FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: W. Ray 404-685-2797 wray@gaarts.org Nearly $3 Million in Grants Awarded by State Agency Atlanta, July 7, 2005 Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) has awarded $2,994,217.47 in grants to non- profit arts organizations and schools statewide. These awards represent contracts for programming these organizations will provide from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006. GCA awards funds through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts. Applications are reviewed by Peer Review Panels, which evaluate applications based on published criteria, including artistic merit and administrative capacity. The GCA Advisory Board reviews the panelists' efforts and makes their recommendations to the Governor. Though many different grant programs are available, all seek to enhance the benefits of the arts through economic impact, community development, arts education, and preservation of our culture through the arts. The organization is contractually obligated to use the funds for the arts programming specified in the application, providing such services as concerts, plays, exhibits, and other types of arts programming. For more information on GCA programs and funding, please visit our Web site at www.gaarts.org. The awards are listed below in alphabetical order by grant type within county. Arts Education Curriculum Development CLARKE Clarke County School District $ 5,000.00 DEKALB DeKalb Council for the Arts, Inc. $ 5,000.00 DEKALB Fly-By Theater $ 3,500.00 Arts Education Curriculum Tier One BUTTS Daughtry Elementary School $15,000.00 CHATHAM Bloomingdale Elementary Performing Arts Academy COLQUITT Colquitt County School System $15,000.00 DODGE Dodge County Schools $15,000.00 TELFAIR Telfair County Schools $15,000.00 $14,000.00 Arts Education Curriculum Tier Two BULLOCH Bulloch County Schools $13,600.00 COBB Cobb County School District $30,000.00 DECATUR Decatur County Schools $30,000.00 DEKALB City Schools of Decatur $30,000.00 DEKALB DeKalb County School System $30,000.00 DOUGHERTY Dougherty County School System $30,000.00 FULTON Fulton County School System $30,000.00 MUSCOGEE Muscogee County School District $30,000.00 RICHMOND Richmond County Board of Education $10,000.00 RICHMOND Sand Hills Psychoeducational Program $10,000.00 SPALDING Futral Road Elementary School (Griffin)$30,000.00 TROUP Troup County School System $30,000.00 Arts Education Teaching Artists Bank COLUMBIA Jeffrey B. Teitler Approved Artists in Residence DEKALB Sagamore Hills Elementary School $ 7,000.00 FULTON Ocee Elementary School $ 7,000.00 FULTON Sweet Apple Elementary School $ 7,000.00 HARRIS COUNTY Park Elementary $ 7,000.00 MUSCOGEE Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy $ 7,000.00 Arts Project BALDWIN Georgia College & State University $ 5,000.00 CHATHAM Lucas Theatre for the Arts, Inc. $ 5,000.00 CLARKE University of Georgia Performing Arts Center $ 3,000.00 COWETACoweta County School System $ 5,000.00 DEKALB African Performing Arts Association - Gine Nyi Ra, Inc. $ 5,000.00 DEKALB Beacon Dance $ 5,000.00 DEKALB Fly-By Theater $ 3,000.00 DEKALB Room To Move Dance, Inc. $ 5,000.00 FULTON Atlanta Historical Society $ 5,000.00 FULTON Atlanta Music Club $ 5,000.00 FULTON Reynoldstown Revitalization Corporation $ 5,000.00 FULTON Theatre Gael, Ltd. $ 5,000.00 FULTON Youth Ensemble of Atlanta $ 3,000.00 LOWNDES Georgia Theatre Conference, Inc. $ 5,000.00 MUSCOGEE The Columbus Ballet, Inc. $ 5,000.00 RICHMOND Augusta Symphony, Inc. $ 3,000.00 Community Arts Programs and Services BALDWIN Milledgeville-Baldwin County Allied Arts, Inc. $ 7,341.75 BIBB Macon Arts Alliance, Inc. $ 5,677.00 BIBB MidSummer Macon, Inc. $ 5,000.00 CHATHAM City of Savannah, Department of Cultural Affairs $20,417.00 CLAYTON Arts Clayton, Inc. $ 4,218.83 COLQUITT Colquitt County Arts Council $ 9,044.00 DEKALB ART Station Inc. $16,292.00 DEKALB Decatur Arts Alliance, Inc. $ 5,000.00 DOUGHERTY Albany Area Arts Council $ 3,263.33 DOUGLAS Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County $ 5,486.00 FANNIN Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association $ 5,608.00 FLOYD Rome Area Council for the Arts $ 4,726.86 FULTON Fulton County Arts Council $69,751.75 FULTON VSA Arts of Georgia $11,840.00 GLYNN Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association $ 5,678.00 GORDON Calhoun Gordon Arts Council $ 5,811.00 GWINNETT Gwinnett Council for the Arts $11,873.00 HALL The Arts Council, Inc. $ 8,839.35 LOWNDES Lowndes/Valdosta Arts Commission $ 8,092.00 MILLER Colquitt/Miller Arts Council, Inc. $22,007.70 MORGAN Morgan County Foundation $13,937.00 RABUN The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences $16,714.00 RICHMOND Greater Augusta Arts Council $ 8,329.00 ROCKDALE Conyers/Rockdale Council for the Arts $ 5,000.00 TIFT Abraham Baldwin Arts Connection $10,330.00 WHITE Sautee-Nacoochee Community Association $ 7,950.00 WHITFIELD Creative Arts Guild, Inc. $17,638.00 Community Partners BULLOCH Statesboro Arts Council $ 2,500.00 CHATHAM Telfair Museum of Art $ 8,000.00 COOK Cook County Commission for Children and Youth $10,000.00 DEKALB Several Dancers Core, Inc. $10,000.00 DOUGLAS Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County FLOYD Rome Area Council for the Arts $10,000.00 FULTON IndepenDance: Moving in the Spirit $ 9,000.00 FULTON Synchronicity Performance Group $10,000.00 $ 9,950.00 Folklife Project GWINNETT Atlanta Chinese Dance Company LOWNDES Valdosta State University $ 6,000.00 $ 6,000.00 Grassroots Arts Program BIBB Macon Arts Alliance, Inc. $17,249.00 BULLOCH Statesboro Arts Council $22,368.75 CHATHAM City of Savannah, Department of Cultural Affairs $ 7,555.00 CLAYTON Arts Clayton, Inc. $27,270.73 COBB Cobb County Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs $16,771.00 COLQUITT Colquitt County Arts Council $ 7,308.00 DEKALB DeKalb Council for the Arts, Inc. $18,197.00 DOUGHERTY Albany Area Arts Council $13,901.00 DOUGLAS Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County $ 7,991.00 FANNIN Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association $11,604.00 GLYNN Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association $19,025.00 GORDON Calhoun Gordon Arts Council $17,428.00 GRADY Community Support Foundation, Inc. $ 7,910.00 GWINNETT Gwinnett Council for the Arts $16,268.00 HALL The Arts Council, Inc. $40,621.00 LOWNDES Lowndes/Valdosta Arts Commission $12,418.00 MILLER Colquitt/Miller Arts Council, Inc. $ 6,279.00 MORGAN Morgan County Foundation $14,813.00 RICHMOND Greater Augusta Arts Council $10,816.00 TIFT Abraham Baldwin Arts Connection $18,286.00 TOOMBSOhoopee Regional Council for the Arts $17,640.00 General Operating Support BIBB Choral Society of Middle Georgia, Inc. $ 2,500.00 BIBB Macon Little Theatre $ 5,247.00 BIBB Macon Symphony Orchestra $13,749.00 BIBB Mercer University $15,020.00 BIBB Museum of Arts and Sciences $35,963.00 BIBB Nutcracker of Middle Georgia Inc. $ 5,000.00 BIBB Tubman African American Museum $16,083.00 CHATHAM Savannah Folk Music Society $ 5,000.00 CHATHAM Savannah Music Festival $28,140.00 CHATHAM Telfair Museum of Art $54,086.00 CLARKE Canopy Studio $ 5,000.00 CLARKE University of Georgia: Georgia Museum of Art $53,573.00 CLARKE University of Georgia: Performing Arts Center $13,550.00 CLAYTON Spivey Hall $31,110.00 COBB Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre $ 5,000.00 COBB TellTale Theatre $ 5,000.00 COBB The Georgia Ballet $11,577.00 COBB Theatre in the Square $35,499.00 DEKALB Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde, Inc. $ 5,965.00 DEKALB Callanwolde Foundation, Inc. $18,296.00 DEKALB Collegium Vocale, Inc. $ 1,900.00 DEKALB Dunwoody Stage Door Players $ 5,000.00 DEKALB Georgia Shakespeare Festival $34,010.00 DEKALB Phoenix Theatre Academy, Inc. $ 7,149.00 DEKALB Push Push Theater $ 2,781.68 DEKALB Several Dancers Core, Inc. $ 5,445.00 DEKALB Spruill Center for the Arts $23,693.00 DOUGHERTY Albany Concert Association, Inc. $ 5,000.00 DOUGHERTY Albany Museum of Art $12,060.00 DOUGHERTY Albany Symphony Association $ 6,102.53 DOUGHERTY Theatre Albany, Inc. $ 5,694.00 FULTON Alternate ROOTS, Inc. $ 6,074.00 FULTON Art Papers, Inc. $ 5,867.55 FULTON Atlanta Ballet, Inc. $84,752.00 FULTON Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Inc. $ 5,000.00 FULTON Atlanta Chamber Players $ 5,000.00 FULTON Atlanta Coalition of Theatres $ 7,209.00 FULTON Atlanta Concert Band $ 975.00 FULTON Atlanta Contemporary Art Center $10,000.00 FULTON Atlanta Dogwood Festival $15,696.00 FULTON Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collaborative $72,751.00 FULTON Atlanta Lyric Theatre $ 9,489.00 FULTON Atlanta Shakespeare Company $26,942.00 FULTON Ballethnic Dance Company, Inc. $ 8,734.05 FULTON Center for Puppetry Arts, Inc. $68,935.00 FULTON Choral Guild of Atlanta, Inc. $ 2,000.00 FULTON Dad's Garage, Inc. $ 7,658.63 FULTON Dance Force, Inc. $ 5,000.00 FULTON Gateway Performance Productions, Inc. $ 2,480.40 FULTON Georgia Ensemble Theatre Company $13,269.00 FULTON Georgia State University - Rialto Center $40,602.00 FULTON Georgia Tech Research Corporation $39,713.00 FULTON Hammonds House Galleries $ 5,177.00 FULTON Horizon Theatre Company $19,522.00 FULTON IMAGE $ 9,924.00 FULTON IndepenDance, Inc. $ 6,821.10 FULTON National Black Arts Festival $63,510.00 FULTON Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Alliance Theatre $95,000.00 FULTON Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta College of Art $ 5,000.00 FULTON Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, ASO $95,000.00 FULTON Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, High Museum of Art $72,751.00 FULTON Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Young Audiences $27,203.00 FULTON 7 Stages, Inc. $14,516.00 FULTON Song of Atlanta, Inc. $ 5,000.00 FULTON Synchronicity Performance Group $ 5,000.00 FULTON The Atlanta Opera, Inc. $77,649.00 FULTON The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Inc. $ 5,000.00 FULTON Theatrical Outfit, Inc. $15,107.00 FULTON True Colors Theatre Company $ 5,000.00 FULTON Youth Ensemble of Atlanta $ 5,000.00 GLYNN Coastal Island Theater, Inc. $ 5,000.00 GWINNETT Gwinnett Ballet Theatre $ 6,000.00 GWINNETT Gwinnett Philharmonic Association, Inc. $ 5,000.00 GWINNETT Northeast Atlanta Ballet Ensemble $ 5,000.00 HALL Brenau University, Inc. $ 5,000.00 HALL Gainesville Ballet Company $ 5,000.00 HALL Gainesville Theatre Alliance/Gainesville College $ 8,430.83 LOWNDES Snake Nation Press $ 5,000.00 MUSCOGEE Columbus Philharmonic Guild, Inc. $17,630.00 MUSCOGEE RiverCenter, Inc. $69,262.00 MUSCOGEE The Columbus Museum $55,566.00 MUSCOGEE Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus $ 5,000.00 NEWTON Community Arts Association in Newton County, Inc. $10,617.00 RICHMOND Augusta Ballet $11,766.00 RICHMOND Augusta Choral Society, Inc. $ 5,000.00 RICHMOND Augusta Opera Association $11,568.00 RICHMOND Augusta State University $ 5,000.00 RICHMOND Augusta Symphony, Inc. $19,389.00 RICHMOND Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art $ 5,000.00 RICHMOND Imperial Community Theatre, Inc. $ 5,000.00 RICHMOND Morris Museum of Art $ 5,000.00 RICHMOND Storyland Theatre, Inc. $ 5,000.00 RICHMOND The Augusta Concert Band $ 5,000.00 RICHMOND The Augusta Players, Inc. $ 9,004.00 SPALDING The Griffin Ballet Theatre, Inc. $ 5,000.00 SPALDING Main Street Players, Inc. $ 5,000.00 TROUP Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum $ 5,810.00 TROUP LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, Inc. $ 5,561.00 WALTON Walton County Music Guild $ 5,000.00 Touring Artist Roster DOUGHERTY Albany Symphony Association, Inc. Approved FULTON Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble Approved Georgia Council for the Arts, a division of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, is a state agency that provides support for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations throughout the state. Established in 1965 as the Georgia Commission on the Arts, GCA's mission is to encourage excellence in the arts, support the arts many forms of expression, and make the arts available to all Georgians by providing funding, leadership, programming and other services. # # #