about any of the objects that we were viewing.
What is your message for supporting the arts: My message regarding the arts is as follows: If possible, introduce your children as early as possible to the variety of arts and cultural opportunities available in our great state, including opportunities on public television. There is a strong possibility that an early introduction will remain and last a lifetime for a

GCA FY16 Impact Map

GCA recently released our FY16 Impact Map. During FY16, GCA directly and indirectly delivered support to 130 of the state's 159 counties. A total of 2.9 million individual Georgians directly benefitted from the programs and services delivered by GCA grantees. The FY16 Impact Map publication includes GCA program descriptions and new grants survey data.
More Arts News and Opportunities

GCA is seeking individuals who are interested in serving as grant panelists for the FY18 grant application cycle for Partner, Project, and Arts Education

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child. Work is required by most to exist, but the value found in the arts will make your lifetime much more interesting and enjoyable.

David Morrow
Atlanta, GA
Tell us about yourself in a few short sentences: I am the director of the Morehouse College Glee Club and Professor in the Music Department. I have been involved in music almost all of my life, from school, to church, to community chorus singing and conducting, professional chorus conducting and more.
Earliest personal memory of an impactful experience in the arts: I am from Rochester, New York. which is the home of the famous Eastman School of Music. I was fortunate enough to have taken piano lessons and to be able to read music at a fairly young age. Each year the choral teachers at our public schools could take students as a field trip to The Eastman Theater to hear the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra perform a concert. You had to be selected by your teacher and prepared about the music, as well as about concert etiquette. I got to see and hear one of the finest orchestras in the country and watch their conductors.

Program Grants. GCA seeks to develop panels which are diverse based on where in the state panelists reside, the artistic disciplines in which they have expertise, the type of organizations for which they work, etc. GCA is especially interested in recruiting panelists who live outside of the metro Atlanta area. If you are interested in serving as a grant panelist, please send a short bio or resume to Tina Lilly at tlilly@gaarts.org.

GCA Project Grant and Arts Education Program Grant final reports are now available in GO. To access the online final report form, grantees should log-in to their GO account. The final report deadline is 30 days after the completion of the funded program or project.

South Arts has a number of grants available to Georgia arts organizations, including the Traditional Arts Touring Grant Program, Regional Touring Performing Arts and Block-Booked Grants, and Literary Arts Touring Grants. Deadlines, requirements, and funding amounts for South Arts grants vary. Click the relevant links above for more details.

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities is accepting applications for the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth

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Learning how to listen and what to listen for in those concerts I am sure influenced me to pursue a career including classical music.
What is your message for supporting the arts: I firmly believe that we must deal with the wholeness of being a human being. The arts not only show the creative side of our being, but they give us a chance to explore and express our humanity and learn about culture in a more tangible and unforgettable way. Following that as practice makes it more comfortable to embrace each other as similar or different, yet culturally and historically connectable. Diminishing the value of the arts to entertainment only is fallacious, foolish, and certainly less human.

John White
DeKalb County, GA
Tell us about yourself in a few short sentences: A retired executive of The Coca-Cola Company and now a Senior Consultant to the Company. A member and Secretary of the Board of Directors of The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Board of Public Broadcasting Atlanta, and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Born in Pine Mountain, Georgia.

Program Awards. Award-winning programs will receive $10,000 and an invitation to accept their award at a ceremony at the White House. After-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs, also known as Creative Youth Development programs, are encouraged to apply. Click the link to access the online National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards application.

As part of the NEA's 50th anniversary, the agency launched the leadership initiative Creativity Connects. This initiative shows how the arts contribute to the nation's creative ecosystem, examines the ways in which the support systems for artists are changing, and explores how the arts can connect with other sectors that utilize creativity. Creativity Connects has three components: a report that investigates the current conditions for artists, a pilot grant opportunity, and an interactive digital graphic.

In its ongoing commitment to producing resources for community engagement with the arts, the NEA has published How to Do Creative Placemaking: An Action-Oriented Guide to Arts in Community Development. The book features essays from thought leaders active in arts-based community development and case studies of projects funded through Our

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Earliest personal memory of an impactful experience in the arts: While in elementary school, I attended a performance of the Philadelphia Orchestra, on tour in Columbus.
What is your message for supporting the arts: The arts add meaning and purpose to life. What dull existence we would have without the music and the visual and performing arts. The late Robert Shaw has said it best: "The Arts are not simply skills: Their concern is the intellectual, ethical and spiritual maturity of human life. The Arts have become the custodians of those values which most worthily define humanity..."
Clay Fisher, Fulton County, GA
The Art of Georgia II: Portraits of a Community
The Office of the Governor, in partnership with Georgia Council for the Arts, is pleased to announce a call for entries to artists in northwest

Town. How to Do Creative Placemaking is a primer for those interested in bringing the arts to the community development table as a tool to advance revitalization efforts in an authentic way.

As interest in measuring and understanding the impact of arts investments in community development continues to grow, this new study, Setting the Stage for Community Change: Reflecting on Creative Placemaking Outcomes, examines how "creative placemaking" interventions build social capital in communities. These case studies offer insights into artsbased strategies to promote social connectivity.

Shakespeare in American Communities, a project of the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest, aims to expose students at underserved middle and high schools to high-quality performances of Shakespeare's plays. Matching grants of $25,000 will go to 40 theater groups to support productions and related educational activities, which must be conducted in partnership with schools. The application deadline is February 2.

In recognition of a growing movement to integrate the arts with health in community-based programs, the National Endowment

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and west Georgia for The Art of Georgia II: Portraits of a Community. This second iteration of the exhibit follows the inaugural Art of Georgia: Celebrating Georgia's Landscapes and People which exhibited 133 works by 95 Georgia artists over a two-year period from 2012-2014. The Art of Georgia II: Portraits of a Community seeks to capture the uniqueness of communities throughout Georgia as seen, explored, and depicted through the artist's eye. The current submission deadline is February 1, 2017. Complete guidelines and the list of counties are available here.

for the Arts has published an online guide for researchers and practitioners. The "Guide to Community-Engaged Research in the Arts and Health" is a blueprint for collaboration among academic researchers, arts organizations, and artists aiming to study the arts' effects on health and extend this research to arts programs or therapies.

The Georgia Department of Education has developed two new arts education initiatives. One initiative is a STEAM Certification program for Georgia public schools. Applications for the STEAM Certification program are now available. The other is a Fine Arts Diploma Seal for high school graduates. Participating students must successfully complete three courses in one of the fine arts subject areas -- dance, music, theater, visual arts, or media arts. Students must also perform 20 hours of arts-related community service. For more details, visit the Georgia DOE's Fine Arts web page.

Mark your calendars: Arts Day at the Capitol is January 24, 2017. More details will be available on the Georgia Arts Network webpage.

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Follow the GCA Facebook page! GCA frequently shares pertinent news, opportunities, and updates on the arts and arts education in our state on our Facebook page. This is a great way to stay informed about the arts in Georgia between GCA's quarterly newsletters. Copyright 2016 Georgia Council for the Arts, All rights reserved.
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