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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