Press releases [June 1, 2005]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dion Houston
Public Information Officer 404-685-2784 dhouston@gaarts.org

Georgia Council for the Arts Awards More Than $60,000 in Grants to Arts Organizations

Georgia The Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) has awarded $61,843 in grants to non-profit arts and non-arts organizations statewide through the Fast Track/Quick Benefits Program. These GCA grant awards fund contracts for programming or services to Georgia citizens in visual, literary, and performing arts during Fiscal Year 2005.
All of the funded applications will receive the full amount requested for the project. "These projects represent some of the most creative programming in the State this year and are supported by the strong project design and management skill of the applicant organizations," said GCA Grants Director Walton Ray.
Fast Track/Quick Benefits is a project support program that provides funding for arts projects and organizational development for arts organizations. For more information on GCA programs and funding, please visit the Georgia Council for the Arts Web site, www.gaarts.org. Grant awards for this cycle of funding are listed below.

County Fulton

Applicant
Synchronicity Performance Group

Award $5,000.00

Clarke Fulton Fulton

Canopy Studio
Gateway Performance Productions, Inc.
Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association

$3,750.00 $3,000.00 $5,000.00

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Morgan Dekalb
Fulton

Morgan County Foundation
PushPush Theater
The Michael O'Neal Singers, Inc.

$1,290.00 $1,290.00
$683.00

Morgan
Douglas Fulton
Fulton Richmond
Pulaski
Floyd Clarke Dekalb Forsyth Emanuel

Steffen Thomas Museum and Archives
Douglasville Community Outreach,
Inc.
Theatre Gael, Ltd. Freedom Park
Conservancy-Caution, Inc.
Storyland Theatre, Inc.
Hawkinsville-Pulaski County Arts Council
Georgia Assembly of Community Arts Agencies Athens Area Arts Council
Room to Move Dance
Euphonium Foundation Emanuel Arts Council,
Inc.

$5,000.00
$4,000.00 $5,000.00
$5,000.00 $3,000.00 $2,140.00
$5,000.00 $5,000.00 $2,000.00 $1,690.00 $4,000.00

The Georgia Council for the Arts, a division of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, is a state agency that provides access to quality arts experiences for all citizens of Georgia. This agency awards funds through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Grant applications are reviewed by peer panelists and evaluated based on established criteria including artistic excellence and administrative capability. The GCA Advisory Board, appointed by the Governor, makes final funding recommendations to the Governor for approval.

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