- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Press releases (Georgia Council for the Arts)
- Title:
- Press releases [Apr. 5, 2006]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Council for the Arts
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Council for the Arts
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Council for the Arts
- Date of Original:
- 2006-04-05
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Nov. 22, 1994; title from cover.
Feb. 5, 2008, viewed online Oct. 1, 2008. - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA G620.A7 P1 P7 2006/4-5
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg620-pa7-bp1-bp7-b2006-s4-h5-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg620-pa7-bp1-bp7-b2006-s4-h5-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
For Immediate Release 5 April 2006
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: J. James Public Information Officer 404-685-2784 jjames@gaarts.org
Traditional Arts Grant Recipients Announced
ATLANTA Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) has awarded more than $50,000 to artists and arts organizations for the purpose of researching the state's traditional arts. These contracts will build the state's inventory of Traditional Arts assets, artists, crafters, and organizations that focus on sustaining and preserving the art traditions so important to the cultural diversity of Georgia.
Often referred to as "Folklife", the Traditional Arts programming at GCA is dedicated to sustaining those arts that express an indigenous or emigrant culture present in Georgia. The state's traditional arts include music traditions such as north Georgia fiddling, regional crafts such as coiled sweetgrass basketry, and various dance forms such as flatfoot buck dancing.
Though GCA regularly offers two Traditional Arts Grants, this is the first opportunity funding has been specifically earmarked to conduct research that will provide a permanent source of information to be housed in the Georgia Council for the Arts offices.
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The following individuals and organizations were awarded grants:
Joel Cordle
Dahlonega
$15,000
Caroline Herring
Decatur
$10,000
Larry Morrisey
Jackson, MS
$4,988
Norman Harris, One World Archives
Atlanta
$15,000
Fred Fussell, ArtSouth Studio
Buena Vista
$9,898
The Georgia Council for the Arts 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, the Georgia Council for the Arts 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. Funding for the Georgia Council for the Arts is provided by the Georgia General Assembly, the National Endowment for the Arts and other private and public sources.
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