NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 1 July 2009 Contact: Jhai James Public Information Officer 4046852784 jjames@gaarts.org Recipients of Grant Awards for 2010 Announced ATLANTA Georgia Council for the Arts has awarded grants to more than 200 arts organizations for fiscal year 2010. Approximately $2.6 million in funding will provide much needed support during a difficult economic period for many groups. Although faced with challenges that include a severely reduced budget as well as a reduction in staff, the agency is committed to the state's nonprofit arts industry. As the state arts agency, Georgia Council for the Arts has a much broader scope of service than local funding organizations. The agency has awarded grants for more than forty years and has witnessed tremendous growth in Georgia's art community. "It's important to remember that GCA has an obligation to support organizations throughout the entire state," explains Susan Weiner, executive director. "Our grant awards supplement organizations with a diverse range of size, services, and budgets. In order to be equitable and judicious, our adjudication process is highly competitive and only those organizations the Peer Review Panels deem exceptional receive grant awards." Examples of organizations that have been awarded support for FY2010 include theatres, operas and chorales, ballet and other dance companies, museums, literary organizations, and many multidiscipline arts entities. These organizations provide jobs and offer arts programming or festivals for Georgia's residents and tourists while operating on budgets of $24,000 to over $30 million. MORE FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS They served over 15.5 million participants last year, plus an additional 3.5 million K12 students. Each is dedicated to maintaining the highest level of artistic programming. Recipients for FY 2010 awards are listed on the following pages by grant, or program, type. ARTS CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT II COUNTY ORGANIZATION AWARD COBB Mt. Bethel Elementary $3,750.00 DEKALB Decatur High School $3,750.00 DEKALB Miller Grove High School $3,750.00 FULTON Garden Hills Elementary $3,750.00 FULTON Luther Judson Price Middle School $3,750.00 FULTON Neighborhood Charter School $3,750.00 FULTON Parkside Elementary School $3,750.00 FULTON S. L. Lewis Elementary School $3,750.00 FULTON Seaborne Lee Elementary School $3,750.00 FULTON Westlake High School $3,750.00 GILMER North Georgia Christian Academy $3,750.00 RICHMOND Art Factory, The $3,750.00 ARTS CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT III COUNTY COBB COBB COBB COBB COBB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB DEKALB ORGANIZATION Acworth Intermediate School Garrett Middle School McCall Primary Elementary Sawyer Road Elementary Norton Park Elementary Cary Reynolds Elementary School Clairemont Elementary School Clifton Elementary School Columbia Middle School Coralwood School Dresden Elementary School Friends School of Atlanta Glennwood Academy Knollwood Elementary School Rock Chapel Elementary School Oakhurst Elementary Renfroe Middle School AWARD $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 Page 2 of 10 FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS DEKALB Winnona Park Elementary FULTON Atlanta Partnership for Arts in Learning FULTON Bear Creek Middle School FULTON C.H. Gullatt Elementary FULTON North Atlanta High School FULTON Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center FULTON North Springs Charter School FULTON Sandy Springs Middle School FULTON Renaissance Elementary FULTON Woodland Elementary Charter School $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 Community Arts Programs and Services County Organization Award BALDWIN MilledgevilleBaldwin County Allied Arts $3,630.00 BIBB Macon Arts Alliance $5,895.00 BULLOCH Statesboro Arts Council $7,582.00 CHATHAM City of Savannah, Department of Cultural Affairs $15,608.00 CLARKE Athens Clarke County Unified Government CLAYTON Arts Clayton COLQUITT Colquitt County Arts Center DOUGLAS Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville Douglas County FULTON Atlanta Landmarks FULTON Fulton County Arts Council FULTON VSA arts of Georgia GLYNN Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association HALL The Arts Council LOWNDES LowndesValdosta Arts Commission MILLER Colquitt/Miller Arts Council MORGAN Morgan County Foundation NEWTON Community Arts Association in Newton County RABUN Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences RICHMOND Greater Augusta Arts Council THOMAS Thomasville Cultural Center $20,755.00 $4,270.00 $9,956.00 $4,669.00 $10,875.00 $49,976.00 $4,655.00 $4,379.00 $6,998.00 $8,305.00 $26,000.00 $14,900.00 $6,370.00 $9,787.00 $6,164.00 $20,270.00 TIFT USG Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Arts Connection $7,092.00 WHITE Sautee Nacoochee Community Association WHITFIELD Creative Arts Guild $12,917.00 $10,091.00 Page 3 of 10 FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS County CLARKE FULTON GLYNN WHITE Folklife Project Organization Athens Folk Music and Dance Society Atlanta Historical Society Glynn Art Association Sautee Nacoochee Community Association Award $4,373.00 $5,625.00 $5,625.00 $1,224.00 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT County Organization Award BIBB Grand Opera House $14,444.00 BIBB Macon Symphony Orchestra $8,981.00 CHATHAM Savannah Music Festival $31,500.00 CHATHAM Telfair Museum of Art $64,755.00 CLARKE University of Georgia Performing Arts Center $15,000.00 CLARKE Georgia Museum of Art $38,204.00 CLAYTON Spivey Hall $18,875.00 COBB Georgia Ballet, The $9,521.00 COBB Theatre in the Square $26,097.00 DEKALB Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus $4,522.00 DEKALB Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde $6,842.00 DEKALB Georgia Shakespeare Festival $24,519.00 DEKALB Spruill Center for the Arts $19,077.00 DEKALB Atlanta Boy Choir $7,929.00 DEKALB Callanwolde Foundation $18,528.00 DOUGHERTY Albany Symphony Association $5,661.00 DOUGHERTY Theatre Albany $3,792.00 DOUGHERTY Albany Museum of Art $6,890.00 FULTON FULTON FULTON FULTON FULTON FULTON Actor's Express Alliance Theatre, The Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center Art Papers Atlanta Ballet, The Atlanta Coalition of Theatres Atlanta Contemporary Art Center $8,433.00 $65,906.00 $10,326.00 $65,906.00 $9,956.00 $8,341.00 Page 4 of 10 FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT (Continued) FULTON Atlanta Dogwood Festival $10,559.00 FULTON FULTON WABE Public Broadcasting Atlanta Atlanta Historical Society $65,906.00 $14,736.00 FULTON Atlanta Opera, The $65,906.00 FULTON Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center $65,906.00 FULTON Ballethnic Dance Company $7,390.00 FULTON Center for Puppetry Arts $45,175.00 FULTON Dad's Garage $8,918.00 FULTON Ferst Center for the Arts $23,850.00 FULTON Hammonds House Galleries $3,512.00 FULTON High Museum of Art, Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center $65,906.00 FULTON FULTON Horizon Theatre Company Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc. (IMAGE) $15,667.00 $8,515.00 FULTON Michael C. Carlos Museum $65,036.00 FULTON Michael O'Neal Singers, The $3,720.00 FULTON Moving in the Spirit $7,150.00 FULTON Museum of Arts & Sciences $17,614.00 FULTON Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, The $9,450.00 FULTON National Black Arts Festival $31,493.00 FULTON People TV $11,250.00 FULTON Rialto Center for the Performing Arts $25,362.00 FULTON Seven Stages $10,808.00 FULTON Synchronicity Performance Group $5,894.00 FULTON FULTON Theatrical Outfit True Colors Theatre Company $17,534.00 $19,530.00 FULTON Young Audiences, Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center $24,294.00 FULTON GRADY Youth Ensemble of Atlanta South Georgia Ballet $3,469.00 $3,469.00 GREENE Oconee Performing Arts Society $3,469.00 GWINNETT Aurora Theatre $13,148.00 GWINNETT Gwinnett Ballet Theatre $6,109.00 GWINNETT Northeast Atlanta Ballet Ensemble $3,469.00 HALL Gainesville Theatre Alliance/State College $7,741.00 MUSCOGEE Columbus Museum, The $48,184.00 MUSCOGEE Columbus Philharmonic Guild $11,688.00 MUSCOGEE RiverCenter $38,010.00 Page 5 of 10 FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS MUSCOGEE Springer Opera House RICHMOND Augusta Players, Inc. RICHMOND Augusta Symphony RICHMOND Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art RICHMOND Morris Museum of Art TROUP LaGrange Symphony Orchestra $30,199.00 $5,893.00 $20,091.00 $4,180.00 $43,087.00 $4,125.00 COUNTY PROJECT GRANTS ORGANIZATION AWARD BALDWIN Arts & Letters, Journal of Contemporary Culture $3,750.00 BIBB Choral Society of Middle Georgia BIBB Center for the Creative and Performing Arts CHATHAM A.W.O.L. All Walks of Life, Inc. CHEROKEE Falany Performing Arts Center CLARKE Athens Youth Symphony COBB Bailey Performance Center COBB Big Chicken Chorus COBB Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre COBB Young Artists Harp Seminars DEKALB Beacon Dance Company DEKALB Collegium Vocale DEKALB DeKalb Choral Guild DEKALB DeKalb Symphony Orchestra DEKALB Out Of Hand Theater DEKALB Phoenix Theatre Academy DEKALB Poetry Atlanta DEKALB Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta FAYETTE Georgia Dance Theatre FLOYD Southern Women's Writers Conference FRANKLIN A Greater Lavonia Community, Inc. $3,300.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $2,434.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $1,575.00 $3,000.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,375.00 FULTON FULTON FULTON FULTON FULTON FULTON Americolor Opera Alliance Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta Celebrates Photography Atlanta Chamber Players Atlanta Concert Band Atlanta Printmakers Studio $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,000.00 $3,750.00 Project Grants Continued on Next Page Page 6 of 10 FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS FULTON FULTON Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Brooks & Company Dance FULTON Choral Guild of Atlanta FULTON FULTON FULTON FULTON Dance Consortium Good Moves Dance Force Essential Theatre, The FlyBy Theatre FULTON JapanFest FULTON Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra FULTON Resources For Residents and Communities of Georgia FULTON FULTON FULTON FULTON LOWNDES Sideways Contemporary Dance Co. Suzi Bass Awards, The Theatre du Reve Zoetic Dance Ensemble Valdosta Asian Cultural Association MUSCOGEE Columbus Ballet, The MUSCOGEE Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus PICKENS Pickens County Government RICHMOND Augusta Choral Society RICHMOND Sandhills Writers Conference SPALDING Griffin Ballet Theatre TERRELL Better Hometown Task Force, Inc. $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $1,500.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $3,750.00 $1,592.00 TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP COUNTY ORGANIZATION AWARD DADE Brenda McKaig $2,194.00 DEKALB Come Nahabakomeye $2,250.00 WHITE Whelchel Meaders $2,250.00 Page 7 of 10 FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS The following individuals have been selected for inclusion the Traditional Artists Roster, Touring Artists Roster, Arts Education Consultant Bank, or the Arts Education Teaching Artist Bank for FY2010. There is no monetary award associated with these programs however, they serve as resources for Georgia teachers, schools, and arts organizations. TRADITIONAL ARTISTS ROSTER MADISON Stephanie AstlosJones MCINTOSH McIntosh County Shouters TOURING ARTISTS ROSTER COUNTY ARTIST CLAYTON Deidre McCalla COBB Big Chicken Chorus COBB Theresa Foster COBB Cathy J. Kaemmerlen COBB Candace Keach COBB Music to Light the World DEKALB Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz DEKALB Mick Kinney DEKALB Arietha Lockhart DEKALB Barry Stewart Mann DEKALB Phoenix Theatre Academy DEKALB Piccadilly Puppets DEKALB Several Dancers Core DEKALB Troika Balalaikas DEKALB Elise Witt FULTON Thomas A. Brown FULTON Lee Bryan, "That Puppet Guy" FULTON Youth Ensemble of Atlanta GWINNETT Academy of Kuchipudi Dance GWINNETT Montana Skies HALL Thomas Woods MUSCOGEE Springer Opera House OCONEE Levon Ambartsumian Page 8 of 10 FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS ARTS EDUCATION TEACHING ARTISTS BANK COUNTY ARTIST BIBB Raamiah AbdelRahimEl COBB Pam BeagleDaresta COBB Claire K. Ritzler DEKALB Kim BowersRheay DEKALB Enisha Brewster DEKALB Felton Eaddy DEKALB Edwin Link DEKALB Jeff Mather DEKALB Deborah Merola DEKALB Nancy Meyer DEKALB Adonijah Adel RahimEl DEKALB Georgia Rowswell DEKALB Sue Schroeder DEKALB Elise Witt FULTON Katharine DeMent FULTON John Doyle FULTON Michael E. Hickey FULTON Sandra Hughes FULTON Sherry Norfolk FULTON Kay Rosenblum FULTON David Randal Taylor FULTON Gregor Turk FULTON Allison Upshaw HALL Marsha Richter ARTS EDUCATION CONSULTANT BANK COUNTY ARTIST COBB Jeanene Williams DEKALB Jaehn Clare DEKALB Barry Stewart Mann FANNIN Kathleen Thompson FULTON Joy Melissa Dittmar FULTON Michele Mummert FULTON Kay Rosenblum FULTON David Randal Taylor HALL Delores M. Diaz OCONEE Steve M. Scruggs RICHMOND Cindy O'Brien Page 9 of 10 FY10 GCA GRANT RECIPIENTS 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. # # # Page 10 of 10